1999 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Peiraias
Country GRE
Held 21 – 28 November 1999
Competitors 66
Countries 26

Team classification men:

  1. GRE 581
  2. BUL 465
  3. CHN 437
  4. TUR 386
  5. POL 377
  6. UKR 364

Team classification women:

  1. CHN 530
  2. TPE 392
  3. BUL 374
  4. THA 371
  5. NGR 366
  6. USA 333

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-62 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-69 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-69 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-77 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-77 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-77 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-85 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-85 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-85 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-94 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-94 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-94 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+105 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+105 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
+105 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-48 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-53 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-53 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-53 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-58 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-63 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-69 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
-75 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Snatch Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Clean & Jerk Women — Medal 3 3
+75 kg Total Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 12 5 4 21
2 Chinese Taipei TPE 6 1 6 13
3 Bulgaria BUL 5 3 6 14
4 Greece GRE 4 10 6 20
5 Russia RUS 3 3 2 8
6 Qatar QAT 3 1 3 7
7 Turkey TUR 3 0 1 4
8 Iran IRI 2 1 1 4
9 Ukraine UKR 2 1 0 3
10 South Korea KOR 1 4 1 6
11 Indonesia INA 1 4 0 5
12 North Korea PRK 1 2 0 3
13 Armenia ARM 1 0 1 2
= Hungary HUN 1 0 1 2
15 Poland POL 0 5 1 6
16 Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
17 Cuba CUB 0 1 0 1
= Georgia GEO 0 1 0 1
= India IND 0 1 0 1
= Nauru NRU 0 1 0 1
21 Nigeria NGR 0 0 4 4
22 Germany GER 0 0 2 2
= Japan JPN 0 0 2 2
24 Latvia LAT 0 0 1 1
= Myanmar MYA 0 0 1 1
= United States USA 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Sergio Álvarez CUB Adrian Ioan Jigău ROU
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Wang Shin-Yuan TPE Ivan Ivanov BUL
-56 kg Total, Men Halil Mutlu TUR Adrian Ioan Jigău ROU Wang Shin-Yuan TPE
-62 kg Snatch, Men Shi Zhiyong CHN Leonidas Sampanis GRE Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Le Maosheng CHN Marcus Stephen NRU Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-62 kg Total, Men Le Maosheng CHN Leonidas Sampanis GRE Sevdalin Minchev BUL
-69 kg Snatch, Men Galabin Boevski BUL Georgios Tzelilis GRE Valerios Leonidis GRE
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Galabin Boevski BUL Georgios Tzelilis GRE Valerios Leonidis GRE
-69 kg Total, Men Galabin Boevski BUL Georgios Tzelilis GRE Valerios Leonidis GRE
-77 kg Snatch, Men Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan ARM Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL Badr Salem Nayef QAT
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Badr Salem Nayef QAT Viktor Mitrou GRE Nader Sufyan Abbas QAT
-77 kg Total, Men Badr Salem Nayef QAT Viktor Mitrou GRE Plamen Zhelyazkov BUL
-85 kg Snatch, Men Pyrros Dimas GRE Giorgi Asanidze GEO Marc Huster GER
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Shahin Nassiri Nia IRI Christos Spyrou GRE Pyrros Dimas GRE
-85 kg Total, Men Shahin Nassiri Nia IRI Pyrros Dimas GRE Marc Huster GER
-94 kg Snatch, Men Akakios Kakiasvili GRE Leonidas Kokas GRE Hakob Pilosyan ARM
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Akakios Kakiasvili GRE Szymon Kołecki POL Bünyamin Sudaş TUR
-94 kg Total, Men Akakios Kakiasvili GRE Szymon Kołecki POL Leonidas Kokas GRE
-105 kg Snatch, Men Denys Hotfrid UKR Choi Jong-Geun KOR Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Denys Hotfrid UKR Robert Dołęga POL
-105 kg Total, Men Denys Hotfrid UKR Yevgeny Shishlyannikov RUS Choi Jong-Geun KOR
+105 kg Snatch, Men Jaber Salem QAT Hossein Reza Zadeh IRI Viktors Ščerbatihs LAT
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Kim Tae-Hyeon KOR Jaber Salem QAT
+105 kg Total, Men Andrey Chemerkin RUS Jaber Salem QAT Hossein Reza Zadeh IRI
-48 kg Snatch, Women Sri Indriyani INA Li Xuezhao CHN Chu Nan-Mei TPE
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Donka Mincheva BUL Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi IND Kaori Niyanagi JPN
-48 kg Total, Women Donka Mincheva BUL Sri Indriyani INA Kaori Niyanagi JPN
-53 kg Snatch, Women Li Feng-Ying TPE Winarni Binti Slamet INA Win Swe Swe MYA
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Li Feng-Ying TPE Winarni Binti Slamet INA Wang Xiufen CHN
-53 kg Total, Women Li Feng-Ying TPE Winarni Binti Slamet INA Wang Xiufen CHN
-58 kg Snatch, Women Chen Yanqing CHN Ri Song-Hui PRK Kuo Ping-Chun TPE
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Ri Song-Hui PRK Chen Yanqing CHN Kuo Ping-Chun TPE
-58 kg Total, Women Chen Yanqing CHN Ri Song-Hui PRK Kuo Ping-Chun TPE
-63 kg Snatch, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Valentina Popova RUS Xiong Meiying CHN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Xiong Meiying CHN Ioanna Chatziioannou GRE
-63 kg Total, Women Chen Jui-Lien TPE Xiong Meiying CHN Valentina Popova RUS
-69 kg Snatch, Women Erzsébet Márkus HUN Milena Trendafilova BUL Sun Tianni CHN
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Sun Tianni CHN Irina Kasimova RUS Milena Trendafilova BUL
-69 kg Total, Women Sun Tianni CHN Milena Trendafilova BUL Erzsébet Márkus HUN
-75 kg Snatch, Women Xu Jiao CHN Kim Sun-Hui KOR Ruth Ogbeifo NGR
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Kim Sun-Hui KOR Xu Jiao CHN Ruth Ogbeifo NGR
-75 kg Total, Women Xu Jiao CHN Kim Sun-Hui KOR Ruth Ogbeifo NGR
+75 kg Snatch, Women Ding Meiyuan CHN Agata Wróbel POL Cheryl Haworth USA
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women Ding Meiyuan CHN Agata Wróbel POL Chen Hsiao-Lien TPE
+75 kg Total, Women Ding Meiyuan CHN Agata Wróbel POL Balkisu Musa NGR