2003 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Vancouver
Country	CAN
Held	14 – 22 November 2003
Competitors	73
Countries	24

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-56 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-56 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-56 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-62 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-62 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-62 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-69 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-69 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-77 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-77 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-77 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-85 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 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
+105 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	4
+105 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
+105 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-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	2
-53 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-53 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-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	2
-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	4	4
-75 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-75 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	4	4
+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	19	7	7	33
2	Iran	IRI	4	1	0	5
3	Turkey	TUR	3	7	9	19
4	Bulgaria	BUL	3	5	2	10
5	Egypt	EGY	3	0	0	3
6	Thailand	THA	2	4	2	8
7	Ukraine	UKR	2	1	4	7
8	Romania	ROU	2	1	1	4
9	Qatar	QAT	2	1	0	3
10	Russia	RUS	1	7	4	12
11	North Korea	PRK	1	1	1	3
12	Belarus	BLR	1	0	3	4
13	Australia	AUS	1	0	2	3
14	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
15	Indonesia	INA	0	3	1	4
16	South Korea	KOR	0	2	2	4
17	Hungary	HUN	0	2	1	3
18	Latvia	LAT	0	1	1	2
19	Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	1	0	1
=	Poland	POL	0	1	0	1
21	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	0	2	2
22	Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
=	Ecuador	ECU	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Wu Meijin bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN	Sedat Artuç bodyweight: 55.49 kg	TUR	Lu Linbi bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Wu Meijin bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN	Wang Shin-Yuan bodyweight: 55.86 kg	TPE	Adrian Ioan Jigău bodyweight: 55.94 kg	ROU
-56 kg Total, Men	Wu Meijin bodyweight: 55.70 kg	CHN	Adrian Ioan Jigău bodyweight: 55.94 kg	ROU	Sedat Artuç bodyweight: 55.49 kg	TUR
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 61.02 kg	TUR	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 61.62 kg	CHN	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 61.88 kg	CHN
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 61.02 kg	TUR	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 61.62 kg	CHN	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 61.88 kg	CHN
-62 kg Total, Men	Halil Mutlu bodyweight: 61.02 kg	TUR	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 61.62 kg	CHN	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 61.88 kg	CHN
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Zhang Guozheng bodyweight: 68.76 kg	CHN	Arkadiusz Smółka bodyweight: 68.77 kg	POL	Lee Bae-Yeong bodyweight: 68.67 kg	KOR
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Zhang Guozheng bodyweight: 68.76 kg	CHN	Lee Bae-Yeong bodyweight: 68.67 kg	KOR	Əfqan Bayramov bodyweight: 67.91 kg	AZE
-69 kg Total, Men	Zhang Guozheng bodyweight: 68.76 kg	CHN	Lee Bae-Yeong bodyweight: 68.67 kg	KOR	Turan Mirzəyev bodyweight: 68.71 kg	AZE
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Li Hongli bodyweight: 76.13 kg	CHN	Vyacheslav Yershov bodyweight: 76.44 kg	RUS	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu bodyweight: 76.32 kg	TUR
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad bodyweight: 76.55 kg	IRI	Mehmet Yılmaz bodyweight: 76.13 kg	TUR	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu bodyweight: 76.32 kg	TUR
-77 kg Total, Men	Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad bodyweight: 76.55 kg	IRI	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu bodyweight: 76.32 kg	TUR	Li Hongli bodyweight: 76.13 kg	CHN
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Sergo Chakhoyan bodyweight: 82.70 kg	AUS	Erdal Sunar bodyweight: 84.40 kg	TUR	Aliaksandr Anishchanka bodyweight: 84.44 kg	BLR
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Valeriu Calancea bodyweight: 84.45 kg	ROU	Yuan Aijun bodyweight: 84.53 kg	CHN	Sergo Chakhoyan bodyweight: 82.70 kg	AUS
-85 kg Total, Men	Valeriu Calancea bodyweight: 84.45 kg	ROU	Yuan Aijun bodyweight: 84.53 kg	CHN	Sergo Chakhoyan bodyweight: 82.70 kg	AUS
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Milen Dobrev bodyweight: 93.13 kg	BUL	Aleksey Petrov bodyweight: 93.60 kg	RUS	Pavel Harkavy bodyweight: 93.80 kg	BLR
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vadim Vacarciuc bodyweight: 93.37 kg	MDA	Milen Dobrev bodyweight: 93.13 kg	BUL	Hakan Yılmaz bodyweight: 93.26 kg	TUR
-94 kg Total, Men	Milen Dobrev bodyweight: 93.13 kg	BUL	Hakan Yılmaz bodyweight: 93.26 kg	TUR	Vadim Vacarciuc bodyweight: 93.37 kg	MDA
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Vladimir Smorchkov bodyweight: 104.04 kg	RUS	Asaad Said Saif bodyweight: 104.92 kg	QAT	Denys Hotfrid bodyweight: 104.32 kg	UKR
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Alan Tsagaev bodyweight: 104.01 kg	BUL	Bünyamin Sudaş bodyweight: 102.96 kg	TUR	Gleb Pisarevsky bodyweight: 103.62 kg	RUS
-105 kg Total, Men	Asaad Said Saif bodyweight: 104.92 kg	QAT	Vladimir Smorchkov bodyweight: 104.04 kg	RUS	Bünyamin Sudaş bodyweight: 102.96 kg	TUR
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Jaber Salem bodyweight: 127.44 kg	QAT	Hossein Reza Zadeh bodyweight: 155.90 kg	IRI	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 115.68 kg	RUS
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Hossein Reza Zadeh bodyweight: 155.90 kg	IRI	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 136.62 kg	LAT	Velichko Cholakov bodyweight: 157.65 kg	BUL
+105 kg Total, Men	Hossein Reza Zadeh bodyweight: 155.90 kg	IRI	Velichko Cholakov bodyweight: 157.65 kg	BUL	Viktors Ščerbatihs bodyweight: 136.62 kg	LAT
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Wang Mingjuan bodyweight: 47.84 kg	CHN	Izabela Dragneva bodyweight: 47.62 kg	BUL	Nurcan Taylan bodyweight: 47.74 kg	TUR
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Wang Mingjuan bodyweight: 47.84 kg	CHN	Arlee Wiratthaworn bodyweight: 47.93 kg	THA	Rosmainar bodyweight: 47.58 kg	INA
-48 kg Total, Women	Wang Mingjuan bodyweight: 47.84 kg	CHN	Arlee Wiratthaworn bodyweight: 47.93 kg	THA	Nurcan Taylan bodyweight: 47.74 kg	TUR
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Udomporn Polsak bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA	Junpim Kuntatean bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 52.68 kg	PRK
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 52.68 kg	PRK	Udomporn Polsak bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA	Junpim Kuntatean bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA
-53 kg Total, Women	Udomporn Polsak bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA	Ri Song-Hui bodyweight: 52.68 kg	PRK	Junpim Kuntatean bodyweight: 52.52 kg	THA
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Sun Caiyan bodyweight: 57.48 kg	CHN	Patmawati Abdul Wahid bodyweight: 56.57 kg	INA	Alexandra Escobar bodyweight: 55.56 kg	ECU
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Sun Caiyan bodyweight: 57.48 kg	CHN	Patmawati Abdul Wahid bodyweight: 56.57 kg	INA	Maryse Turcotte bodyweight: 57.44 kg	CAN
-58 kg Total, Women	Sun Caiyan bodyweight: 57.48 kg	CHN	Patmawati Abdul Wahid bodyweight: 56.57 kg	INA	Aylin Daşdelen bodyweight: 57.27 kg	TUR
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Hanna Batsiushka bodyweight: 62.77 kg	BLR	Nataliya Skakun bodyweight: 62.16 kg	UKR	Liu Xia bodyweight: 62.47 kg	CHN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Nataliya Skakun bodyweight: 62.16 kg	UKR	Liu Xia bodyweight: 62.47 kg	CHN	Xiong Meiying bodyweight: 61.71 kg	CHN
-63 kg Total, Women	Nataliya Skakun bodyweight: 62.16 kg	UKR	Liu Xia bodyweight: 62.47 kg	CHN	Hanna Batsiushka bodyweight: 62.77 kg	BLR
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Liu Chunhong bodyweight: 68.47 kg	CHN	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 68.09 kg	RUS	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 68.76 kg	HUN
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Liu Chunhong bodyweight: 68.47 kg	CHN	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 68.76 kg	HUN	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 68.09 kg	RUS
-69 kg Total, Women	Liu Chunhong bodyweight: 68.47 kg	CHN	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 68.76 kg	HUN	Valentina Popova bodyweight: 68.09 kg	RUS
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Nahla Ramadan bodyweight: 74.55 kg	EGY	Şule Şahbaz bodyweight: 74.40 kg	TUR	Rumyana Petkova bodyweight: 72.48 kg	BUL
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Nahla Ramadan bodyweight: 74.55 kg	EGY	Slaveyka Ruzhinska bodyweight: 73.38 kg	BUL	Nadiya Shamanska bodyweight: 74.14 kg	UKR
-75 kg Total, Women	Nahla Ramadan bodyweight: 74.55 kg	EGY	Slaveyka Ruzhinska bodyweight: 73.38 kg	BUL	Şule Şahbaz bodyweight: 74.40 kg	TUR
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 101.54 kg	CHN	Albina Khomich bodyweight: 103.73 kg	RUS	Olha Korobka bodyweight: 152.08 kg	UKR
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 101.54 kg	CHN	Albina Khomich bodyweight: 103.73 kg	RUS	Jang Mi-Ran bodyweight: 107.66 kg	KOR
+75 kg Total, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 101.54 kg	CHN	Albina Khomich bodyweight: 103.73 kg	RUS	Olha Korobka bodyweight: 152.08 kg	UKR