1997 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Cape Town
Country	RSA
Held	29 May – 4 June 1997
Competitors	76
Countries	25

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-54 kg Snatch	Men	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-54 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-54 kg Total	Men	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-59 kg Snatch	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-59 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-59 kg Total	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-64 kg Snatch	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-64 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-64 kg Total	Men	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Snatch	Men	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Total	Men	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-76 kg Snatch	Men	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-76 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	1 June 1997	Medal	3	2
-76 kg Total	Men	1 June 1997	Medal	3	2
-83 kg Snatch	Men	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-83 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-83 kg Total	Men	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-91 kg Snatch	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-91 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-91 kg Total	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-99 kg Snatch	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-99 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-99 kg Total	Men	3 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-108 kg Snatch	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-108 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-108 kg Total	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+108 kg Snatch	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+108 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+108 kg Total	Men	4 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-46 kg Snatch	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-46 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-46 kg Total	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-50 kg Snatch	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-50 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-50 kg Total	Women	29 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-54 kg Snatch	Women	30 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-54 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-54 kg Total	Women	30 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-59 kg Snatch	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-59 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-59 kg Total	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	2
-64 kg Snatch	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-64 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-64 kg Total	Women	31 May 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Snatch	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-70 kg Total	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-76 kg Snatch	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	2
-76 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-76 kg Total	Women	1 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-83 kg Snatch	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-83 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
-83 kg Total	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+83 kg Snatch	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+83 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3
+83 kg Total	Women	2 June 1997	Medal	3	3

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	18	3	2	23
2	Turkey	TUR	13	9	1	23
3	Bulgaria	BUL	4	2	0	6
4	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3	11	10	24
5	Russia	RUS	3	5	2	10
6	Cuba	CUB	3	1	0	4
7	Indonesia	INA	3	0	0	3
8	Hungary	HUN	2	4	6	12
9	Iran	IRI	2	4	2	8
10	Ukraine	UKR	2	2	3	7
11	South Korea	KOR	2	1	1	4
12	Romania	ROU	1	2	1	4
13	Germany	GER	1	1	0	2
14	Canada	CAN	0	4	2	6
15	Japan	JPN	0	3	5	8
16	Italy	ITA	0	2	1	3
17	United States	USA	0	1	7	8
18	Egypt	EGY	0	1	5	6
19	Slovakia	SVK	0	1	1	2
20	New Zealand	NZL	0	0	2	2
=	Venezuela	VEN	0	0	2	2
22	Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1
=	Greece	GRE	0	0	1	1
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	0	1	1
=	Mexico	MEX	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-54 kg Snatch, Men	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 53.30 kg	CUB	László Tancsics bodyweight: 53.65 kg	HUN	Yasuji Kikuzuma bodyweight: 53.55 kg	JPN
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 53.30 kg	CUB	Yang Chin-Yi bodyweight: 53.15 kg	TPE	Marvin Jiménez bodyweight: 52.95 kg	GUA
-54 kg Total, Men	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 53.30 kg	CUB	László Tancsics bodyweight: 53.65 kg	HUN	Yang Chin-Yi bodyweight: 53.15 kg	TPE
-59 kg Snatch, Men	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 59.00 kg	CHN	İsmail Atmaca bodyweight: 58.75 kg	TUR	Chen Po-Pu bodyweight: 58.75 kg	TPE
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 59.00 kg	CHN	İsmail Atmaca bodyweight: 58.75 kg	TUR	Eugen Costea bodyweight: 58.45 kg	ROU
-59 kg Total, Men	Shi Zhiyong bodyweight: 59.00 kg	CHN	İsmail Atmaca bodyweight: 58.75 kg	TUR	Chen Po-Pu bodyweight: 58.75 kg	TPE
-64 kg Snatch, Men	Su Feixiang bodyweight: 63.95 kg	CHN	Javad Khoshdel bodyweight: 63.90 kg	IRI	Mohamed Fathi bodyweight: 63.75 kg	EGY
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Su Feixiang bodyweight: 63.95 kg	CHN	Mohamed Fathi bodyweight: 63.75 kg	EGY	Javad Khoshdel bodyweight: 63.90 kg	IRI
-64 kg Total, Men	Su Feixiang bodyweight: 63.95 kg	CHN	Javad Khoshdel bodyweight: 63.90 kg	IRI	Mohamed Fathi bodyweight: 63.75 kg	EGY
-70 kg Snatch, Men	Yasin Arslan bodyweight: 68.55 kg	TUR	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 69.85 kg	BUL	Werner Höller bodyweight: 67.65 kg	AUT
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 69.85 kg	BUL	Yasin Arslan bodyweight: 68.55 kg	TUR	Ahmed Samir bodyweight: 69.50 kg	EGY
-70 kg Total, Men	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 69.85 kg	BUL	Yasin Arslan bodyweight: 68.55 kg	TUR	Oscar Chaplin, III bodyweight: 69.65 kg	USA
-76 kg Snatch, Men	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 75.30 kg	CHN	Mohamed Hossein Barkhah bodyweight: 75.65 kg	IRI	Stanislav Krasnov bodyweight: 75.75 kg	RUS
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 75.30 kg	CHN	Zhou Kai bodyweight: 75.20 kg	CHN	Mohamed Hossein Barkhah bodyweight: 75.65 kg	IRI
-76 kg Total, Men	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 75.30 kg	CHN	Mohamed Hossein Barkhah bodyweight: 75.65 kg	IRI	Zhou Kai bodyweight: 75.20 kg	CHN
-83 kg Snatch, Men	Eduard Tyukin bodyweight: 81.55 kg	RUS	Jan Schnirpel bodyweight: 82.10 kg	GER	György Ehrlich bodyweight: 82.25 kg	HUN
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Jang Myung-Kyu bodyweight: 82.30 kg	KOR	Eduard Tyukin bodyweight: 81.55 kg	RUS	György Ehrlich bodyweight: 82.25 kg	HUN
-83 kg Total, Men	Eduard Tyukin bodyweight: 81.55 kg	RUS	György Ehrlich bodyweight: 82.25 kg	HUN	Valeriy Pokrivchak bodyweight: 82.40 kg	UKR
-91 kg Snatch, Men	Kouroush Bagheri bodyweight: 88.80 kg	IRI	Yuan Aijun bodyweight: 84.70 kg	CHN	Zoltán Kovács bodyweight: 89.20 kg	HUN
-91 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Jörg Mazur bodyweight: 90.20 kg	GER	Michel Batista bodyweight: 90.25 kg	CUB	Yuan Aijun bodyweight: 84.70 kg	CHN
-91 kg Total, Men	Kouroush Bagheri bodyweight: 88.80 kg	IRI	Yuan Aijun bodyweight: 84.70 kg	CHN	Zoltán Kovács bodyweight: 89.20 kg	HUN
-99 kg Snatch, Men	Hennadiy Krasylnykov bodyweight: 98.45 kg	UKR	Akos Sandor bodyweight: 98.20 kg	CAN	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 98.55 kg	RUS
-99 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 98.55 kg	RUS	Hennadiy Krasylnykov bodyweight: 98.45 kg	UKR	Akos Sandor bodyweight: 98.20 kg	CAN
-99 kg Total, Men	Hennadiy Krasylnykov bodyweight: 98.45 kg	UKR	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 98.55 kg	RUS	Akos Sandor bodyweight: 98.20 kg	CAN
-108 kg Snatch, Men	Damyan Damyanov bodyweight: 106.65 kg	BUL	Marius Alecu bodyweight: 106.85 kg	ROU	János Likerecz bodyweight: 101.50 kg	HUN
-108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Marius Alecu bodyweight: 106.85 kg	ROU	Damyan Damyanov bodyweight: 106.65 kg	BUL	Hildegar Morillo bodyweight: 107.05 kg	VEN
-108 kg Total, Men	Damyan Damyanov bodyweight: 106.65 kg	BUL	Marius Alecu bodyweight: 106.85 kg	ROU	János Likerecz bodyweight: 101.50 kg	HUN
+108 kg Snatch, Men	Ákos Nagy bodyweight: 119.00 kg	HUN	Moreno Boer bodyweight: 108.05 kg	ITA	Giorgos Dermentzis bodyweight: 108.05 kg	GRE
+108 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Lee U-Seong bodyweight: 108.30 kg	KOR	Ákos Nagy bodyweight: 119.00 kg	HUN	Moreno Boer bodyweight: 108.05 kg	ITA
+108 kg Total, Men	Ákos Nagy bodyweight: 119.00 kg	HUN	Moreno Boer bodyweight: 108.05 kg	ITA	Lee U-Seong bodyweight: 108.30 kg	KOR
-46 kg Snatch, Women	Sri Indriyani bodyweight: 45.95 kg	INA	Lin Hsiao-Fen bodyweight: 45.65 kg	TPE	Heba Sayed bodyweight: 45.65 kg	EGY
-46 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Sri Indriyani bodyweight: 45.95 kg	INA	Lin Hsiao-Fen bodyweight: 45.65 kg	TPE	Chisato Shikada bodyweight: 45.80 kg	JPN
-46 kg Total, Women	Sri Indriyani bodyweight: 45.95 kg	INA	Lin Hsiao-Fen bodyweight: 45.65 kg	TPE	Heba Sayed bodyweight: 45.65 kg	EGY
-50 kg Snatch, Women	Esma Can bodyweight: 49.80 kg	TUR	Erika Nomura bodyweight: 49.20 kg	JPN	Kumie Matsumiya bodyweight: 49.30 kg	JPN
-50 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Esma Can bodyweight: 49.80 kg	TUR	Erika Nomura bodyweight: 49.20 kg	JPN	Kumie Matsumiya bodyweight: 49.30 kg	JPN
-50 kg Total, Women	Esma Can bodyweight: 49.80 kg	TUR	Erika Nomura bodyweight: 49.20 kg	JPN	Kumie Matsumiya bodyweight: 49.30 kg	JPN
-54 kg Snatch, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 53.40 kg	CHN	Neslihan Demiröz bodyweight: 53.95 kg	TUR	Dilek Selçuk bodyweight: 54.00 kg	TUR
-54 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 53.40 kg	CHN	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.70 kg	SVK	Soraya Jiménez bodyweight: 53.60 kg	MEX
-54 kg Total, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 53.40 kg	CHN	Neslihan Demiröz bodyweight: 53.95 kg	TUR	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.70 kg	SVK
-59 kg Snatch, Women	Fatma Kabadayi bodyweight: 58.90 kg	TUR	Miel McGerrigle bodyweight: 57.80 kg	CAN	Chen Fu-Chin bodyweight: 58.50 kg	TPE
-59 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Fatma Kabadayi bodyweight: 58.90 kg	TUR	Aylin Daşdelen bodyweight: 57.95 kg	TUR	Chen Fu-Chin bodyweight: 58.50 kg	TPE
-59 kg Total, Women	Fatma Kabadayi bodyweight: 58.90 kg	TUR	Aylin Daşdelen bodyweight: 57.95 kg	TUR	Chen Fu-Chin bodyweight: 58.50 kg	TPE
-64 kg Snatch, Women	Döndü Ay bodyweight: 63.70 kg	TUR	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 63.45 kg	RUS	Huang Shu-Mei bodyweight: 62.65 kg	TPE
-64 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Döndü Ay bodyweight: 63.70 kg	TUR	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 63.45 kg	RUS	Huang Shu-Mei bodyweight: 62.65 kg	TPE
-64 kg Total, Women	Döndü Ay bodyweight: 63.70 kg	TUR	Svetlana Khabirova bodyweight: 63.45 kg	RUS	Huang Shu-Mei bodyweight: 62.65 kg	TPE
-70 kg Snatch, Women	Zhao Nan bodyweight: 68.60 kg	CHN	Lin Shu-Ting bodyweight: 66.70 kg	TPE	Cara Heads-Lane bodyweight: 69.35 kg	USA
-70 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Zhao Nan bodyweight: 68.60 kg	CHN	Lin Shu-Ting bodyweight: 66.70 kg	TPE	Cara Heads-Lane bodyweight: 69.35 kg	USA
-70 kg Total, Women	Zhao Nan bodyweight: 68.60 kg	CHN	Lin Shu-Ting bodyweight: 66.70 kg	TPE	Cara Heads-Lane bodyweight: 69.35 kg	USA
-76 kg Snatch, Women	Lu Yu-Ju bodyweight: 74.50 kg	TPE	Khadijah Hunter bodyweight: 72.10 kg	USA	Emily Britton bodyweight: 72.65 kg	USA
-76 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Lu Yu-Ju bodyweight: 74.50 kg	TPE	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 72.90 kg	CAN	Khadijah Hunter bodyweight: 72.10 kg	USA
-76 kg Total, Women	Lu Yu-Ju bodyweight: 74.50 kg	TPE	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 72.90 kg	CAN	Khadijah Hunter bodyweight: 72.10 kg	USA
-83 kg Snatch, Women	Aysel Özgür bodyweight: 76.30 kg	TUR	Chen Shu-Man bodyweight: 76.80 kg	TPE	Vita Rudenok bodyweight: 81.10 kg	UKR
-83 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Aysel Özgür bodyweight: 76.30 kg	TUR	Mun Gyeong-Ae bodyweight: 80.70 kg	KOR	Vita Rudenok bodyweight: 81.10 kg	UKR
-83 kg Total, Women	Aysel Özgür bodyweight: 76.30 kg	TUR	Vita Rudenok bodyweight: 81.10 kg	UKR	Chen Shu-Man bodyweight: 76.80 kg	TPE
+83 kg Snatch, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 88.10 kg	CHN	Chen Chia-Yi bodyweight: 98.25 kg	TPE	Carolina Sangronis bodyweight: 96.20 kg	VEN
+83 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 88.10 kg	CHN	Chen Chia-Yi bodyweight: 98.25 kg	TPE	Olivia Baker bodyweight: 101.80 kg	NZL
+83 kg Total, Women	Ding Meiyuan bodyweight: 88.10 kg	CHN	Chen Chia-Yi bodyweight: 98.25 kg	TPE	Olivia Baker bodyweight: 101.80 kg	NZL