1998 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Sofia
Country	BUL
Held	18 – 24 May 1998
Competitors	63
Countries	23

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	30	3	2	35
2	Russia	RUS	7	5	6	18
3	Bulgaria	BUL	3	8	3	14
4	Ukraine	UKR	3	1	3	7
5	Thailand	THA	1	7	0	8
6	Egypt	EGY	1	0	0	1
7	Poland	POL	0	5	2	7
8	Cuba	CUB	0	3	0	3
9	Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	2	3	5
10	Romania	ROU	0	2	2	4
11	Armenia	ARM	0	2	1	3
12	Spain	ESP	0	1	5	6
13	Slovakia	SVK	0	1	2	3
14	Turkey	TUR	0	1	1	2
15	Belarus	BLR	0	1	0	1
=	Canada	CAN	0	1	0	1
=	Finland	FIN	0	1	0	1
=	Greece	GRE	0	1	0	1
19	Hungary	HUN	0	0	7	7
20	India	IND	0	0	4	4
21	Japan	JPN	0	0	2	2
22	Georgia	GEO	0	0	1	1
=	Great Britain	GBR	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Luo Zhongnan bodyweight: 55.95 kg	CHN	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 55.75 kg	CUB	Yang Chin-Yi bodyweight: 55.65 kg	TPE
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Luo Zhongnan bodyweight: 55.95 kg	CHN	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 55.75 kg	CUB	Oleksandr Likhvald bodyweight: 55.95 kg	UKR
-56 kg Total, Men	Luo Zhongnan bodyweight: 55.95 kg	CHN	Sergio Álvarez bodyweight: 55.75 kg	CUB	Oleksandr Likhvald bodyweight: 55.95 kg	UKR
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 62.00 kg	CHN	Dmitry Boguk bodyweight: 61.75 kg	BLR	Eugen Costea bodyweight: 61.45 kg	ROU
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 62.00 kg	CHN	Chen Shuihua bodyweight: 61.15 kg	CHN	Eugen Costea bodyweight: 61.45 kg	ROU
-62 kg Total, Men	Le Maosheng bodyweight: 62.00 kg	CHN	Eugen Costea bodyweight: 61.45 kg	ROU	Lyuben Kovachev bodyweight: 61.70 kg	BUL
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Guo Guan bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN	Yasin Arslan bodyweight: 69.00 kg	TUR	Radik Petrosyan bodyweight: 68.75 kg	ARM
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ahmed Samir bodyweight: 68.65 kg	EGY	Rudik Petrosyan bodyweight: 68.85 kg	ARM	Guo Guan bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN
-69 kg Total, Men	Guo Guan bodyweight: 68.90 kg	CHN	Rudik Petrosyan bodyweight: 68.85 kg	ARM	Yasin Arslan bodyweight: 69.00 kg	TUR
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 74.40 kg	BUL	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 77.00 kg	CHN	Aleksey Morozov bodyweight: 76.80 kg	RUS
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 77.00 kg	CHN	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 74.40 kg	BUL	Aleksey Morozov bodyweight: 76.80 kg	RUS
-77 kg Total, Men	Wang Hongyu bodyweight: 77.00 kg	CHN	Georgi Markov bodyweight: 74.40 kg	BUL	Aleksey Morozov bodyweight: 76.80 kg	RUS
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Eduard Tyukin bodyweight: 83.35 kg	RUS	Sergey Zhukov bodyweight: 84.30 kg	RUS	Krzysztof Fąfara bodyweight: 84.45 kg	POL
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Sergey Zhukov bodyweight: 84.30 kg	RUS	Valeriy Pokrivchak bodyweight: 84.70 kg	UKR	Wang Hailong bodyweight: 85.00 kg	CHN
-85 kg Total, Men	Sergey Zhukov bodyweight: 84.30 kg	RUS	Eduard Tyukin bodyweight: 83.35 kg	RUS	Valeriy Pokrivchak bodyweight: 84.70 kg	UKR
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Vladimir Smorchkov bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS	Benjamin Pirkkiö bodyweight: 91.70 kg	FIN	Nikola Stoyanov bodyweight: 93.35 kg	BUL
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Nikola Stoyanov bodyweight: 93.35 kg	BUL	Angel Popov bodyweight: 93.10 kg	BUL	Vladimir Smorchkov bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS
-94 kg Total, Men	Nikola Stoyanov bodyweight: 93.35 kg	BUL	Vladimir Smorchkov bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS	Angel Popov bodyweight: 93.10 kg	BUL
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 101.95 kg	RUS	Hristo Hristov bodyweight: 103.90 kg	BUL	Valeriane Sarava bodyweight: 104.35 kg	GEO
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 101.95 kg	RUS	Hristo Hristov bodyweight: 103.90 kg	BUL	Jordi Simón bodyweight: 102.95 kg	ESP
-105 kg Total, Men	Yevgeny Chigishev bodyweight: 101.95 kg	RUS	Hristo Hristov bodyweight: 103.90 kg	BUL	Jordi Simón bodyweight: 102.95 kg	ESP
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Artem Udachyn bodyweight: 114.25 kg	UKR	Damyan Damyanov bodyweight: 114.95 kg	BUL	Attila Likerecz bodyweight: 112.75 kg	HUN
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Artem Udachyn bodyweight: 114.25 kg	UKR	Marius Alecu bodyweight: 114.90 kg	ROU	Roman Mesheryakov bodyweight: 139.10 kg	RUS
+105 kg Total, Men	Artem Udachyn bodyweight: 114.25 kg	UKR	Damyan Damyanov bodyweight: 114.95 kg	BUL	Roman Mesheryakov bodyweight: 139.10 kg	RUS
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Udomporn Polsak bodyweight: 47.90 kg	THA	Luo Xiaoqin bodyweight: 46.75 kg	CHN	Sanamacha Chanu bodyweight: 47.95 kg	IND
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Luo Xiaoqin bodyweight: 46.75 kg	CHN	Arlee Wiratthaworn bodyweight: 46.15 kg	THA	Erika Nomura bodyweight: 47.70 kg	JPN
-48 kg Total, Women	Luo Xiaoqin bodyweight: 46.75 kg	CHN	Udomporn Polsak bodyweight: 47.90 kg	THA	Sanamacha Chanu bodyweight: 47.95 kg	IND
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 52.60 kg	CHN	Taengmo Muangpho bodyweight: 52.50 kg	THA	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.55 kg	SVK
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 52.60 kg	CHN	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.55 kg	SVK	Estefanía Juan bodyweight: 52.35 kg	ESP
-53 kg Total, Women	Guo Huibing bodyweight: 52.60 kg	CHN	Taengmo Muangpho bodyweight: 52.50 kg	THA	Dagmar Daneková bodyweight: 52.55 kg	SVK
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Xu Xiongying bodyweight: 57.75 kg	CHN	Dominika Misterska-Zasowska bodyweight: 57.65 kg	POL	Michaela Breeze bodyweight: 57.90 kg	GBR
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Xu Xiongying bodyweight: 57.75 kg	CHN	Dominika Misterska-Zasowska bodyweight: 57.65 kg	POL	Krishna Kumari Karnam bodyweight: 55.00 kg	IND
-58 kg Total, Women	Xu Xiongying bodyweight: 57.75 kg	CHN	Dominika Misterska-Zasowska bodyweight: 57.65 kg	POL	Krishna Kumari Karnam bodyweight: 55.00 kg	IND
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Hou Kangfeng bodyweight: 63.00 kg	CHN	Anastasia Tsakiri bodyweight: 62.15 kg	GRE	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 62.45 kg	HUN
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Hou Kangfeng bodyweight: 63.00 kg	CHN	Chen Ching-Chi bodyweight: 59.70 kg	TPE	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 62.45 kg	HUN
-63 kg Total, Women	Hou Kangfeng bodyweight: 63.00 kg	CHN	Chen Ching-Chi bodyweight: 59.70 kg	TPE	Eszter Krutzler bodyweight: 62.45 kg	HUN
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Shang Shichun bodyweight: 68.65 kg	CHN	Pawina Thongsuk bodyweight: 65.30 kg	THA	Gyöngyi Likerecz bodyweight: 67.75 kg	HUN
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Shang Shichun bodyweight: 68.65 kg	CHN	Pawina Thongsuk bodyweight: 65.30 kg	THA	Gyöngyi Likerecz bodyweight: 67.75 kg	HUN
-69 kg Total, Women	Shang Shichun bodyweight: 68.65 kg	CHN	Pawina Thongsuk bodyweight: 65.30 kg	THA	Gyöngyi Likerecz bodyweight: 67.75 kg	HUN
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Yue Pingtian bodyweight: 72.60 kg	CHN	Aygul Gafarova bodyweight: 71.30 kg	RUS	Lin Shu-Ting bodyweight: 69.40 kg	TPE
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Yue Pingtian bodyweight: 72.60 kg	CHN	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 73.20 kg	CAN	Hiromi Fujiwara bodyweight: 74.75 kg	JPN
-75 kg Total, Women	Yue Pingtian bodyweight: 72.60 kg	CHN	Aygul Gafarova bodyweight: 71.30 kg	RUS	Lin Shu-Ting bodyweight: 69.40 kg	TPE
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Zhang Nan bodyweight: 122.0 kg	CHN	Lourdes Gorostegui bodyweight: 93.30 kg	ESP	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.45 kg	POL
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Zhang Nan bodyweight: 122.0 kg	CHN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.45 kg	POL	Lourdes Gorostegui bodyweight: 93.30 kg	ESP
+75 kg Total, Women	Zhang Nan bodyweight: 122.0 kg	CHN	Agata Wróbel bodyweight: 105.45 kg	POL	Lourdes Gorostegui bodyweight: 93.30 kg	ESP