2008 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Cali
Country	COL
Held	15 – 21 June 2008
Competitors	59
Countries	21

Originally scheduled to be held in Whitehorse, Yukon (CAN).

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	16	7	2	25
2	Egypt	EGY	7	3	2	12
3	Colombia	COL	6	9	8	23
4	Turkey	TUR	4	2	2	8
5	Thailand	THA	3	2	2	7
6	South Korea	KOR	3	0	2	5
7	Tunisia	TUN	3	0	0	3
8	Venezuela	VEN	2	1	0	3
9	Ecuador	ECU	1	1	1	3
10	Armenia	ARM	0	7	3	10
11	Poland	POL	0	3	2	5
12	Iran	IRI	0	2	7	9
13	United States	USA	0	2	2	4
14	Cuba	CUB	0	2	1	3
=	Romania	ROU	0	2	1	3
16	Albania	ALB	0	1	1	2
=	Italy	ITA	0	1	1	2
18	Spain	ESP	0	0	3	3
=	Ukraine	UKR	0	0	3	3
20	Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
=	Japan	JPN	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Khalil Maaoui bodyweight: 55.54 kg	TUN	Adiel Gil bodyweight: 55.54 kg	CUB	Yeison Murillo bodyweight: 55.66 kg	COL
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Khalil Maaoui bodyweight: 55.54 kg	TUN	Carlos Berna bodyweight: 54.94 kg	COL	Adiel Gil bodyweight: 55.54 kg	CUB
-56 kg Total, Men	Khalil Maaoui bodyweight: 55.54 kg	TUN	Adiel Gil bodyweight: 55.54 kg	CUB	Carlos Berna bodyweight: 54.94 kg	COL
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Junior Sánchez bodyweight: 61.22 kg	VEN	Bünyamin Sezer bodyweight: 60.98 kg	TUR	Mohamed Ihab bodyweight: 61.54 kg	EGY
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Enrique Valencia bodyweight: 61.58 kg	ECU	Junior Sánchez bodyweight: 61.22 kg	VEN	Mohamed Ihab bodyweight: 61.54 kg	EGY
-62 kg Total, Men	Junior Sánchez bodyweight: 61.22 kg	VEN	Mohamed Ihab bodyweight: 61.54 kg	EGY	Enrique Valencia bodyweight: 61.58 kg	ECU
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Oleg Chen bodyweight: 68.56 kg	RUS	Arakel Mirzoyan bodyweight: 68.22 kg	ARM	Briken Calja bodyweight: 68.04 kg	ALB
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Luis Pineda bodyweight: 68.56 kg	COL	Arakel Mirzoyan bodyweight: 68.22 kg	ARM	Oleg Chen bodyweight: 68.56 kg	RUS
-69 kg Total, Men	Oleg Chen bodyweight: 68.56 kg	RUS	Arakel Mirzoyan bodyweight: 68.22 kg	ARM	Luis Pineda bodyweight: 68.56 kg	COL
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Semih Yağcı bodyweight: 76.46 kg	TUR	Ibrahim Abdelbaki bodyweight: 76.08 kg	EGY	Tomasz Zieliński bodyweight: 76.34 kg	POL
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ibrahim Abdelbaki bodyweight: 76.08 kg	EGY	Erkand Qerimaj bodyweight: 76.56 kg	ALB	Semih Yağcı bodyweight: 76.46 kg	TUR
-77 kg Total, Men	Ibrahim Abdelbaki bodyweight: 76.08 kg	EGY	Semih Yağcı bodyweight: 76.46 kg	TUR	Sohrab Moradi bodyweight: 76.72 kg	IRI
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Aleksandr Ivanov bodyweight: 84.20 kg	RUS	Saeid Shahedichenijani bodyweight: 83.86 kg	IRI	İbrahim Arat bodyweight: 84.14 kg	TUR
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Aleksandr Ivanov bodyweight: 84.20 kg	RUS	Aram Andrikyan bodyweight: 84.46 kg	ARM	Adrian Zieliński bodyweight: 84.24 kg	POL
-85 kg Total, Men	Aleksandr Ivanov bodyweight: 84.20 kg	RUS	Aram Andrikyan bodyweight: 84.46 kg	ARM	Saeid Shahedichenijani bodyweight: 83.86 kg	IRI
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Eduard Mezhgikhov bodyweight: 93.34 kg	RUS	Maksim Sheyko bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS	Navab Nassirshalal bodyweight: 93.30 kg	IRI
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Maksim Sheyko bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS	Eduard Mezhgikhov bodyweight: 93.34 kg	RUS	Navab Nassirshalal bodyweight: 93.30 kg	IRI
-94 kg Total, Men	Maksim Sheyko bodyweight: 93.20 kg	RUS	Eduard Mezhgikhov bodyweight: 93.34 kg	RUS	Navab Nassirshalal bodyweight: 93.30 kg	IRI
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Abdel Rahman Mohamed bodyweight: 104.64 kg	EGY	Yury Tegkyayev bodyweight: 104.12 kg	RUS	Serhiy Tahirov bodyweight: 103.82 kg	UKR
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Abdel Rahman Mohamed bodyweight: 104.64 kg	EGY	Yury Tegkyayev bodyweight: 104.12 kg	RUS	Sevak Sahakyan bodyweight: 103.76 kg	ARM
-105 kg Total, Men	Abdel Rahman Mohamed bodyweight: 104.64 kg	EGY	Yury Tegkyayev bodyweight: 104.12 kg	RUS	Sevak Sahakyan bodyweight: 103.76 kg	ARM
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Yevgeny Pisarev bodyweight: 135.38 kg	RUS	Behdad Salimi bodyweight: 151.46 kg	IRI	Ruben Aleksanyan bodyweight: 133.82 kg	ARM
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yevgeny Pisarev bodyweight: 135.38 kg	RUS	Ruben Aleksanyan bodyweight: 133.82 kg	ARM	Behdad Salimi bodyweight: 151.46 kg	IRI
+105 kg Total, Men	Yevgeny Pisarev bodyweight: 135.38 kg	RUS	Ruben Aleksanyan bodyweight: 133.82 kg	ARM	Behdad Salimi bodyweight: 151.46 kg	IRI
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Sibel Özkan bodyweight: 47,78 kg	TUR	Genny Pagliaro bodyweight: 47.72 kg	ITA	Panida Khamsri bodyweight: 46.50 kg	THA
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Sibel Özkan bodyweight: 47,78 kg	TUR	Panida Khamsri bodyweight: 46.50 kg	THA	Thip-Amon Phupruem bodyweight: 47.54 kg	THA
-48 kg Total, Women	Sibel Özkan bodyweight: 47,78 kg	TUR	Panida Khamsri bodyweight: 46.50 kg	THA	Genny Pagliaro bodyweight: 47.72 kg	ITA
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.54 kg	COL	Joanna Łochowska bodyweight: 52.52 kg	POL	María de la Puente bodyweight: 52.66 kg	ESP
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.54 kg	COL	Joanna Łochowska bodyweight: 52.52 kg	POL	María de la Puente bodyweight: 52.66 kg	ESP
-53 kg Total, Women	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.54 kg	COL	Joanna Łochowska bodyweight: 52.52 kg	POL	María de la Puente bodyweight: 52.66 kg	ESP
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Pimsiri Sirikaew bodyweight: 56.60 kg	THA	Lina Rivas bodyweight: 57.16 kg	COL	Roxana Cocoș bodyweight: 57.80 kg	ROU
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Pimsiri Sirikaew bodyweight: 56.60 kg	THA	Roxana Cocoș bodyweight: 57.80 kg	ROU	Lina Rivas bodyweight: 57.16 kg	COL
-58 kg Total, Women	Pimsiri Sirikaew bodyweight: 56.60 kg	THA	Roxana Cocoș bodyweight: 57.80 kg	ROU	Lina Rivas bodyweight: 57.16 kg	COL
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Viktoriya Savenko bodyweight: 62.18 kg	RUS	Nísida Palomeque bodyweight: 61.76 kg	COL	Olena Savchenkova bodyweight: 61.18 kg	UKR
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Nísida Palomeque bodyweight: 61.76 kg	COL	Viktoriya Savenko bodyweight: 62.18 kg	RUS	Valérie Lefebvre bodyweight: 61.90 kg	CAN
-63 kg Total, Women	Viktoriya Savenko bodyweight: 62.18 kg	RUS	Nísida Palomeque bodyweight: 61.76 kg	COL	Namiko Miyahira bodyweight: 62.38 kg	JPN
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.78 kg	EGY	Daria Baieva bodyweight: 68.76 kg	UKR
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.78 kg	EGY	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Kim Hye-Mi bodyweight: 67.94 kg	KOR
-69 kg Total, Women	Abir Abdulrahman bodyweight: 68.78 kg	EGY	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Kim Hye-Mi bodyweight: 67.94 kg	KOR
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Lee Ae-Ra bodyweight: 74.36 kg	KOR	Yessica Solís bodyweight: 73.92 kg	COL	Kelly Lynch bodyweight: 72.02 kg	USA
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Lee Ae-Ra bodyweight: 74.36 kg	KOR	Yessica Solís bodyweight: 73.92 kg	COL	Yuliya Konovalova bodyweight: 71.88 kg	RUS
-75 kg Total, Women	Lee Ae-Ra bodyweight: 74.36 kg	KOR	Yessica Solís bodyweight: 73.92 kg	COL	Kelly Lynch bodyweight: 72.02 kg	USA
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Yuliya Kachayeva bodyweight: 85.52 kg	RUS	Silvia Cazar bodyweight: 100.82 kg	ECU	Paola Serna bodyweight: 81.88 kg	COL
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Yuliya Kachayeva bodyweight: 85.52 kg	RUS	Sarah Robles bodyweight: 109.30 kg	USA	Paola Serna bodyweight: 81.88 kg	COL
+75 kg Total, Women	Yuliya Kachayeva bodyweight: 85.52 kg	RUS	Sarah Robles bodyweight: 109.30 kg	USA	Paola Serna bodyweight: 81.88 kg	COL