1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 76 kg

1997 World Championships
in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Men Women
  54 kg     46 kg  
59 kg 50 kg
64 kg 54 kg
70 kg 59 kg
76 kg 64 kg
83 kg 70 kg
91 kg 76 kg
99 kg 83 kg
108 kg +83 kg
+108 kg
Main article: 1997 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 76 kg division was staged on 10 December 1997.

Contents

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Georgi Gardev (BUL) 167.5 kg  Waldemar Kosiński (POL) 165.0 kg  Yoto Yotov (BUL) 165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Yoto Yotov (BUL) 202.5 kg  Andrzej Kozłowski (POL) 200.0 kg  Waldemar Kosiński (POL) 197.5 kg
Total  Yoto Yotov (BUL) 367.5 kg  Georgi Gardev (BUL) 365.0 kg  Waldemar Kosiński (POL) 362.5 kg

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record Snatch  Ruslan Savchenko (UKR) 170.0 kg Melbourne, Australia 16 November 1993
Clean & Jerk  Pablo Lara (CUB) 208.0 kg Szekszárd, Hungary 20 April 1996
Total  Pablo Lara (CUB) 372.5 kg Szekszárd, Hungary 20 April 1996

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
 Yoto Yotov (BUL) 75.86 157.5 162.5 165.0 195.0 202.5 — 367.5
 Georgi Gardev (BUL) 75.60 160.0 165.0 167.5 190.0 195.0 197.5 4 365.0
 Waldemar Kosiński (POL) 75.25 160.0 165.0 165.0 192.5 192.5 197.5 362.5
4  Andrzej Kozłowski (POL) 75.25 155.0 160.0 162.5 4 195.0 200.0 202.5 362.5
5  Ruslan Savchenko (UKR) 75.80 160.0 160.0 160.0 5 185.0 — — 12 345.0
6  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) 75.25 145.0 150.0 155.0 7 180.0 185.0 187.5 6 342.5
7  Andrey Poitschke (GER) 75.55 155.0 155.0 155.0 9 177.5 182.5 187.5 7 342.5
8  Hovhannes Barseghyan (ARM) 75.60 155.0 160.0 150.0 10 185.0 185.0 190.0 9 340.0
9  Lee Kang-Suk (KOR) 75.60 147.5 152.5 155.0 11 185.0 190.0 190.0 8 337.5
10  Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) 75.50 155.0 160.0 160.0 8 180.0 187.5 187.5 14 335.0
11  Vladimir Krasnyi (RUS) 75.75 150.0 155.0 155.0 13 185.0 190.0 190.0 10 335.0
12  Rafat Galal (EGY) 75.75 142.5 147.5 152.5 12 175.0 180.0 185.0 15 332.5
13  Damian Brown (AUS) 75.75 140.0 145.0 150.0 15 180.0 185.0 190.0 11 330.0
14  Tim McRae (USA) 75.95 147.5 152.5 152.5 14 177.5 177.5 182.5 13 330.0
15  Gabriel Lemme (ARG) 75.95 140.0 145.0 147.5 16 170.0 177.5 182.5 16 322.5
16  Gennadiy Yermakov (KAZ) 75.55 142.5 147.5 147.5 18 175.0 180.0 180.0 17 317.5
17  André Aldenhov (SWE) 75.00 140.0 145.0 145.0 19 172.5 172.5 177.5 18 312.5
18  Viktor Guman (SVK) 74.75 142.5 142.5 147.5 17 165.0 170.0 170.0 20 307.5
19  Gatrat Usmanov (KAZ) 75.65 135.0 140.0 140.0 20 165.0 170.0 170.0 21 300.0
20  Craig Blythman (AUS) 75.70 130.0 130.0 135.0 22 150.0 165.0 172.5 22 295.0
21  Tsai Hung-chang (TPE) 75.50 130.0 135.0 135.0 21 160.0 165.0 165.0 23 290.0
22  Chalermphol Moonmongkol (THA) 75.75 120.0 125.0 — 24 160.0 170.0 175.0 19 290.0
23  Rakkaew Damrong (THA) 73.75 115.0 125.0 130.0 23 140.0 150.0 155.0 24 275.0
24  Edward Silva (URU) 74.25 115.0 120.0 120.0 25 140.0 142.5 142.5 25 257.5
—  Pablo Lara (CUB) 75.90 155.0 160.0 162.5 6 200.0 200.0 202.5 — —
—  Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) 75.40 160.0 160.0 162.5 — 190.0 190.0 197.5 5 —

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