1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg

1998 World Championships
in Lahti, Finland
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg
Main article: 1998 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the middle-heavyweight (94 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.

Contents

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Oliver Caruso (GER) 182.5 kg  Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) 180.0 kg  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 220.0 kg  Leonidas Kokas (GRE) 217.5 kg  Szymon Kołecki (POL) 217.5 kg
Total  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 400.0 kg  Oliver Caruso (GER) 395.0 kg  Leonidas Kokas (GRE) 392.5 kg

Records

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

World record Snatch World Standard 187.5 kg — 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk World Standard 230.0 kg — 1 January 1998
Total World Standard 417.5 kg — 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
 Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 93.62 175.0 180.0 182.5 215.0 220.0 — 400.0
 Oliver Caruso (GER) 93.63 175.0 182.5 182.5 205.0 212.5 — 5 395.0
 Leonidas Kokas (GRE) 92.38 170.0 175.0 175.0 4 210.0 215.0 217.5 392.5
4  Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) 93.06 175.0 180.0 180.0 210.0 215.0 215.0 7 390.0
5  Szymon Kołecki (POL) 93.95 160.0 165.0 167.5 12 205.0 212.5 218.0 385.0
6  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) 92.95 165.0 170.0 175.0 9 200.0 207.5 210.0 6 380.0
7  Julio Luna (VEN) 92.78 160.0 165.0 165.0 15 202.0 215.0 215.0 4 375.0
8  Hakob Pilosyan (ARM) 93.37 170.0 175.0 180.0 5 200.0 210.0 212.5 11 375.0
9  Mikhail Khomiakov (RUS) 93.50 167.5 172.5 172.5 11 200.0 205.0 210.0 8 372.5
10  Stanislav Rybalchenko (UKR) 93.83 172.5 177.5 177.5 8 200.0 200.0 210.0 12 372.5
11  Pavel Bazuk (BLR) 90.55 160.0 165.0 170.0 13 197.5 202.5 202.5 9 367.5
12  Lars Betker (GER) 92.98 155.0 160.0 162.5 14 190.0 195.0 200.0 10 362.5
13  Sergejs Lazovskis (LAT) 93.61 150.0 155.0 155.0 16 192.5 192.5 202.5 13 347.5
14  Rafig Aliyev (KAZ) 91.78 145.0 152.5 157.5 17 180.0 190.0 195.0 15 342.5
15  Jakob Asp (DEN) 93.70 142.5 147.5 150.0 20 185.0 192.5 192.5 14 342.5
16  Markku Nykänen (FIN) 93.90 147.5 150.0 152.5 18 182.5 187.5 187.5 19 335.0
17  Sami Järvinen (FIN) 93.67 142.5 142.5 147.5 21 177.5 182.5 182.5 18 330.0
18  Chiu Yen-chun (TPE) 88.54 135.0 142.5 145.0 22 175.0 182.5 187.5 16 327.5
19  Simon Heffernan (AUS) 91.57 130.0 130.0 137.5 26 170.0 177.5 182.5 17 320.0
20  Andrew Callard (GBR) 93.49 140.0 145.0 145.0 25 175.0 180.0 — 21 320.0
21  Phillip Christou (AUS) 89.33 135.0 140.0 140.0 24 170.0 175.0 175.0 22 315.0
22  Rodin Thoma (NRU) 93.14 130.0 135.0 140.0 29 170.0 180.0 180.0 20 315.0
23  Sacha Amédé (CAN) 93.02 142.5 150.0 152.5 23 165.0 170.0 175.0 24 307.5
24  Gaston Fodouor (CMR) 92.58 130.0 130.0 135.0 27 160.0 170.0 — 25 295.0
25  Božo Krišto (CRO) 92.67 130.0 130.0 137.5 30 165.0 165.0 172.5 23 295.0
26  Norvell Busby (NED) 85.82 115.0 120.0 125.0 31 142.5 147.5 150.0 26 270.0
27  David Daly (IRL) 93.23 110.0 117.5 120.0 32 140.0 150.0 155.0 27 267.5
—  Adrian Mateaș (ROU) 93.53 175.0 180.0 182.5 6 205.0 205.0 205.0 — —
—  Oleksiy Sukhov (UKR) 93.76 162.5 167.5 172.5 7 195.0 195.0 195.0 — —
—  Zoltán Kovács (HUN) 92.96 165.0 170.0 172.5 10 210.0 210.0 210.0 — —
—  Peter May (GBR) 92.91 150.0 150.0 150.0 19 185.0 185.0 187.5 — —
—  Odd Gunnar Røyseth (NOR) 93.01 135.0 135.0 140.0 28 175.0 175.0 175.0 — —
—  Sergio Britva (ISR) 92.27 132.5 132.5 132.5 — 160.0 160.0 — — —
—  Boris Burov (ECU) 93.99 165.0 165.0 165.0 — — — — — —

New records

Clean & Jerk 218.0 kg  Szymon Kołecki (POL) JWR

References