1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

1998 World Championships
in Finland 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

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 160.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 157.5 kg  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 190.0 kg  Galabin Boevski (BUL) 185.0 kg  Valerios Leonidis (GRE) 185.0 kg
Total  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 350.0 kg  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 340.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 340.0 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch World Standard 157.5 kg — 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk World Standard 190.0 kg — 1 January 1998
Total World Standard 347.5 kg — 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 68.77 155.0 160.0 160.0 1st 182.5 187.5 190.0 1st 350.0
2nd  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) 68.49 147.5 152.5 155.0 3rd 185.0 190.0 190.0 4 340.0
3rd  Wan Jianhui (CHN) 68.87 152.5 158.0 160.0 2nd 182.5 187.5 187.5 7 340.0
4  Galabin Boevski (BUL) 68.17 152.5 157.5 157.5 5 185.0 190.0 190.0 2nd 337.5
5  Valerios Leonidis (GRE) 68.21 147.5 147.5 150.0 7 185.0 185.0 190.0 3rd 335.0
6  Andrey Matveyev (RUS) 68.74 137.5 142.5 147.5 10 175.0 180.0 185.0 6 332.5
7  Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) 68.64 145.0 150.0 155.0 4 170.0 175.0 180.0 12 330.0
8  Yang Cunkang (CHN) 68.71 140.0 145.0 145.0 12 180.0 185.0 187.5 5 330.0
9  Marian Dodiță (ROU) 68.42 147.5 152.5 152.5 9 175.0 175.0 180.0 11 322.5
10  François Demeure (BEL) 68.48 140.0 145.0 147.5 11 172.5 177.5 180.0 9 322.5
11  Ergün Batmaz (TUR) 68.89 145.0 145.0 150.0 14 170.0 177.5 — 10 322.5
12  Adrián Popa (HUN) 68.74 135.0 135.0 140.0 18 180.0 185.0 187.5 8 315.0
13  Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) 68.83 140.0 145.0 145.0 13 170.0 170.0 180.0 15 315.0
14  Sébastien Groulx (CAN) 68.13 125.0 130.0 132.5 21 162.5 167.5 170.0 13 302.5
15  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) 68.38 132.5 132.5 140.0 22 170.0 175.0 175.0 14 302.5
16  Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) 68.72 127.5 132.5 135.0 17 167.5 172.5 172.5 17 302.5
17  Werner Höller (AUT) 68.58 132.5 137.5 137.5 16 162.5 167.5 167.5 20 300.0
18  Ahmed Samir (EGY) 68.77 125.0 130.0 135.0 20 165.0 170.0 172.5 18 300.0
19  Heriberto Barbosa (COL) 68.42 125.0 130.0 132.5 23 162.5 167.5 172.5 16 297.5
20  Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) 68.91 120.0 125.0 127.5 27 160.0 165.0 165.0 19 290.0
21  Yosri Shalaly (EGY) 68.45 120.0 125.0 130.0 25 155.0 160.0 165.0 21 285.0
22  Alexis Batista (PAN) 67.58 120.0 125.0 130.0 24 150.0 150.0 150.0 22 275.0
23  Andrejs Vituks (LAT) 68.74 120.0 125.0 125.0 26 145.0 150.0 152.5 23 275.0
24  Petr Stanislav (CZE) 68.38 120.0 125.0 125.0 28 145.0 150.0 150.0 24 265.0
25  Dionisio Rozalina (NED) 68.82 115.0 120.0 120.0 30 140.0 140.0 145.0 25 260.0
26  Kassim Mulindwa (UGA) 68.79 115.0 115.0 — 29 130.0 135.0 — 26 245.0
—  Fedail Güler (TUR) 68.12 145.0 150.0 152.5 6 185.0 187.5 — — —
—  Gábor Molnár (HUN) 68.64 145.0 150.0 155.0 8 175.0 175.0 175.0 — —
—  Ramzan Musayev (AZE) 68.30 140.0 140.0 147.5 15 177.5 177.5 177.5 — —
—  Romuald Ernault (FRA) 68.74 132.5 135.0 135.0 19 160.0 160.0 162.5 — —
—  Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) 68.32 — — — — — — — — —

New records

Snatch 158.0 kg  Wan Jianhui (CHN) WR
Snatch 160.0 kg  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) WR
Clean & Jerk 185.0 kg  Yang Cunkang (CHN) JWR
Total 330.0 kg  Yang Cunkang (CHN) JWR
Total 350.0 kg  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) WR

References