2001 World Weightlifting Championships

2001 World Championships
Host city Turkey Antalya, Turkey
Dates November 4–11

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg ()
Snatch  Halil Mutlu
Turkey (TUR)
138.5 kg
WR
 William Vargas
Cuba (CUB)
127.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu
Turkey (TUR)
162.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
157.5 kg  Sergio Álvarez
Cuba (CUB)
150.0 kg
Total  Halil Mutlu
Turkey (TUR)
300.0 kg  Wang Shin-yuan
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
280.0 kg  William Vargas
Cuba (CUB)
277.5 kg
62 kg ()
Snatch  Li Yinglong
China (CHN)
142.5 kg  Nikolaj Pešalov
Croatia (CRO)
137.5 kg  Henadzi Aliashchuk
Belarus (BLR)
137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Henadzi Aliashchuk
Belarus (BLR)
181.0 kg
WR
 Vladimir Rodríguez
Cuba (CUB)
167.5 kg  Stefan Georgiev
Bulgaria (BUL)
167.5 kg
Total  Henadzi Aliashchuk
Belarus (BLR)
317.5 kg  Li Yinglong
China (CHN)
305.0 kg  Stefan Georgiev
Bulgaria (BUL)
302.5 kg
69 kg ()
Snatch  Reyhan Arabacıoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
155.0 kg  Yasin Arslan
Turkey (TUR)
150.0 kg  Georgios Tzelilis
Greece (GRE)
150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Galabin Boevski
Bulgaria (BUL)
190.0 kg  Georgios Tzelilis
Greece (GRE)
185.0 kg  Andrey Matveyev
Russia (RUS)
182.5 kg
Total  Galabin Boevski
Bulgaria (BUL)
340.0 kg  Georgios Tzelilis
Greece (GRE)
335.0 kg  Reyhan Arabacıoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
335.0 kg
77 kg ()
Snatch  Plamen Zhelyazkov
Bulgaria (BUL)
165.0 kg  Nader Sufyan Abbas
Qatar (QAT)
162.5 kg  Mohammad Hossein Barkhah
Iran (IRI)
162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Nader Sufyan Abbas
Qatar (QAT)
202.5 kg  Oleg Perepetchenov
Russia (RUS)
200.0 kg  Attila Feri
Hungary (HUN)
200.0 kg
Total  Nader Sufyan Abbas
Qatar (QAT)
365.0 kg  Oleg Perepetchenov
Russia (RUS)
360.0 kg  Mohammad Hossein Barkhah
Iran (IRI)
360.0 kg
85 kg ()
Snatch  Giorgi Asanidze
Georgia (GEO)
180.0 kg  Aliaksandr Anishchanka
Belarus (BLR)
177.5 kg  Milen Dobrev
Bulgaria (BUL)
175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Giorgi Asanidze
Georgia (GEO)
210.0 kg  Ernesto Quiroga
Cuba (CUB)
210.0 kg  Aliaksandr Anishchanka
Belarus (BLR)
207.5 kg
Total  Giorgi Asanidze
Georgia (GEO)
390.0 kg  Aliaksandr Anishchanka
Belarus (BLR)
385.0 kg  Milen Dobrev
Bulgaria (BUL)
382.5 kg
94 kg ()
Snatch  Kourosh Bagheri
Iran (IRI)
185.0 kg  Nizami Pashayev
Azerbaijan (AZE)
182.5 kg  Aleksander Karapetyan
Australia (AUS)
182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Szymon Kołecki
Poland (POL)
230.0 kg  Nizami Pashayev
Azerbaijan (AZE)
222.5 kg  Kourosh Bagheri
Iran (IRI)
222.5 kg
Total  Kourosh Bagheri
Iran (IRI)
407.5 kg  Nizami Pashayev
Azerbaijan (AZE)
405.0 kg  Szymon Kołecki
Poland (POL)
402.5 kg
105 kg ()
Snatch  Vladimir Smorchkov
Russia (RUS)
198.0 kg
WR
 Alexandru Bratan
Moldova (MDA)
190.0 kg  Ihor Razoronov
Ukraine (UKR)
187.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Bünyamin Sudaş
Turkey (TUR)
235.0 kg  Ihor Razoronov
Ukraine (UKR)
230.0 kg  Alexandru Bratan
Moldova (MDA)
225.0 kg
Total  Vladimir Smorchkov
Russia (RUS)
422.5 kg  Bünyamin Sudaş
Turkey (TUR)
420.0 kg  Ihor Razoronov
Ukraine (UKR)
417.5 kg
+105 kg ()
Snatch  Jaber Saeed Salem
Qatar (QAT)
210.0 kg  Roman Mesheryakov
Russia (RUS)
205.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin
Russia (RUS)
200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Jaber Saeed Salem
Qatar (QAT)
250.0 kg  Paweł Najdek
Poland (POL)
250.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin
Russia (RUS)
242.5 kg
Total  Jaber Saeed Salem
Qatar (QAT)
460.0 kg  Roman Mesheryakov
Russia (RUS)
445.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin
Russia (RUS)
442.5 kg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg ()
Snatch  Gao Wei
China (CHN)
85.0 kg  Remigia Arcila
Venezuela (VEN)
77.5 kg  Gema Peris
Spain (ESP)
75.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Gao Wei
China (CHN)
105.0 kg  Blessed Udoh
Nigeria (NGR)
100.0 kg  Chen Han-tung
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
95.0 kg
Total  Gao Wei
China (CHN)
190.0 kg  Blessed Udoh
Nigeria (NGR)
175.0 kg  Chen Han-tung
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
170.0 kg
53 kg ()
Snatch  Li Feng-ying
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
95.0 kg  Qiu Hongxia
China (CHN)
92.5 kg  Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador (ECU)
90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador (ECU)
115.0 kg  Li Feng-ying
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
115.0 kg  Qiu Hongxia
China (CHN)
115.0 kg
Total  Li Feng-ying
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
210.0 kg  Qiu Hongxia
China (CHN)
207.5 kg  Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador (ECU)
205.0 kg
58 kg ()
Snatch  Marieta Gotfryd
Poland (POL)
95.0 kg  Liu Bing
China (CHN)
95.0 kg  Aleksandra Klejnowska
Poland (POL)
92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Aleksandra Klejnowska
Poland (POL)
122.5 kg  Liu Bing
China (CHN)
117.5 kg  Sunaina Anand
India (IND)
115.0 kg
Total  Aleksandra Klejnowska
Poland (POL)
215.0 kg  Liu Bing
China (CHN)
212.5 kg  Marieta Gotfryd
Poland (POL)
202.5 kg
63 kg ()
Snatch  Xiao Ying
China (CHN)
105.0 kg  Anastasia Tsakiri
Greece (GRE)
102.5 kg  Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Anastasia Tsakiri
Greece (GRE)
125.0 kg  Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
125.0 kg  Xiao Ying
China (CHN)
125.0 kg
Total  Xiao Ying
China (CHN)
230.0 kg  Anastasia Tsakiri
Greece (GRE)
227.5 kg  Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
227.5 kg
69 kg ()
Snatch  Valentina Popova
Russia (RUS)
115.0 kg
WR
 Eszter Krutzler
Hungary (HUN)
110.0 kg  Svetlana Khabirova
Russia (RUS)
110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Valentina Popova
Russia (RUS)
142.5 kg  Svetlana Khabirova
Russia (RUS)
140.0 kg  Eszter Krutzler
Hungary (HUN)
130.0 kg
Total  Valentina Popova
Russia (RUS)
257.5 kg
WR
 Svetlana Khabirova
Russia (RUS)
250.0 kg  Eszter Krutzler
Hungary (HUN)
240.0 kg
75 kg ()
Snatch  Gyöngyi Likerecz
Hungary (HUN)
116.0 kg  Aysel Özgür
Turkey (TUR)
112.5 kg  Şule Şahbaz
Turkey (TUR)
112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Gyöngyi Likerecz
Hungary (HUN)
140.0 kg  Cao Chunyan
China (CHN)
135.0 kg  Kuo Yi-hang
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
135.0 kg
Total  Gyöngyi Likerecz
Hungary (HUN)
255.0 kg  Şule Şahbaz
Turkey (TUR)
247.5 kg  Cao Chunyan
China (CHN)
242.5 kg
+75 kg ()
Snatch  Albina Khomich
Russia (RUS)
127.5 kg  Agata Wróbel
Poland (POL)
125.0 kg  Helen Idahosa
Nigeria (NGR)
117.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Albina Khomich
Russia (RUS)
155.0 kg  Viktória Varga
Hungary (HUN)
150.0 kg  Agata Wróbel
Poland (POL)
150.0 kg
Total  Albina Khomich
Russia (RUS)
282.5 kg  Agata Wróbel
Poland (POL)
275.0 kg  Chen Hsiao-lien
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
262.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 3 3 1 7
2  China 2 3 1 6
3  Qatar 2 0 0 2
4  Turkey 1 2 1 4
5  Chinese Taipei 1 1 3 5
6  Poland 1 1 2 4
7  Belarus 1 1 0 2
8  Bulgaria 1 0 2 3
9  Hungary 1 0 1 2
 Iran 1 0 1 2
11  Georgia 1 0 0 1
12  Greece 0 2 0 2
13  Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
 Nigeria 0 1 0 1
15  Cuba 0 0 1 1
 Ecuador 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
Total 15 15 15 45

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 8 6 5 19
2  China 6 7 3 16
3  Turkey 5 4 2 11
4  Qatar 5 1 0 6
5  Poland 4 3 4 11
6  Hungary 3 2 3 8
7  Bulgaria 3 0 4 7
8  Georgia 3 0 0 3
9  Chinese Taipei 2 4 7 13
10  Belarus 2 2 2 6
11  Iran 2 0 3 5
12  Greece 1 4 1 6
13  Ecuador 1 0 2 3
14  Cuba 0 3 2 5
15  Azerbaijan 0 3 0 3
16  Nigeria 0 2 1 3
17  Ukraine 0 1 2 3
18  Moldova 0 1 1 2
19  Croatia 0 1 0 1
 Venezuela 0 1 0 1
21  Australia 0 0 1 1
 India 0 0 1 1
 Spain 0 0 1 1
Total 45 45 45 135

Team ranking

Men

Rank Team Points
1  Russia 523
2  Turkey 476
3  Bulgaria 462
4  Poland 360
5  Hungary 324
6  Azerbaijan 316

Women

Rank Team Points
1  China 455
2  Russia 426
3  Turkey 423
4  Chinese Taipei 415
5  Greece 336
6  Hungary 327

Participating nations

267 competitors from 53 nations competed.

References