1998 World Weightlifting Championships

The 12th World Weightlifting Championships for Women and 69th World Championships for Weightlifting Men took place from November 7th to 15th, 1998 in the Finnish city ​​of Lahti . 122 weightlifters from 35 nations and 210 weightlifters from 53 nations took part in the competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in one-on-one (snatch and push) .

Medalist

Men

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Halil Mutlu	135.0 kg	Lan Shizhang	127.5 kg	William Vargas	127.5 kg
Bump	Halil Mutlu	160.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov	160.0 kg	Lan Shizhang	157.5 kg
Duel	Halil Mutlu	295.0 kg	Lan Shizhang	285.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov	282.5 kg

Class up to 62 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Leonidas Sampanis	147.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	145.0 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	140.0 kg
Bump	Leonidas Sampanis	172.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	172.5 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	170.0 kg
Duel	Leonidas Sampanis	320.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov	317.5 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	310.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Plamen Scheljakow	160.0 kg	Wan Jianhui	158.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis	155.0 kg
Bump	Plamen Scheljakow	190.0 kg	Galabin Boewski	185.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	185.0 kg
Duel	Plamen Scheljakow	350.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis	340.0 kg	Wan Jianhui	340.0 kg

Class up to 77 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Giorgi Assanidze	168.0 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz	165.0 kg	Zlatan Vanev	162.5 kg
Bump	Zlatan Vanev	202.5 kg	Petar Tanew	202.5 kg	Viktor Mitrou	202.5 kg
Duel	Zlatan Vanev	365.0 kg	Petar Tanew	362.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz	360.0 kg

Class up to 85 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Georgi Gardew	177.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas	178.0 kg	Yuri Mishkovets	175.0 kg
Bump	Marc Huster	210.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas	210.0 kg	Yuri Mishkovets	207.5 kg
Duel	Pyrros Dimas	387.5 kg	Marc Huster	385.0 kg	Yuri Mishkovets	382.5 kg

Class up to 94 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Oliver Caruso	182.5 kg	Tadeusz Drzazga	180.0 kg	Akakios Kachiasvilis	180.0 kg
Bump	Akakios Kachiasvilis	220.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas	217.5 kg	Szymon Kołecki	218.0 kg
Duel	Akakios Kachiasvilis	400.0 kg	Oliver Caruso	395.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas	392.5 kg

Class up to 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Cui Wenhua	195.0 kg	Denys Gotfrid	192.5 kg	Ihor Razoronov	190.0 kg
Bump	Ihor Razoronov	232.5 kg	Martin Tešovič	227.5 kg	Cui Wenhua	225.0 kg
Duel	Ihor Razoronov	422.5 kg	Cui Wenhua	420.0 kg	Denys Gotfrid	415.0 kg

Class over 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ara Wardanyan	197.5 kg	Andrei Tschemerkin	197.5 kg	Viktor Ščerbatihs	195.0 kg
Bump	Andrei Tschemerkin	240.0 kg	Paweł Najdek	232.5 kg	Ara Wardanyan	230.0 kg
Duel	Andrei Tschemerkin	437.5 kg	Ara Wardanyan	427.5 kg	Viktor Ščerbatihs	422.5 kg

Women

Class up to 48 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Li Yunli	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei	77.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan	77.5 kg
Bump	Li Yunli	102.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	95.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	95.0 kg
Duel	Li Yunli	182.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	172.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan	172.5 kg

Class up to 53 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Wang Xiufen	92.5 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	87.5 kg	Robin Goad	82.5 kg
Bump	Wang Xiufen	117.5 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	105.0 kg	Robin Goad	100.0 kg
Duel	Wang Xiufen	210.0 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	192.5 kg	Robin Goad	182.5 kg

Class up to 58 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Kuo Ping-chun	92.5 kg	Song Zhijuan	92.5 kg	Neli Jankowa	87.5 kg
Bump	Kuo Ping-chun	115.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte	115.0 kg	Song Zhijuan	115.0 kg
Duel	Kuo Ping-chun	207.5 kg	Song Zhijuan	207.5 kg	Neli Jankowa	200.0 kg

Class up to 63 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Chen Jui-lien	102.5 kg	Valentina Popova	100.0 kg	Shi Lihua	97.5 kg
Bump	Shi Lihua	127.5 kg	Chen Jui-lien	122.5 kg	Aneta Szczepańska	115.0 kg
Duel	Chen Jui-lien	225.0 kg	Shi Lihua	225.0 kg	Valentina Popova	215.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Tang Weifang	110.5 kg	Erzsébet Markus	102.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi	100.0 kg
Bump	Tang Weifang	130.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi	127.5 kg	Irina Kaschimowa	127.5 kg
Duel	Tang Weifang	240.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi	227.5 kg	Irina Kaschimowa	225.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Karoliina Lundahl	105.0 kg	Mónica Carrio	100.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz	100.0 kg
Bump	Gao Xiaoyan	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl	125.0 kg	Mária Takács	120.0 kg
Duel	Karoliina Lundahl	230.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz	220.0 kg	Mária Takács	217.5 kg

Class over 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Agata Wróbel	115.0 kg	María Urrutia	110.0 kg	Tang Gonghong	110.0 kg
Bump	Tang Gonghong	145.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	140.0 kg	María Urrutia	132.5 kg
Duel	Tang Gonghong	255.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	245.0 kg	María Urrutia	242.5 kg

Medal table

The placements in the medal table are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more nations have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank.

rank	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	People's Republic of China	14th	7th	6th	27
2.	Bulgaria	6th	7th	7th	20th
3.	Greece	6th	4th	5	15th
4th	Chinese Taipei	5	8th	3	16
5.	Turkey	3	2	2	7th
6th	Russia	2	2	6th	10
7th	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
8th.	Germany	2	2	0	4th
9.	Finland	2	1	0	3
10.	Poland	1	2	2	5
11.	Armenia	1	1	1	3
12.	Georgia	1	0	0	1
13.	Croatia	0	3	0	3
14th	Hungary	0	1	2	3
	Colombia
16.	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia
	Spain
19th	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
20th	Latvia	0	0	2	2
21st	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Japan

Web links

• World Weightlifting Championships 1998 Lahti, Finland 7.-15. 11. 1998 ( English ) In: iwf.net . Archived from the original on February 5, 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved March 28, 2013.