1999 World Weightlifting Championships

100 Drachmas commemorative coin of the Central Bank of Greece

The 13th Women's Weightlifting World Championships and the 70th Men's Weightlifting World Championships took place from November 20th to 28th, 1999 in the Greek city ​​of Athens . 231 women and 395 weightlifters from 88 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	137.5 kg	Sergio Álvarez Boulet	125.0 kg	Adrian Jigau	125.0 kg
Bump	Halil Mutlu	166.0 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	157.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov	157.5 kg
Duel	Halil Mutlu	302.5 kg	Adrian Jigau	282.5 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	280.0 kg

Class up to 62 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Shi Zhiyong	147.5 kg	Leonidas Sampanis	145.0 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	142.5 kg
Bump	Le Maosheng	180.5 kg	Marcus Stephen	172.5 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	172.5 kg
Duel	Le Maosheng	320.0 kg	Leonidas Sampanis	315.0 kg	Sewdalin Minchev	315.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Galabin Boewski	162.5 kg	Georgios Tzelilis	155.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	152.5 kg
Bump	Galabin Boewski	196.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis	190.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	187.5 kg
Duel	Galabin Boewski	357.5 kg	Georgios Tzelilis	345.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	340.0 kg

Class up to 77 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan	170.5 kg	Plamen Scheljakow	170.0 kg	Badr Salem Nayef	165.0 kg
Bump	Badr Salem Nayef	205.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou	205.0 kg	Nader Sufyan Abbas	202.5 kg
Duel	Badr Salem Nayef	370.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou	370.0 kg	Plamen Scheljakow	370.0 kg

Class up to 85 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Pyrros Dimas	180.5 kg	Giorgi Assanidze	177.5 kg	Marc Huster	177.5 kg
Bump	Shahin Nasirinia	215.0 kg	Christos Spyrou	207.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas	207.5 kg
Duel	Shahin Nasirinia	390.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas	387.5 kg	Marc Huster	382.5 kg

Class up to 94 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Akakios Kachiasvilis	188.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas	185.0 kg	Hakob Pilosjan	182.5 kg
Bump	Akakios Kachiasvilis	225.0 kg	Szymon Kołecki	225.0 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş	220.0 kg
Duel	Akakios Kachiasvilis	412.5 kg	Szymon Kołecki	405.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas	402.5 kg

Class up to 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Denis Gotfrid	195.0 kg	Choi Jong-keun	190.0 kg	Yevgeny Schichliannikov	190.0 kg
Bump	Yevgeny Schichliannikov	235.0 kg	Denis Gotfrid	235.0 kg	Robert Dołęga	225.0 kg
Duel	Denis Gotfrid	430.0 kg	Yevgeny Schichliannikov	425.0 kg	Choi Jong-keun	410.0 kg

Class over 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jaber Saeed Salem	205.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh	206.0 kg	Viktor Ščerbatihs	200.0 kg
Bump	Andrei Tschemerkin	257.5 kg	Kim Tae-hyun	252.5 kg	Jaber Saeed Salem	250.0 kg
Duel	Andrei Tschemerkin	457.5 kg	Jaber Saeed Salem	455.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh	447.5 kg

Women

Class up to 48 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sri Indriyani	82.5 kg	Li Xuezhao	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei	80.0 kg
Bump	Donka Mincheva	113.5 kg	N. Kunjarani Devi	105.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	105.0 kg
Duel	Donka Mincheva	192.5 kg	Sri Indriyani	185.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	185.0 kg

Class up to 53 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Li Fengying	95.0 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	90.0 kg	Swe Swe Win	85.0 kg
Bump	Li Fengying	121.5 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	112.5 kg	Wang Xiufen	112.5 kg
Duel	Li Fengying	215.0 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	202.5 kg	Wang Xiufen	197.5 kg

Class up to 58 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Chen Yanqing	105.5 kg	Ri Song-hui	100.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	97.5 kg
Bump	Ri Song-hui	131.0 kg	Chen Yanqing	130.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	125.0 kg
Duel	Chen Yanqing	235.0 kg	Ri Song-hui	230.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	222.5 kg

Class up to 63 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Chen Jui-lien	107.5 kg	Valentina Popova	105.0 kg	Xiong Meiying	105.0 kg
Bump	Chen Jui-lien	132.5 kg	Xiong Meiying	132.5 kg	Ioanna Chatziioannou	127.5 kg
Duel	Chen Jui-lien	240.0 kg	Xiong Meiying	237.5 kg	Valentina Popova	232.5 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Erzsébet Markus	107.5 kg	Milena Trendafilova	105.0 kg	Sun Tianni	105.0 kg
Bump	Sun Tianni	143.0 kg	Irina Kaschimowa	130.0 kg	Milena Trendafilova	127.5 kg
Duel	Sun Tianni	247.5 kg	Milena Trendafilova	232.5 kg	Erzsébet Markus	232.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Xu Jiao	112.5 kg	Kim Soon-hee	107.5 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	107.5 kg
Bump	Kim Soon-hee	135.0 kg	Xu Jiao	135.0 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	132.5 kg
Duel	Xu Jiao	247.5 kg	Kim Soon-hee	242.5 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	240.0 kg

Class over 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ding Meiyuan	127.5 kg	Agata Wróbel	127.5 kg	Cheryl Haworth	115.0 kg
Bump	Ding Meiyuan	157.5 kg	Agata Wróbel	152.5 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	142.5 kg
Duel	Ding Meiyuan	285.0 kg	Agata Wróbel	280.0 kg	Bilkisu Musa	252.5 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	12	5	4th	21st
2.	Chinese Taipei	6th	1	6th	13
3.	Bulgaria	5	3	6th	14th
4th	Greece	4th	10	6th	20th
5.	Russia	3	3	2	8th
6th	Qatar	3	1	3	7th
7th	Turkey	3	0	1	4th
8th.	Iran	2	1	1	4th
9.	Ukraine	2	1	0	3
10.	South Korea	1	4th	1	6th
11.	Indonesia	1	4th	0	5
12.	North Korea	1	2	0	3
13.	Armenia	1	0	1	2
	Hungary
15th	Poland	0	5	1	6th
16.	Romania	0	1	1	2
17th	Georgia	0	1	0	1
	India
	Cuba
	Nauru
21st	Nigeria	0	0	4th	4th
22nd	Germany	0	0	2	2
	Japan
24.	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar
	United States

Web links

• 1999. The 70th Men's and the 13th Women's World Championships ( 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.