World Weightlifting Championships 2002

The 15th World Championships in Women's Weightlifting and the 72nd World Championships in Men's Weightlifting took place from October 18 to 26, 2002 in the Polish capital, Warsaw . 115 weightlifters from 37 nations and 170 weightlifters from 47 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	Wu Meijin	127.5 kg	Yang Chin-Yi	125.0 kg	Adrian Jigau	125.0 kg
Bump	Wu Meijin	160.0 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	152.5 kg	Yang Chin-Yi	152.5 kg
Duel	Wu Meijin	287.5 kg	Yang Chin-Yi	277.5 kg	Adrian Jigau	277.5 kg

Class up to 62 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Le Maosheng	140.0 kg	Leonidas Sampanis	140.0 kg	In Yong-Su	140.0 kg
Bump	In Yong-Su	175.0 kg	Stefan Georgiev	172.5 kg	Le Maosheng	170.0 kg
Duel	In Yong-Su	315.0 kg	Le Maosheng	310.0 kg	Stefan Georgiev	310.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Chen Chufu	157.5 kg	Zhang Guozheng	155.0 kg	Youssef Sbai	152.5 kg
Bump	Zhang Guozheng	192.5 kg	Chen Chufu	187.5 kg	Mohamed El-Tantawy	187.5 kg
Duel	Zhang Guozheng	347.5 kg	Chen Chufu	345.0 kg	Youssef Sbai	335.0 kg

Class up to 77 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Li Hongli	172.5 kg	Georgi Markov	170.0 kg	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	165.0 kg
Bump	Oleg Perepechonov	202.5 kg	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	200.0 kg	Georgi Markov	200.0 kg
Duel	Georgi Markov	370.0 kg	Oleg Perepechonov	367.5 kg	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	365.0 kg

Class up to 85 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Giorgi Assanidze	177.5 kg	Ilirjan Suli	175.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau	172.5 kg
Bump	Zlatan Vanev	217.5 kg	Ruslan Novikau	207.5 kg	Valeriu Calancea	207.5 kg
Duel	Zlatan Vanev	385.0 kg	Giorgi Assanidze	385.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau	380.0 kg

Class up to 94 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Oliver Caruso	180.0 kg	Nizami Paşayev	177.5 kg	Ruslan Novikau	175.0 kg
Bump	Nizami Paşayev	215.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau	212.5 kg	Kourosh Bagheri	210.0 kg
Duel	Nizami Paşayev	392.5 kg	Ruslan Novikau	387.5 kg	Oliver Caruso	387.5 kg

Class up to 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Vladimir Smortchkov	197.5 kg	Marcin Dołęga	192.5 kg	Denis Gotfrid	190.0 kg
Bump	Alan Zagaew	232.5 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş	230.0 kg	Denis Gotfrid	230.0 kg
Duel	Denis Gotfrid	420.0 kg	Alan Zagaew	417.5 kg	Vladimir Smortchkov	417.5 kg

Class over 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Hossein Rezazadeh	210.0 kg	Damyan Damyanov	205.0 kg	Artem Udachin	200.0 kg
Bump	Hossein Rezazadeh	263.0 kg	Damyan Damyanov	245.0 kg	Paweł Najdek	240.0 kg
Duel	Hossein Rezazadeh	472.5 kg	Damyan Damyanov	450.0 kg	Artem Udachin	440.0 kg

Women

Class up to 48 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Wang Mingjuan	92.5 kg	Nurcan Taylan	87.5 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	82.5 kg
Bump	Wang Mingjuan	115.5 kg	Nurcan Taylan	105.0 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	100.0 kg
Duel	Wang Mingjuan	207.5 kg	Nurcan Taylan	192.5 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	182.5 kg

Class up to 53 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ri Song-hui	97.5 kg	Li Xuejiu	95.0 kg	Udomporn Polsak	95.0 kg
Bump	Li Xuejiu	127.5 kg	Ri Song-hui	127.5 kg	Udomporn Polsak	120.0 kg
Duel	Ri Song-hui	225.0 kg	Li Xuejiu	222.5 kg	Udomporn Polsak	215.0 kg

Class up to 58 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Song Zhijuan	105.0 kg	Charikleia Kastritsi	97.5 kg	Emine Bilgin	95.0 kg
Bump	Song Zhijuan	125.0 kg	Wandee Kameaim	120.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte	117.5 kg
Duel	Song Zhijuan	230.0 kg	Wandee Kameaim	212.5 kg	Charikleia Kastritsi	210.0 kg

Class up to 63 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Liu Xia	107.5 kg	Anastasia Tsakiri	105.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova	102.5 kg
Bump	Anastasia Tsakiri	136.0 kg	Liu Xia	135.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova	122.5 kg
Duel	Liu Xia	242.5 kg	Anastasia Tsakiri	240.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova	225.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Valentina Popova	115.0 kg	Pawina Thongsuk	112.5 kg	Nahla Ramadan	110.0 kg
Bump	Pawina Thongsuk	147.5 kg	Liu Chunhong	147.5 kg	Valentina Popova	142.5 kg
Duel	Pawina Thongsuk	260.0 kg	Valentina Popova	257.5 kg	Nahla Ramadan	245.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Svetlana Khabirova	117.5 kg	Sun Ruiping	115.0 kg	Ilona Danko	107.5 kg
Bump	Svetlana Khabirova	145.0 kg	Sun Ruiping	145.0 kg	Christina Ioannidi	132.5 kg
Duel	Svetlana Khabirova	262.5 kg	Sun Ruiping	260.0 kg	Christina Ioannidi	235.0 kg

Class over 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Albina Khomich	132.5 kg	Agata Wróbel	125.0 kg	Cheryl Haworth	125.0 kg
Bump	Agata Wróbel	162.5 kg	Tang Gonghong	160.0 kg	Cheryl Haworth	152.5 kg
Duel	Agata Wróbel	287.5 kg	Albina Khomich	282.5 kg	Tang Gonghong	277.5 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	17th	12	2	31
2.	Russia	7th	3	2	12
3.	Bulgaria	4th	8th	9	21st
4th	North Korea	4th	1	1	6th
5.	Iran	3	0	3	6th
6th	Thailand	2	3	3	8th
7th	Poland	2	2	1	5
8th.	Azerbaijan	2	1	0	3
9.	Greece	1	4th	3	8th
10.	Georgia	1	1	0	2
11.	Ukraine	1	0	4th	5
12.	Germany	1	0	1	2
13.	Turkey	0	5	1	6th
14th	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4th
15th	Belarus	0	1	2	3
16.	Albania	0	1	0	1
17th	Egypt	0	0	3	3
	Romania
19th	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
	United States
21st	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Hungary

Web links

• 72nd MEN'S and 15th WOMEN'S WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS ( English ) In: iwf.net . Archived from the original on February 5, 2005. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved February 18, 2013.