World Weightlifting Championships 2003

The 16th World Championships in Women's Weightlifting and the 73rd World Championships in Men's Weightlifting took place from November 14-22, 2003 in the Canadian city ​​of Vancouver . 208 weightlifters from 47 nations and 297 weightlifters from 59 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	Sedat Artuç	125.0 kg	Lu Jinbi	125.0 kg
Bump	Wu Meijin	160.0 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	155.0 kg	Adrian Jigau	155.0 kg
Duel	Wu Meijin	287.5 kg	Adrian Jigau	277.5 kg	Sedat Artuç	277.5 kg

Class up to 62 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Halil Mutlu	147.5 kg	Shi Zhiyong	147.5 kg	Le Maosheng	135.0 kg
Bump	Halil Mutlu	175.0 kg	Shi Zhiyong	170.0 kg	Le Maosheng	170.0 kg
Duel	Halil Mutlu	322.5 kg	Shi Zhiyong	317.5 kg	Le Maosheng	305.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Zhang Guozheng	152.5 kg	Arkadiusz Smółka	152.5 kg	Lee Bae-young	150.0 kg
Bump	Zhang Guozheng	192.5 kg	Lee Bae-young	190.0 kg	Əfqan Bayramov	180.0 kg
Duel	Zhang Guozheng	345.0 kg	Lee Bae-young	340.0 kg	Turan Mirzayev	327.5 kg

Class up to 77 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Li Hongli	162.5 kg	Vyacheslav Yershov	162.5 kg	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	160.0 kg
Bump	Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad	202.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz	195.0 kg	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	195.0 kg
Duel	Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad	357.5 kg	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu	355.0 kg	Li Hongli	352.5 kg

Class up to 85 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sergo Chakhoyan	172.5 kg	Erdal Sunar	172.5 kg	Alyaksandr Anishchanka	172.5 kg
Bump	Valeriu Calancea	215.0 kg	Yuan Aijun	212.5 kg	Sergo Chakhoyan	205.0 kg
Duel	Valeriu Calancea	382.5 kg	Yuan Aijun	382.5 kg	Sergo Chakhoyan	377.5 kg

Class up to 94 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Milen Dobrew	185.0 kg	Alexei Petrov	185.0 kg	Pavel Harkavy	182.5 kg
Bump	Vadim Vacarciuc	222.5 kg	Milen Dobrew	220.0 kg	Hakan Yılmaz	220.0 kg
Duel	Milen Dobrew	405.0 kg	Hakan Yılmaz	400.0 kg	Vadim Vacarciuc	400.0 kg

Class up to 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Vladimir Smortchkov	195.0 kg	Said Saif Asaad	195.0 kg	Denis Gotfrid	192.5 kg
Bump	Alan Zagaew	235.0 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş	230.0 kg	Gleb Pisarevskiy	227.5 kg
Duel	Said Saif Asaad	422.5 kg	Vladimir Smortchkov	417.5 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş	415.0 kg

Class over 105 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Jaber Saeed Salem	210.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh	207.5 kg	Yevgeny Chigishev	205.0 kg
Bump	Hossein Rezazadeh	250.0 kg	Viktor Ščerbatihs	245.0 kg	Velichko Cholakov	242.5 kg
Duel	Hossein Rezazadeh	457.5 kg	Velichko Cholakov	447.5 kg	Viktor Ščerbatihs	445.0 kg

Women

Class up to 48 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Wang Mingjuan	90.0 kg	Isabela Dragnewa	85.0 kg	Nurcan Taylan	85.0 kg
Bump	Wang Mingjuan	110.0 kg	Aree Wiratthaworn	107.5 kg	Rosmainar	105.0 kg
Duel	Wang Mingjuan	200.0 kg	Aree Wiratthaworn	190.0 kg	Nurcan Taylan	187.5 kg

Class up to 53 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Udomporn Polsak	100.0 kg	Junpim Kuntatean	97.5 kg	Ri Song-hui	95.0 kg
Bump	Ri Song-hui	127.5 kg	Udomporn Polsak	122.5 kg	Junpim Kuntatean	120.0 kg
Duel	Udomporn Polsak	222.5 kg	Ri Song-hui	222.5 kg	Junpim Kuntatean	217.5 kg

Class up to 58 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Sun Caiyan	100.0 kg	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	97.5 kg	Alexandra Escobar	92.5 kg
Bump	Sun Caiyan	125.0 kg	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	120.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte	120.0 kg
Duel	Sun Caiyan	225.0 kg	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	217.5 kg	Aylin Daşdelen	210.0 kg

Class up to 63 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Hanna Batsiuschka	113.5 kg	Natalija Skakun	110.0 kg	Liu Xia	107.5 kg
Bump	Natalija Skakun	138.0 kg	Liu Xia	137.5 kg	Xiong Meiying	135.0 kg
Duel	Natalija Skakun	247.5 kg	Liu Xia	245.0 kg	Hanna Batsiuschka	240.0 kg

Class up to 69 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Liu Chunhong	120.0 kg	Valentina Popova	117.5 kg	Eszter Krutzler	117.5 kg
Bump	Liu Chunhong	150.0 kg	Eszter Krutzler	145.0 kg	Valentina Popova	140.0 kg
Duel	Liu Chunhong	270.0 kg	Eszter Krutzler	262.5 kg	Valentina Popova	257.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Nahla Ramadan	117.5 kg	Şule Şahbaz	115.0 kg	Rumyana Petkova	112.5 kg
Bump	Nahla Ramadan	145.0 kg	Slavic Ruschinska	140.0 kg	Nadja Schamanska	135.0 kg
Duel	Nahla Ramadan	262.5 kg	Slavic Ruschinska	252.5 kg	Şule Şahbaz	242.5 kg

Class over 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
Tear	Ding Meiyuan	137.5 kg	Albina Khomich	130.0 kg	Olha Korobka	125.0 kg
Bump	Ding Meiyuan	162.5 kg	Albina Khomich	160.0 kg	Jang Mi-ran	157.5 kg
Duel	Ding Meiyuan	300.0 kg	Albina Khomich	90.0 kg	Olha Korobka	277.5 kg

doping

The Turkmen Sanjar Kadyrbergenow (56 kg), the Belarusian Henadzi Aliaschtschuk (3rd place 62 kg), the Moldovan Vladimir Popov (5th place 62 kg), the Iraqis Khalid Himdan (62 kg) and Mohammad Swara (62 kg), the Russian Wladislaw Lukanin (2nd place 69 kg), Kazakhs Dmitri Lomakin (69 kg), Armenian Geworg Dawtjan (2nd place 77 kg), Ukrainian Artem Udachin (2nd place over 105 kg) and the Chinese Shang Shichun ( 1st place 75 kg) and the Hungarian Ilona Danko (75 kg) were disqualified for doping .

Web links

• 2003 World Championships, Vancouver, CAN: MEN ( English ) In: iwf.net . Archived from the original on October 25, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
• 2003 World Championships, Vancouver, CAN: WOMEN ( English ) In: iwf.net . Archived from the original on October 24, 2004. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997–2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 9, 2013.
2. ^ Deep doping swamp n-tv.de February 8, 2004