1998 World Championships

Host city	Lahti, Finland
Dates	10–15 November
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The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 10 to November 15, 1998.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
56 kg ( details)
Snatch	Halil Mutlu   Turkey	135.0 kg	Lan Shizhang   China	127.5 kg	William Vargas   Cuba	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu   Turkey	160.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov   Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Lan Shizhang   China	157.5 kg
Total	Halil Mutlu   Turkey	295.0 kg	Lan Shizhang   China	285.0 kg	Ivan Ivanov   Bulgaria	282.5 kg
62 kg ( details)
Snatch	Leonidas Sabanis   Greece	147.5 kg WR	Nikolaj Pešalov   Croatia	145.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev   Bulgaria	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Leonidas Sabanis   Greece	172.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov   Croatia	172.5 kg	Sevdalin Minchev   Bulgaria	170.0 kg
Total	Leonidas Sabanis   Greece	320.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov   Croatia	317.5 kg	Sevdalin Minchev   Bulgaria	310.0 kg
69 kg ( details)
Snatch	Plamen Zhelyazkov   Bulgaria	160.0 kg WR	Wan Jianhui   China	158.0 kg	Georgios Tzelilis   Greece	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Plamen Zhelyazkov   Bulgaria	190.0 kg	Galabin Boevski   Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis   Greece	185.0 kg
Total	Plamen Zhelyazkov   Bulgaria	350.0 kg WR	Georgios Tzelilis   Greece	340.0 kg	Wan Jianhui   China	340.0 kg
77 kg ( details)
Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze   Georgia	168.0 kg WR	Mehmet Yılmaz   Turkey	165.0 kg	Zlatan Vanev   Bulgaria	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev   Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Petar Tanev   Bulgaria	202.5 kg	Viktor Mitrou   Greece	202.5 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev   Bulgaria	365.0 kg	Petar Tanev   Bulgaria	362.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz   Turkey	360.0 kg
85 kg ( details)
Snatch	Georgi Gardev   Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas   Greece	178.0 kg WR	Yury Myshkovets   Russia	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Marc Huster   Germany	210.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas   Greece	210.0 kg	Yury Myshkovets   Russia	207.5 kg
Total	Pyrros Dimas   Greece	387.5 kg	Marc Huster   Germany	385.0 kg	Yury Myshkovets   Russia	382.5 kg
94 kg ( details)
Snatch	Oliver Caruso   Germany	182.5 kg	Tadeusz Drzazga   Poland	180.0 kg	Akakios Kakiasvilis   Greece	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Akakios Kakiasvilis   Greece	220.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas   Greece	217.5 kg	Szymon Kołecki   Poland	218.0 kg
Total	Akakios Kakiasvilis   Greece	400.0 kg	Oliver Caruso   Germany	395.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas   Greece	392.5 kg
105 kg ( details)
Snatch	Cui Wenhua   China	195.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid   Ukraine	192.5 kg	Ihor Razoronov   Ukraine	190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ihor Razoronov   Ukraine	232.5 kg	Martin Tešovič   Slovakia	227.5 kg	Cui Wenhua   China	225.0 kg
Total	Ihor Razoronov   Ukraine	422.5 kg	Cui Wenhua   China	420.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid   Ukraine	415.0 kg
+105 kg ( details)
Snatch	Ara Vardanyan   Armenia	197.5 kg	Andrey Chemerkin   Russia	197.5 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs   Latvia	195.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andrey Chemerkin   Russia	240.0 kg	Paweł Najdek   Poland	232.5 kg	Ara Vardanyan   Armenia	230.0 kg
Total	Andrey Chemerkin   Russia	437.5 kg	Ara Vardanyan   Armenia	427.5 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs   Latvia	422.5 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
48 kg ( details)
Snatch	Li Yunli   China	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei   Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan   Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yunli   China	102.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei   Chinese Taipei	95.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi   Japan	95.0 kg
Total	Li Yunli   China	182.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei   Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan   Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg
53 kg ( details)
Snatch	Wang Xiufen   China	92.5 kg	Izabela Dragneva   Bulgaria	87.5 kg	Robin Goad   United States	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Xiufen   China	117.5 kg WR	Izabela Dragneva   Bulgaria	105.0 kg	Robin Goad   United States	100.0 kg
Total	Wang Xiufen   China	210.0 kg WR	Izabela Dragneva   Bulgaria	192.5 kg	Robin Goad   United States	182.5 kg
58 kg ( details)
Snatch	Kuo Ping-chun   Chinese Taipei	92.5 kg	Song Zhijuan   China	92.5 kg	Neli Yankova   Bulgaria	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kuo Ping-chun   Chinese Taipei	115.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte   Canada	115.0 kg	Song Zhijuan   China	115.0 kg
Total	Kuo Ping-chun   Chinese Taipei	207.5 kg	Song Zhijuan   China	207.5 kg	Neli Yankova   Bulgaria	200.0 kg
63 kg ( details)
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien   Chinese Taipei	102.5 kg	Valentina Popova   Russia	100.0 kg	Shi Lihua   China	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Lihua   China	127.5 kg	Chen Jui-lien   Chinese Taipei	122.5 kg	Aneta Szczepańska   Poland	115.0 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien   Chinese Taipei	225.0 kg	Shi Lihua   China	225.0 kg	Valentina Popova   Russia	215.0 kg
69 kg ( details)
Snatch	Tang Weifang   China	110.5 kg WR	Erzsébet Márkus   Hungary	102.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi   Chinese Taipei	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang   China	130.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi   Chinese Taipei	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova   Russia	127.5 kg
Total	Tang Weifang   China	240.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi   Chinese Taipei	227.5 kg	Irina Kasimova   Russia	225.0 kg
75 kg ( details)
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl   Finland	105.0 kg	Mónica Carrió   Spain	100.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz   Turkey	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gao Xiaoyan   China	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl   Finland	125.0 kg	Mária Takács   Hungary	120.0 kg
Total	Karoliina Lundahl   Finland	230.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz   Turkey	220.0 kg	Mária Takács   Hungary	217.5 kg
+75 kg ( details)
Snatch	Agata Wróbel   Poland	115.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	110.0 kg	Tang Gonghong   China	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong   China	145.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien   Chinese Taipei	140.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	132.5 kg
Total	Tang Gonghong   China	255.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien   Chinese Taipei	245.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia   Colombia	242.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	4	4	1	9
2	Greece	3	1	1	5
3	Chinese Taipei	2	3	1	6
4	Bulgaria	2	2	3	7
5	Turkey	1	1	1	3
6	Russia	1	0	3	4
7	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
8	Finland	1	0	0	1
9	Germany	0	2	0	2
10	Armenia	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
12	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		15	15	15	45

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	14	7	6	27
2	Bulgaria	6	7	7	20
3	Greece	6	4	5	15
4	Chinese Taipei	5	8	3	16
5	Turkey	3	2	2	7
6	Russia	2	2	6	10
7	Germany	2	2	0	4
8	Ukraine	2	1	2	5
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
14	Colombia	0	1	2	3
	Hungary	0	1	2	3
16	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
19	United States	0	0	3	3
20	Latvia	0	0	2	2
21	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		45	45	45	135

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1   Greece 566 2   Bulgaria 566 3   China 428 4   Turkey 423 5   Germany 419 6   Russia 396

Women Rank Team Points 1   China 508 2   Chinese Taipei 453 3   Hungary 328 4   Canada 317 5   United States 314 6   Poland 306

Participating nations

332 competitors from 55 nations competed.

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• IWF Archive
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine