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1997 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	1997 World Championships
logo	1997 World Weightlifting Championships logo.png
size	100
host_city	THA Chiang Mai, Thailand
dates	6–14 December
previous	1996
next	1998

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14, 1997. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 189 athletes (51 nations) competing, while there were 143 women in action from 29 nations.

Medal summary

Men

54 kg ()	59 kg ()	64 kg ()	70 kg ()	76 kg ()	83 kg ()	91 kg ()
Snatch	Yang Bin	127.5 kg	Lan Shizhang	127.5 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Lan Shizhang	160.5 kg
Wang Shin-yuan	147.5 kg	Nayden Rusev	147.5 kg
Total	Lan Shizhang	287.5 kg	Yang Bin	272.5 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	262.5 kg
Snatch	William Vargas	132.5 kg	Stefan Georgiev	130.0 kg	Le Maosheng	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Georgiev	165.0 kg	Le Maosheng	165.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	162.5 kg
Total	Stefan Georgiev	295.0 kg	Le Maosheng	295.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	290.0 kg
Snatch	Wang Guohua	147.5 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	145.0 kg	Xiao Jiangang	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xiao Jiangang	175.0 kg	Asif Malikov	172.5 kg	Valentin Sarov	170.0 kg
Total	Xiao Jiangang	317.5 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu	315.0 kg	Asif Malikov	305.0 kg
Snatch	Zlatan Vanev	160.0 kg	Zhan Xugang	157.5 kg	Wan Jianhui	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev	195.0 kg	Zhan Xugang	195.5 kg
Kim Hak-bong	185.0 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev	355.0 kg	Zhan Xugang	352.5 kg	Wan Jianhui	340.0 kg
Snatch	Georgi Gardev	167.5 kg	Waldemar Kosiński	165.0 kg	Yoto Yotov	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yoto Yotov	202.5 kg	Andrzej Kozłowski	200.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński	197.5 kg
Total	Yoto Yotov	367.5 kg	Georgi Gardev	365.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński	362.5 kg
Snatch	Andrzej Cofalik	172.5 kg	Yury Myshkovets	172.5 kg	Dursun Sevinç	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong	207.5 kg	Krzysztof Siemion	207.5 kg	Andrzej Cofalik	207.5 kg
Total	Andrzej Cofalik	380.0 kg	Dursun Sevinç	375.0 kg	Krzysztof Siemion	372.5 kg
Snatch	Tadeusz Drzazga	177.5 kg	Maksim Agapitov	175.0 kg	Andrey Makarov	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Julio Luna	212.5 kg	Maksim Agapitov	205.0 kg	Oleh Chumak	200.0 kg
Total	Maksim Agapitov	380.0 kg	Tadeusz Drzazga	377.5 kg	Julio Luna	377.5 kg
Snatch	Martin Tešovič	180.0 kg	Choi Jong-kun	177.5 kg	Lorenzo Carrió	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Martin Tešovič	220.0 kg	Ernesto Montoya	215.0 kg	Oleksiy Obukhov	212.5 kg
Total	Martin Tešovič	400.0 kg	Choi Jong-kun	387.5 kg	Oleksiy Obukhov	385.0 kg
Snatch	Cui Wenhua	195.0 kg	Evgeny Shishlyannikov	190.0 kg	Sergey Syrtsov	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Cui Wenhua	220.0 kg	Wes Barnett	220.0 kg	Mariusz Jędra	217.5 kg
Total	Cui Wenhua	415.0 kg	Mariusz Jędra	392.5 kg	Wes Barnett	390.0 kg
Snatch	Ronny Weller	200.0 kg	Andrey Chemerkin	200.0 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	187.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andrey Chemerkin	262.5 kg
Ronny Weller	250.0 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	225.0 kg
Total	Andrey Chemerkin	462.5 kg
Ronny Weller	450.0 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs	412.5 kg

Women

46 kg ()	50 kg ()	54 kg ()	59 kg ()	64 kg ()	70 kg ()	76 kg ()
Snatch	Kyi Kyi Than	77.5 kg	Liu Ling	75.0 kg	Sri Indriyani	75.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Ling	100.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi	97.5 kg	Sri Indriyani	95.0 kg
Total	Liu Ling	175.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi	170.0 kg	Sri Indriyani	170.0 kg
Snatch	Zhong Yan	85.0 kg	Izabela Dragneva	82.5 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	80.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Winarni Binti Slamet	105.0 kg	Izabela Dragneva	102.5 kg	Swe Swe Win	100.0 kg
Total	Winarni Binti Slamet	185.0 kg	Izabela Dragneva	185.0 kg	Ri Yong-hwa	180.0 kg
Snatch	Meng Xianjuan	87.5 kg	Khin Moe Nwe	85.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Meng Xianjuan	117.5 kg
Ri Song-hui	110.0 kg	Saipin Detsaeng	110.0 kg
Total	Meng Xianjuan	205.0 kg	Ri Song-hui	195.0 kg	Saipin Detsaeng	195.0 kg
Snatch	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	97.5 kg	Khassaraporn Suta	92.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Khassaraporn Suta	117.5 kg	Naw Ju Ni	117.5 kg	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	115.0 kg
Total	Patmawati Abdul Hamid	212.5 kg	Khassaraporn Suta	210.0 kg	Naw Ju Ni	207.5 kg
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien	102.5 kg	Chen Yanqing	100.0 kg	Neelam Setti Laxmi	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Yanqing	131.0 kg
Chen Jui-lien	122.5 kg	Lu Yun	122.5 kg
Total	Chen Yanqing	230.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien	225.0 kg	Neelam Setti Laxmi	217.5 kg
Snatch	Xiang Fenglan	105.5 kg
Ilona Dankó	100.0 kg	Huang Hsi-li	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xiang Fenglan	130.5 kg
Irina Kasimova	122.5 kg	Huang Hsi-li	120.0 kg
Total	Xiang Fenglan	235.0 kg
Huang Hsi-li	217.5 kg	Ilona Dankó	215.0 kg
Snatch	Hua Ju	107.5 kg
Mária Takács	100.0 kg	Mónica Carrió	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hua Ju	140.5 kg
Kim Soon-hee	125.0 kg	Mária Takács	125.0 kg
Total	Hua Ju	247.5 kg
Mária Takács	225.0 kg	Kim Soon-hee	220.0 kg
Snatch	Tang Weifang	117.5 kg
Albina Khomich	107.5 kg	María Isabel Urrutia	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang	143.0 kg
María Isabel Urrutia	130.0 kg	Aye Mon Khin	127.5 kg
Total	Tang Weifang	260.0 kg
María Isabel Urrutia	235.0 kg	Aye Mon Khin	227.5 kg
Snatch	Aye Aye Aung	110.0 kg	Balkisu Musa	107.5 kg	Ma Runmei	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ma Runmei	145.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	137.5 kg	Chen Shu-chih	135.0 kg
Total	Ma Runmei	252.5 kg	Chen Shu-chih	240.0 kg	Aye Aye Aung	240.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

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

Team ranking

Men

Rank	Team	Points
1		643
2		521
3		507
4		458
5		433
6		343

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1		666
2	MYA	510
3		508
4		499
5		480
6		366

Participating nations

332 competitors from 58 nations competed.

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(11)
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(19)
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(11)
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(6)
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(9)
(3)
IRQ (2)
(1)
(9)
JPN (11)
(7)
(1)
(5)
LTU (1)
(2)
(1)
(3)
MYA (9)
(5)
(3)
(2)
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(5)
(2)
(8)
(6)
(16)
(6)
KOR (8)
(8)
(2)
(1)
(19)
(17)
(7)
(8)
(1)
(4)
VEN (5)

References

Results (Sport 123)
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

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