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1998 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	1998 World Championships
logo	1998 World Weightlifting Championships logo.png
size	180
host_city	FIN Lahti, Finland
dates	10–15 November
previous	1997
next	1999

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

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

48 kg ()	53 kg ()	58 kg ()	63 kg ()	69 kg ()	75 kg ()	+75 kg ()
Snatch	Li Yunli	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei	77.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yunli	102.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	95.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	95.0 kg
Total	Li Yunli	182.5 kg	Chu Nan-mei	172.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan	172.5 kg
Snatch	Wang Xiufen	92.5 kg	Izabela Dragneva	87.5 kg	Robin Goad	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Xiufen	117.5 kg
Izabela Dragneva	105.0 kg	Robin Goad	100.0 kg
Total	Wang Xiufen	210.0 kg
Izabela Dragneva	192.5 kg	Robin Goad	182.5 kg
Snatch	Kuo Ping-chun	92.5 kg	Song Zhijuan	92.5 kg	Neli Yankova	87.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kuo Ping-chun	115.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte	115.0 kg	Song Zhijuan	115.0 kg
Total	Kuo Ping-chun	207.5 kg	Song Zhijuan	207.5 kg	Neli Yankova	200.0 kg
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien	102.5 kg	Valentina Popova	100.0 kg	Shi Lihua	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Lihua	127.5 kg	Chen Jui-lien	122.5 kg	Aneta Szczepańska	115.0 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien	225.0 kg	Shi Lihua	225.0 kg	Valentina Popova	215.0 kg
Snatch	Tang Weifang	110.5 kg
Erzsébet Márkus	102.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang	130.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova	127.5 kg
Total	Tang Weifang	240.0 kg	Wu Mei-yi	227.5 kg	Irina Kasimova	225.0 kg
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl	105.0 kg	Mónica Carrió	100.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gao Xiaoyan	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl	125.0 kg	Mária Takács	120.0 kg
Total	Karoliina Lundahl	230.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz	220.0 kg	Mária Takács	217.5 kg
Snatch	Agata Wróbel	115.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia	110.0 kg	Tang Gonghong	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong	145.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	140.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia	132.5 kg
Total	Tang Gonghong	255.0 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	245.0 kg	María Isabel Urrutia	242.5 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		566
2		566
3		428
4		423
5		419
6		396

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1		508
2		453
3		328
4		317
5		314
6		306

Participating nations

332 competitors from 55 nations competed.

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(2)
(5)
(8)
(1)
(6)
BLR (4)
(2)
(12)
(2)
(15)
(15)
(11)
(8)
(6)
(2)
(4)
(4)
ECU (2)
(12)
(15)
(12)
GEO (2)
(11)
(7)
(13)
(15)
(2)
(5)
(10)
JPN (7)
(2)
(6)
LTU (1)
(1)
(2)
(10)
(4)
(1)
(3)
(1)
(12)
(1)
(6)
(10)
(5)
KOR (2)
(9)
(2)
(1)
(9)
(3)
(6)
(7)
VEN (5)

References

Results (Sport 123)
IWF Archive
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

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