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1999 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	1999 World Championships
logo	1999 World Weightlifting Championships logo.png
size	120
host_city	GRE Piraeus, Greece
dates	21–28 November
stadium	Peace and Friendship Stadium
previous	1998
next	2001

The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.

It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medal summary

Men

56 kg ()	62 kg ()	69 kg ()	77 kg ()	85 kg ()	94 kg ()	105 kg ()
Snatch	Halil Mutlu	137.5 kg
Sergio Álvarez	125.0 kg	Adrian Jigău	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu	166.0 kg
Wang Shin-yuan	157.5 kg	Ivan Ivanov	157.5 kg
Total	Halil Mutlu	302.5 kg
Adrian Jigău	282.5 kg	Wang Shin-yuan	280.0 kg
Snatch	Shi Zhiyong	147.5 kg	Leonidas Sabanis	145.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Le Maosheng	180.5 kg
Marcus Stephen	172.5 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	172.5 kg
Total	Le Maosheng	320.0 kg	Leonidas Sabanis	315.0 kg	Sevdalin Minchev	315.0 kg
Snatch	Galabin Boevski	162.5 kg
Georgios Tzelilis	155.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Galabin Boevski	196.0 kg
Georgios Tzelilis	190.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	187.5 kg
Total	Galabin Boevski	357.5 kg
Georgios Tzelilis	345.0 kg	Valerios Leonidis	340.0 kg
Snatch	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan	170.5 kg
Plamen Zhelyazkov	170.0 kg	Badr Salem Nayef	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Badr Salem Nayef	205.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou	205.0 kg	Nader Sufyan Abbas	202.5 kg
Total	Badr Salem Nayef	370.0 kg	Viktor Mitrou	370.0 kg	Plamen Zhelyazkov	370.0 kg
Snatch	Pyrros Dimas	180.5 kg
Giorgi Asanidze	177.5 kg	Marc Huster	177.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shahin Nassirinia	215.0 kg	Christos Spyrou	207.5 kg	Pyrros Dimas	207.5 kg
Total	Shahin Nassirinia	390.0 kg	Pyrros Dimas	387.5 kg	Marc Huster	382.5 kg
Snatch	Akakios Kakiasvilis	188.0 kg
Leonidas Kokas	185.0 kg	Hakob Pilosyan	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Akakios Kakiasvilis	225.0 kg	Szymon Kołecki	225.0 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş	220.0 kg
Total	Akakios Kakiasvilis	412.5 kg	Szymon Kołecki	405.0 kg	Leonidas Kokas	402.5 kg
Snatch	Denys Hotfrid	195.0 kg	Choi Jong-kun	190.0 kg	Evgeny Shishlyannikov	190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Evgeny Shishlyannikov	235.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid	235.0 kg	Robert Dołęga	225.0 kg
Total	Denys Hotfrid	430.0 kg	Evgeny Shishlyannikov	425.0 kg	Choi Jong-kun	410.0 kg
Snatch	Jaber Saeed Salem	205.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh	206.0 kg
Viktors Ščerbatihs	200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andrey Chemerkin	257.5 kg	Kim Tae-hyun	252.5 kg	Jaber Saeed Salem	250.0 kg
Total	Andrey Chemerkin	457.5 kg	Jaber Saeed Salem	455.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh	447.5 kg

Women

48 kg ()	53 kg ()	58 kg ()	63 kg ()	69 kg ()	75 kg ()	+75 kg ()
Snatch	Sri Indriyani	82.5 kg	Li Xuezhao	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei	80.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Donka Mincheva	113.5 kg
Kunjarani Devi	105.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	105.0 kg
Total	Donka Mincheva	192.5 kg	Sri Indriyani	185.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi	185.0 kg
Snatch	Li Feng-ying	95.0 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	90.0 kg	Swe Swe Win	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Feng-ying	121.5 kg
Winarni Binti Slamet	112.5 kg	Wang Xiufen	112.5 kg
Total	Li Feng-ying	215.0 kg	Winarni Binti Slamet	202.5 kg	Wang Xiufen	197.5 kg
Snatch	Chen Yanqing	105.5 kg
Ri Song-hui	100.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ri Song-hui	131.0 kg
Chen Yanqing	130.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	125.0 kg
Total	Chen Yanqing	235.0 kg
Ri Song-hui	230.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun	222.5 kg
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien	107.5 kg	Valentina Popova	105.0 kg	Xiong Meiying	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Jui-lien	132.5 kg	Xiong Meiying	132.5 kg
Ioanna Chatziioannou	127.5 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien	240.0 kg
Xiong Meiying	237.5 kg	Valentina Popova	232.5 kg
Snatch	Erzsébet Márkus	107.5 kg	Milena Trendafilova	105.0 kg	Sun Tianni	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sun Tianni	143.0 kg
Irina Kasimova	130.0 kg	Milena Trendafilova	127.5 kg
Total	Sun Tianni	247.5 kg	Milena Trendafilova	232.5 kg	Erzsébet Márkus	232.5 kg
Snatch	Xu Jiao	112.5 kg	Kim Soon-hee	107.5 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kim Soon-hee	135.0 kg	Xu Jiao	135.0 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	132.5 kg
Total	Xu Jiao	247.5 kg	Kim Soon-hee	242.5 kg	Ruth Ogbeifo	240.0 kg
Snatch	Ding Meiyuan	127.5 kg	Agata Wróbel	127.5 kg
Cheryl Haworth	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ding Meiyuan	157.5 kg
Agata Wróbel	152.5 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien	142.5 kg
Total	Ding Meiyuan	285.0 kg
Agata Wróbel	280.0 kg	Balkisu Musa	252.5 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		581
2		465
3		437
4		386
5		377
6		364

Women

Rank	Team	Points
1		530
2		392
3		374
4		371
5		366
6		333

Participating nations

626 competitors from 87 nations competed.

ALB (7)
(6)
(2)
(8)
(12)
(5)
(10)
BLR (7)
(3)
(1)
(15)
(5)
(15)
(1)
(15)
(14)
(14)
(2)
(7)
CYP (1)
(4)
(15)
(7)
ECU (2)
(8)
(3)
FSM (1)
(1)
(14)
(15)
GEO (6)
(11)
(10)
(15)
(5)
(15)
(8)
(5)
(8)
IRQ (3)
(5)
(11)
(15)
(15)
(15)
(5)
(8)
(2)
LBA (1)
LTU (7)
(1)
(7)
(6)
(1)
MYA (5)
(7)
(12)
(3)
(10)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(15)
(7)
(3)
(8)
(8)
(14)
(2)
SMR (1)
(1)
(13)
(2)
KOR (13)
(14)
(4)
(5)
(4)
(7)
(4)
(8)
TKM (3)
(15)
(15)
(1)
(4)
VEN (6)

References

Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics
Results (Sport 123)

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