| 1997 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Men | Women | |
| 54 kg | 46 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 64 kg | 54 kg | |
| 70 kg | 59 kg | |
| 76 kg | 64 kg | |
| 83 kg | 70 kg | |
| 91 kg | 76 kg | |
| 99 kg | 83 kg | |
| 108 kg | +83 kg | |
| +108 kg | ||
Main article: 1997 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6——to December 14. The men's competition in the: 99 kg division was staged on 13 December 1997.
Medalists※
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
180.0 kg |  Choi Jong-keun (KOR) |
177.5 kg |  Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) |
172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
220.0 kg |  Ernesto Montoya (CUB) |
215.0 kg |  Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) |
212.5 kg |
| Total | Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
400.0 kg | Choi Jong-keun (KOR) |
387.5 kg | Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) |
385.0 kg |
Records※
Prior——to this competition, the——existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) |
192.5 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 25 November 1994 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
235.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 | |
| Total | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
420.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 |
Results※
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
97.70 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | |
215.0 | 220.0 | — | |
400.0 |
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Choi Jong-keun (KOR) |
97.50 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 177.5 | |
205.0 | 210.0 | 4 | 387.5 | |
 |
Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) |
98.85 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 5 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 212.5 | |
385.0 |
| 4 | Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) |
98.65 | 172.5 | 4 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 207.5 | 6 | 380.0 | ||
| 5 |  Sergey Kopytov (KAZ) |
98.05 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 6 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 5 | 375.0 | ||
| 6 | Ernesto Montoya (CUB) |
98.90 | 160.0 | 14 | 210.0 | 215.0 | |
375.0 | |||
| 7 | Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) |
98.55 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | |
200.0 | 12 | 372.5 | ||
| 8 |  Mario Kalinke (GER) |
98.25 | 165.0 | 7 | 190.0 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 8 | 370.0 | ||
| 9 |  Alexandru Bratan (MDA) |
98.35 | 165.0 | 8 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 9 | 370.0 | |||
| 10 |  Tom Gough (USA) |
98.40 | 165.0 | 9 | 205.0 | 10 | 370.0 | ||||
| 11 |  Janne Kanerva (FIN) |
98.85 | 160.0 | 13 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | 7 | 367.5 | ||
| 12 | Hennadiy Krasylnykov (UKR) |
98.75 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 200.0 | 13 | 365.0 | |||
| 13 |  Akos Sandor (CAN) |
98.50 | 157.5 | 16 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 14 | 352.5 | ||
| 14 |  Adrian Mateaș (ROM) |
98.00 | 160.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 16 | 350.0 | ||||
| 15 | Mika Reijonen (FIN) |
98.80 | 155.0 | 17 | 195.0 | 15 | 350.0 | ||||
| 16 |  Roman Polom (CZE) |
98.75 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 182.5 | 20 | 347.5 | |||
| 17 |  Cristián Escalante (CHI) |
98.20 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 15 | 182.5 | 19 | 340.0 | |||
| 18 |  Terdkiat Puekkhasem (THA) |
98.45 | 135.0 | 145.0 | 18 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 18 | 330.0 | ||
| 19 |  Andrew Callard (GBR) |
93.95 | 142.5 | 19 | 185.0 | 17 | 327.5 | ||||
| 20 |  Wen Wei-chih (TPE) |
96.60 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 20 | 160.0 | 170.0 | — | 23 | 310.0 | |
| 21 | Su Tsung-jung (TPE) |
97.80 | 130.0 | 21 | 180.0 | 21 | 310.0 | ||||
| — |  Tharwat Bendary (EGY) |
98.35 | — | 200.0 | 11 | — | |||||
| — |  Aghvan Grigoryan (ARM) |
98.70 | — | 180.0 | 22 | — | |||||
| DQ |  Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) |
98.25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | — | 185.0 | 190.0 | — | — | ||