1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
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The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.[1]
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 160.0 kg |  Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 157.5 kg |  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 155.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 190.0 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 185.0 kg | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 185.0 kg |
| Total | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 350.0 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 340.0 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 340.0 kg |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World record | Snatch | World Standard | 157.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Clean & jerk | World Standard | 190.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 347.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 68.77 | 155.0 | 160.0 | | 182.5 | 187.5 | 190.0 | | 350.0 | |
 | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 68.49 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 |  | 185.0 | 4 | 340.0 | ||
| Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 68.87 | 152.5 | 158.0 | | 182.5 | 7 | 340.0 | |||
| 4 | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 68.17 | 152.5 | 5 | 185.0 | | 337.5 | ||||
| 5 | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 68.21 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 7 | 185.0 | | 335.0 | |||
| 6 |  Andrey Matveyev (RUS) | 68.74 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 10 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 6 | 332.5 | |
| 7 |  Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) | 68.64 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 4 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 12 | 330.0 | |
| 8 | Yang Cunkang (CHN) | 68.71 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 12 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 5 | 330.0 | ||
| 9 |  Marian Dodiță (ROM) | 68.42 | 147.5 | 9 | 175.0 | 11 | 322.5 | ||||
| 10 |  François Demeure (BEL) | 68.48 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 11 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 9 | 322.5 | ||
| 11 |  Ergün Batmaz (TUR) | 68.89 | 145.0 | 14 | 170.0 | 177.5 | — | 10 | 322.5 | ||
| 12 |  Adrián Popa (HUN) | 68.74 | 135.0 | 18 | 180.0 | 8 | 315.0 | ||||
| 13 |  Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) | 68.83 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 13 | 170.0 | 15 | 315.0 | |||
| 14 |  Sébastien Groulx (CAN) | 68.13 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 21 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 13 | 302.5 |
| 15 |  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | 68.38 | 132.5 | 22 | 170.0 | 14 | 302.5 | ||||
| 16 |  Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | 68.72 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 17 | 167.5 | 17 | 302.5 | ||
| 17 |  Werner Höller (AUT) | 68.58 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 16 | 162.5 | 20 | 300.0 | |||
| 18 |  Ahmed Samir (EGY) | 68.77 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 165.0 | 18 | 300.0 | ||
| 19 |  Heriberto Barbosa (COL) | 68.42 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 23 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 16 | 297.5 | ||
| 20 |  Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) | 68.91 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 27 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 19 | 290.0 | ||
| 21 | Yosri Shalaly (EGY) | 68.45 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 21 | 285.0 | ||
| 22 |  Alexi Batista (PAN) | 67.58 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 24 | 150.0 | 22 | 275.0 | |||
| 23 |  Andrejs Vituks (LAT) | 68.74 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 26 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 23 | 275.0 | ||
| 24 |  Petr Stanislav (CZE) | 68.38 | 120.0 | 28 | 145.0 | 24 | 265.0 | ||||
| 25 |  Dionisio Rozalina (NED) | 68.82 | 115.0 | 30 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 25 | 260.0 | |||
| 26 |  Kassim Mulindwa (UGA) | 68.79 | 115.0 | 115.0 | — | 29 | 130.0 | — | 26 | 245.0 | |
| — | Fedail Güler (TUR) | 68.12 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 6 | — | — | — | |||
| — | Gábor Molnár (HUN) | 68.64 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 8 | — | — | ||||
| — | Ramzan Musayev (AZE) | 68.30 | 140.0 | 15 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Romuald Ernault (FRA) | 68.74 | 132.5 | 19 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) | 68.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New records
| Snatch | 158.0 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) |
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| 160.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) |
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| Total | 350.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) |
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