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1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

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The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 59 kg division was staged on 7 December 1997.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  William Vargas (CUB) 132.5 kg  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 130.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 165.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 165.0 kg  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 162.5 kg
Total  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 295.0 kg  Le Maosheng (CHN) 295.0 kg  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 290.0 kg

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch  Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) 140.0 kg Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995
Clean & Jerk  Nikolay Peshalov (BUL) 170.0 kg Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995
Total  Tang Lingsheng (CHN) 307.5 kg Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 58.60 125.0 130.0 132.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 157.5 162.5 165.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 295.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Le Maosheng (CHN) 59.00 130.0 135.0 135.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 165.0 165.0 167.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 295.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) 58.60 127.5 132.5 132.5 4 157.5 162.5 170.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 290.0
4  William Vargas (CUB) 58.70 127.5 130.0 132.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 155.0 155.0 160.0 6 287.5
5  Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) 58.55 120.0 125.0 130.0 5 150.0 157.5 160.0 5 282.5
6  Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) 58.95 120.0 125.0 125.0 7 142.5 147.5 7 267.5
7  Sedat Artuç (TUR) 58.50 120.0 120.0 120.0 6 145.0 150.0 150.0 8 265.0
8  Chom Singnoi (THA) 58.85 110.0 115.0 120.0 8 135.0 140.0 145.0 10 260.0
9  Mohamed Osman (EGY) 59.00 110.0 115.0 115.0 9 145.0 150.0 150.0 11 260.0
10  Kenji Tominaga (JPN) 58.55 112.5 117.5 117.5 11 145.0 147.5 147.5 9 257.5
11  Liu Te-tsung (TPE) 58.10 112.5 120.0 120.0 10 140.0 140.0 145.0 12 252.5
12  Vassiliy Lim (KAZ) 58.10 105.0 110.0 112.5 12 135.0 140.0 140.0 13 250.0
13  Chen Po-pu (TPE) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 13 135.0 140.0 145.0 14 250.0
14  Sinchai Ketsri (THA) 58.95 110.0 110.0 110.0 14 135.0 140.0 145.0 15 250.0
15  Johnny Hernández (VEN) 58.95 105.0 110.0 110.0 15 140.0 140.0 145.0 16 245.0
16  Tom Goegebuer (BEL) 58.35 100.0 100.0 107.5 16 130.0 137.5 140.0 17 237.5
 Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) 58.65 125.0 125.0 125.0 152.5 160.0 165.0 4
 Jyrki Welling (FIN) 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 152.5 137.5 18
 Traian Cihărean (ROM) 58.95

References

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