1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Yang Bin (CHN)127.5 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN)127.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Lan Shizhang (CHN)160.0 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)147.5 kg  Nayden Rusev (BUL)147.5 kg
Total  Lan Shizhang (CHN)287.5 kg  Yang Bin (CHN)272.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)262.5 kg

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Halil Mutlu (TUR)132.5 kgAtlanta, United States20 July 1996
Clean & Jerk Halil Mutlu (TUR)160.0 kgIstanbul, Turkey18 November 1994
Total Halil Mutlu (TUR)290.0 kgIstanbul, Turkey18 November 1994

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st, gold medalist(s) Lan Shizhang (CHN)54.00120.0125.0127.5 2nd, silver medalist(s)152.5160.5 165.0 1st, gold medalist(s)287.5
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yang Bin (CHN)53.55120.0125.0127.5 1st, gold medalist(s)140.0145.0 —4272.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)53.70112.5 112.5115.0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)145.0147.5 152.5 2nd, silver medalist(s)262.5
4 Nayden Rusev (BUL)53.90110.0115.0 117.5 4140.0147.5 150.0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)262.5
5 Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN)53.70107.5110.0 110.0 5140.0 145.0 145.0 5250.0
6 Adrian Jigău (ROU)53.85105.0110.0 112.5 6130.0135.0140.0 6250.0
7 Ali Hamid (EGY)53.65100.0105.0107.5 7130.0135.0 135.0 8242.5
8 Éric Bonnel (FRA)53.90100.0105.0107.5 8130.0135.0 137.5 9242.5
9 Yang Chin-yi (TPE)53.45105.0 105.0 107.5 9130.0135.0 140.0 7240.0
10 Mehmet Yağcı (AUS)54.0095.0100.0 100.0 10120.0125.0 130.0 11225.0
11 Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN)53.3090.092.595.0 11120.0 120.0 120.012215.0
— Somsak Sunyanai (THA)53.90107.5 107.5 107.5 —130.0 130.0 130.0 10—

New records

Clean & Jerk 160.5 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN) WR

References

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