1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

1997 World Weightlifting Championships
	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

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Stefan Georgiev (BUL)	58.60	125.0	130.0	132.5		157.5	162.5	165.0		295.0
	Le Maosheng (CHN)	59.00	130.0	135.0	135.0		165.0	165.0	167.5		295.0
	Sevdalin Minchev (BUL)	58.60	127.5	132.5	132.5	4	157.5	162.5	170.0		290.0
4	William Vargas (CUB)	58.70	127.5	130.0	132.5		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 (ROU)	58.95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 8