1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 76 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 76 kg division was staged on 10 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Georgi Gardev (BUL)	167.5 kg	Waldemar Kosiński (POL)	165.0 kg	Yoto Yotov (BUL)	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yoto Yotov (BUL)	202.5 kg	Andrzej Kozłowski (POL)	200.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński (POL)	197.5 kg
Total	Yoto Yotov (BUL)	367.5 kg	Georgi Gardev (BUL)	365.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński (POL)	362.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Ruslan Savchenko (UKR)	170.0 kg	Melbourne, Australia	16 November 1993
	Clean & Jerk	Pablo Lara (CUB)	208.0 kg	Szekszárd, Hungary	20 April 1996
	Total	Pablo Lara (CUB)	372.5 kg	Szekszárd, Hungary	20 April 1996

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Yoto Yotov (BUL)	75.86	157.5	162.5	165.0		195.0	202.5	—		367.5
	Georgi Gardev (BUL)	75.60	160.0	165.0	167.5		190.0	195.0	197.5	4	365.0
	Waldemar Kosiński (POL)	75.25	160.0	165.0	165.0		192.5	192.5	197.5		362.5
4	Andrzej Kozłowski (POL)	75.25	155.0	160.0	162.5	4	195.0	200.0	202.5		362.5
5	Ruslan Savchenko (UKR)	75.80	160.0	160.0	160.0	5	185.0	—	—	12	345.0
6	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	75.25	145.0	150.0	155.0	7	180.0	185.0	187.5	6	342.5
7	Andrey Poitschke (GER)	75.55	155.0	155.0	155.0	9	177.5	182.5	187.5	7	342.5
8	Hovhannes Barseghyan (ARM)	75.60	155.0	160.0	150.0	10	185.0	185.0	190.0	9	340.0
9	Lee Kang-suk (KOR)	75.60	147.5	152.5	155.0	11	185.0	190.0	190.0	8	337.5
10	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	75.50	155.0	160.0	160.0	8	180.0	187.5	187.5	14	335.0
11	Vladimir Krasnyi (RUS)	75.75	150.0	155.0	155.0	13	185.0	190.0	190.0	10	335.0
12	Rafat Galal (EGY)	75.75	142.5	147.5	152.5	12	175.0	180.0	185.0	15	332.5
13	Damian Brown (AUS)	75.75	140.0	145.0	150.0	15	180.0	185.0	190.0	11	330.0
14	Tim McRae (USA)	75.95	147.5	152.5	152.5	14	177.5	177.5	182.5	13	330.0
15	Gabriel Lemme (ARG)	75.95	140.0	145.0	147.5	16	170.0	177.5	182.5	16	322.5
16	Gennadiy Yermakov (KAZ)	75.55	142.5	147.5	147.5	18	175.0	180.0	180.0	17	317.5
17	André Aldenhov (SWE)	75.00	140.0	145.0	145.0	19	172.5	172.5	177.5	18	312.5
18	Viktor Gumán (SVK)	74.75	142.5	142.5	147.5	17	165.0	170.0	170.0	20	307.5
19	Gatrat Usmanov (KAZ)	75.65	135.0	140.0	140.0	20	165.0	170.0	170.0	21	300.0
20	Craig Blythman (AUS)	75.70	130.0	130.0	135.0	22	150.0	165.0	172.5	22	295.0
21	Tsai Hung-chang (TPE)	75.50	130.0	135.0	135.0	21	160.0	165.0	165.0	23	290.0
22	Chalermphol Moonmongkol (THA)	75.75	120.0	125.0	—	24	160.0	170.0	175.0	19	290.0
23	Rakkaew Damrong (THA)	73.75	115.0	125.0	130.0	23	140.0	150.0	155.0	24	275.0
24	Edward Silva (URU)	74.25	115.0	120.0	120.0	25	140.0	142.5	142.5	25	257.5
—	Pablo Lara (CUB)	75.90	155.0	160.0	162.5	6	200.0	200.0	202.5	—	—
—	Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)	75.40	160.0	160.0	162.5	—	190.0	190.0	197.5	5	—

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 9