1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR)135.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN)127.5 kg  William Vargas (CUB)127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR)160.0 kg  Ivan Ivanov (BUL)160.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN)157.5 kg
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR)295.0 kg  Lan Shizhang (CHN)285.0 kg  Ivan Ivanov (BUL)282.5 kg

Records

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

World RecordSnatchWorld Standard135.0 kg—1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk Lan Shizhang (CHN)165.5 kgSzekszárd, Hungary9 May 1998
TotalWorld Standard300.0 kg—1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st, gold medalist(s) Halil Mutlu (TUR)55.66130.0135.0 135.0 1st, gold medalist(s)160.0 160.0 166.0 1st, gold medalist(s)295.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lan Shizhang (CHN)55.85122.5127.5 130.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)157.5 157.5 165.0 3rd, bronze medalist(s)285.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ivan Ivanov (BUL)55.86122.5 127.5 127.5 4155.0160.0 165.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)282.5
4 William Vargas (CUB)55.94127.5 130.0 132.5 3rd, bronze medalist(s)150.0155.0 160.0 4282.5
5 Adrian Jigău (ROU)55.79117.5 122.5 122.5 6145.0 145.0 155.0 5262.5
6 Traian Cihărean (ROU)55.87115.0120.0 122.5 5140.0 140.0 145.0 7260.0
7 Éric Bonnel (FRA)55.50110.0 110.0 115.0 8135.0140.0142.5 6252.5
8 László Tancsics (HUN)55.18110.0115.0 117.5 7135.0 140.0 140.0 10250.0
9 Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN)55.28105.0 105.0107.5 10135.0137.5 137.5 9245.0
10 Ali Hamid (EGY)55.81102.5107.5110.0 9130.0135.0 137.5 11245.0
11 Michael Ponchard (FRA)55.6995.0 100.0 100.0 13127.5 132.5 132.5 12222.5
12 Nafaa Benami (ALG)54.2490.0100.0 100.0 12110.0117.5 122.5 14217.5
13 François Lagacé (CAN)55.6295.0100.5102.5 11112.5 117.5 117.5 15215.0
14 Anatoli Shavalov (ISR)55.8395.0 100.0 100.0 14115.0120.0 120.0 13215.0
— Juan Carlos Fernández (COL)55.90110.0 110.0 110.0 —135.0140.0 142.5 8—
— Gennadi Oleinik (ISR)55.8095.0 95.0 ———————

References

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