1999 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.

1999 World Championships
Host city Athens, Greece
Dates21–28 November
Main venuePeace and Friendship Stadium
100 drachmas commemorative coin dedicated to the Championships

It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg ()
Snatch Halil Mutlu
 Turkey
137.5 kg
WR
Sergio Álvarez
 Cuba
125.0 kg Adrian Jigău
 Romania
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Halil Mutlu
 Turkey
166.0 kg
WR
Wang Shin-yuan
 Chinese Taipei
157.5 kg Ivan Ivanov
 Bulgaria
157.5 kg
Total Halil Mutlu
 Turkey
302.5 kg
WR
Adrian Jigău
 Romania
282.5 kg Wang Shin-yuan
 Chinese Taipei
280.0 kg
62 kg ()
Snatch Shi Zhiyong
 China
147.5 kg Leonidas Sabanis
 Greece
145.0 kg Sevdalin Minchev
 Bulgaria
142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Le Maosheng
 China
180.5 kg
WR
Marcus Stephen
 Nauru
172.5 kg Sevdalin Minchev
 Bulgaria
172.5 kg
Total Le Maosheng
 China
320.0 kg Leonidas Sabanis
 Greece
315.0 kg Sevdalin Minchev
 Bulgaria
315.0 kg
69 kg ()
Snatch Galabin Boevski
 Bulgaria
162.5 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
 Greece
155.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
 Greece
152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Galabin Boevski
 Bulgaria
196.0 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
 Greece
190.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
 Greece
187.5 kg
Total Galabin Boevski
 Bulgaria
357.5 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
 Greece
345.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
 Greece
340.0 kg
77 kg ()
Snatch Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
 Armenia
170.5 kg
WR
Plamen Zhelyazkov
 Bulgaria
170.0 kg Badr Salem Nayef
 Qatar
165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Badr Salem Nayef
 Qatar
205.0 kg Viktor Mitrou
 Greece
205.0 kg Nader Sufyan Abbas
 Qatar
202.5 kg
Total Badr Salem Nayef
 Qatar
370.0 kg Viktor Mitrou
 Greece
370.0 kg Plamen Zhelyazkov
 Bulgaria
370.0 kg
85 kg ()
Snatch Pyrros Dimas
 Greece
180.5 kg
WR
Giorgi Asanidze
 Georgia
177.5 kg Marc Huster
 Germany
177.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Shahin Nassirinia
 Iran
215.0 kg Christos Spyrou
 Greece
207.5 kg Pyrros Dimas
 Greece
207.5 kg
Total Shahin Nassirinia
 Iran
390.0 kg Pyrros Dimas
 Greece
387.5 kg Marc Huster
 Germany
382.5 kg
94 kg ()
Snatch Akakios Kakiasvilis
 Greece
188.0 kg
WR
Leonidas Kokas
 Greece
185.0 kg Hakob Pilosyan
 Armenia
182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Akakios Kakiasvilis
 Greece
225.0 kg Szymon Kołecki
 Poland
225.0 kg Bünyamin Sudaş
 Turkey
220.0 kg
Total Akakios Kakiasvilis
 Greece
412.5 kg Szymon Kołecki
 Poland
405.0 kg Leonidas Kokas
 Greece
402.5 kg
105 kg ()
Snatch Denys Hotfrid
 Ukraine
195.0 kg Choi Jong-keun
 South Korea
190.0 kg Evgeny Shishlyannikov
 Russia
190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Evgeny Shishlyannikov
 Russia
235.0 kg Denys Hotfrid
 Ukraine
235.0 kg Robert Dołęga
 Poland
225.0 kg
Total Denys Hotfrid
 Ukraine
430.0 kg Evgeny Shishlyannikov
 Russia
425.0 kg Choi Jong-keun
 South Korea
410.0 kg
+105 kg ()
Snatch Jaber Saeed Salem
 Qatar
205.0 kg Hossein Rezazadeh
 Iran
206.0 kg
WR
Viktors Ščerbatihs
 Latvia
200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Andrey Chemerkin
 Russia
257.5 kg Kim Tae-hyun
 South Korea
252.5 kg Jaber Saeed Salem
 Qatar
250.0 kg
Total Andrey Chemerkin
 Russia
457.5 kg Jaber Saeed Salem
 Qatar
455.0 kg Hossein Rezazadeh
 Iran
447.5 kg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg ()
Snatch Sri Indriyani
 Indonesia
82.5 kg Li Xuezhao
 China
80.0 kg Chu Nan-mei
 Chinese Taipei
80.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Donka Mincheva
 Bulgaria
113.5 kg
WR
Kunjarani Devi
 India
105.0 kg Kaori Niyanagi
 Japan
105.0 kg
Total Donka Mincheva
 Bulgaria
192.5 kg Sri Indriyani
 Indonesia
185.0 kg Kaori Niyanagi
 Japan
185.0 kg
53 kg ()
Snatch Li Feng-ying
 Chinese Taipei
95.0 kg Winarni Binti Slamet
 Indonesia
90.0 kg Swe Swe Win
 Myanmar
85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Li Feng-ying
 Chinese Taipei
121.5 kg
WR
Winarni Binti Slamet
 Indonesia
112.5 kg Wang Xiufen
 China
112.5 kg
Total Li Feng-ying
 Chinese Taipei
215.0 kg Winarni Binti Slamet
 Indonesia
202.5 kg Wang Xiufen
 China
197.5 kg
58 kg ()
Snatch Chen Yanqing
 China
105.5 kg
WR
Ri Song-hui
 North Korea
100.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
 Chinese Taipei
97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Ri Song-hui
 North Korea
131.0 kg
WR
Chen Yanqing
 China
130.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
 Chinese Taipei
125.0 kg
Total Chen Yanqing
 China
235.0 kg
WR
Ri Song-hui
 North Korea
230.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
 Chinese Taipei
222.5 kg
63 kg ()
Snatch Chen Jui-lien
 Chinese Taipei
107.5 kg Valentina Popova
 Russia
105.0 kg Xiong Meiying
 China
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Jui-lien
 Chinese Taipei
132.5 kg Xiong Meiying
 China
132.5 kg
WR
Ioanna Chatziioannou
 Greece
127.5 kg
Total Chen Jui-lien
 Chinese Taipei
240.0 kg
WR
Xiong Meiying
 China
237.5 kg Valentina Popova
 Russia
232.5 kg
69 kg ()
Snatch Erzsébet Márkus
 Hungary
107.5 kg Milena Trendafilova
 Bulgaria
105.0 kg Sun Tianni
 China
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Sun Tianni
 China
143.0 kg
WR
Irina Kasimova
 Russia
130.0 kg Milena Trendafilova
 Bulgaria
127.5 kg
Total Sun Tianni
 China
247.5 kg Milena Trendafilova
 Bulgaria
232.5 kg Erzsébet Márkus
 Hungary
232.5 kg
75 kg ()
Snatch Xu Jiao
 China
112.5 kg Kim Soon-hee
 South Korea
107.5 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
 Nigeria
107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Kim Soon-hee
 South Korea
135.0 kg Xu Jiao
 China
135.0 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
 Nigeria
132.5 kg
Total Xu Jiao
 China
247.5 kg Kim Soon-hee
 South Korea
242.5 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
 Nigeria
240.0 kg
+75 kg ()
Snatch Ding Meiyuan
 China
127.5 kg Agata Wróbel
 Poland
127.5 kg
WR
Cheryl Haworth
 United States
115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Ding Meiyuan
 China
157.5 kg
WR
Agata Wróbel
 Poland
152.5 kg Chen Hsiao-lien
 Chinese Taipei
142.5 kg
Total Ding Meiyuan
 China
285.0 kg
WR
Agata Wróbel
 Poland
280.0 kg Balkisu Musa
 Nigeria
252.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China5117
2 Bulgaria2125
3 Chinese Taipei2024
4 Greece1427
5 Russia1113
6 Qatar1102
7 Iran1012
8 Turkey1001
 Ukraine1001
10 Indonesia0202
 Poland0202
12 South Korea0112
13 North Korea0101
 Romania0101
15 Nigeria0022
16 Germany0011
 Hungary0011
 Japan0011
Totals (18 nations)15151545

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China125421
2 Chinese Taipei61613
3 Bulgaria53614
4 Greece410620
5 Russia3328
6 Qatar3137
7 Turkey3014
8 Iran2114
9 Ukraine2103
10 South Korea1416
11 Indonesia1405
12 North Korea1203
13 Armenia1012
 Hungary1012
15 Poland0516
16 Romania0112
17 Cuba0101
 Georgia0101
 India0101
 Nauru0101
21 Nigeria0044
22 Germany0022
 Japan0022
24 Latvia0011
 Myanmar0011
 United States0011
Totals (26 nations)454545135

Team ranking

Participating nations

626 competitors from 87 nations competed.

References

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