1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 108 kg

1997 World Championships
in Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand
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 108 kg division was staged on 14 December 1997.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Cui Wenhua (CHN) 195.0 kg  Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) 190.0 kg  Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Cui Wenhua (CHN) 220.0 kg  Wes Barnett (USA) 220.0 kg  Mariusz Jędra (POL) 217.5 kg
Total  Cui Wenhua (CHN) 415.0 kg  Mariusz Jędra (POL) 392.5 kg  Wes Barnett (USA) 390.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Timur Taymazov (UKR) 200.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 26 November 1994
Clean & Jerk  Timur Taymazov (UKR) 236.0 kg Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
Total  Timur Taymazov (UKR) 435.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 26 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)  Cui Wenhua (CHN) 105.70 190.0 195.0 202.5 1st, gold medalist(s) 210.0 217.5 220.0 1st, gold medalist(s) 415.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Mariusz Jędra (POL) 107.10 170.0 175.0 175.0 4 210.0 215.0 217.5 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 392.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Wes Barnett (USA) 107.75 165.0 170.0 170.0 9 212.5 217.5 220.0 2nd, silver medalist(s) 390.0
4  Dimitri Prochorow (GER) 106.95 170.0 177.5 177.5 8 207.5 215.0 220.0 5 385.0
5  Hisaya Yoshimoto (JPN) 106.25 165.0 170.0 172.5 5 205.0 210.0 217.5 6 382.5
6  Moreno Boer (ITA) 108.00 165.0 170.0 172.5 7 200.0 205.0 207.5 7 377.5
7  Chung Dae-jin (KOR) 106.55 160.0 170.0 10 215.0 215.0 220.0 4 375.0
8  Oļegs Jegorovs (LAT) 107.25 167.5 172.5 175.0 6 192.5 200.0 200.0 8 372.5
 Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) 106.35 185.0 190.0 195.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)
 Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 105.00 185.0 190.0 190.0 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 220.0 220.0 220.0
 Delroy McQueen (GBR) 106.05 147.5 147.5 147.5 190.0

References

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