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1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 108 kg

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cui Wenhua (CHN) 105.70 190.0 195.0 202.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210.0 217.5 220.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 415.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mariusz Jędra (POL) 107.10 170.0 175.0 175.0 4 210.0 215.0 217.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 392.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Wes Barnett (USA) 107.75 165.0 170.0 170.0 9 212.5 217.5 220.0 2nd place, 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 place, silver medalist(s)
 Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 105.00 185.0 190.0 190.0 3rd place, 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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