1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg

Main article: 1998 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from 7 to 15 November 1998. The men's competition in the middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	167.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)	165.0 kg	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	202.5 kg	Petar Tanev (BUL)	202.5 kg	Viktor Mitrou (GRE)	202.5 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	365.0 kg	Petar Tanev (BUL)	362.5 kg	Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)	360.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	World Standard	167.5 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Clean & Jerk	World Standard	205.0 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Total	World Standard	372.5 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	76.14	157.5	162.5	165.0		200.0	200.0	202.5		365.0
	Petar Tanev (BUL)	76.48	150.0	155.0	160.0	8	192.5	197.5	202.5		362.5
	Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)	76.32	157.5	162.5	165.0		185.0	195.0	195.0	7	360.0
4	Viktor Mitrou (GRE)	76.90	157.5	162.5	162.5	11	195.0	202.5	205.0		360.0
5	Ingo Steinhöfel (GER)	76.55	155.0	160.0	162.5	4	187.5	195.0	197.5	8	357.5
6	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	76.66	160.0	165.0	168.0		190.0	195.0	195.0	13	357.5
7	Arkadiusz Smółka (POL)	75.78	155.0	155.0	160.0	6	190.0	195.0	197.5	6	355.0
8	Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)	76.61	162.5	167.5	167.5	5	187.5	187.5	192.5	10	355.0
9	Idalberto Aranda (CUB)	76.46	145.0	150.0	152.5	14	195.0	200.0	205.5	5	352.5
10	Rǎzvan Ilie (ROM)	76.09	160.0	160.0	162.5	7	190.0	195.0	195.0	11	350.0
11	Oleg Kechko (BLR)	76.91	150.0	150.0	155.0	13	185.0	190.0	195.0	9	350.0
12	Arsen Melikyan (ARM)	76.65	152.5	157.5	162.5	10	190.0	195.0	197.5	12	347.5
13	Oscar Chaplin (USA)	76.62	145.0	150.0	152.5	15	175.0	182.5	185.0	15	332.5
14	Rafat Galal (EGY)	76.90	145.0	150.0	150.0	17	177.5	182.5	185.0	16	332.5
15	Ringo Gossmann (GER)	76.62	145.0	150.0	150.0	18	180.0	185.0	190.0	14	330.0
16	Viktor Gumán (SVK)	76.88	145.0	150.0	155.0	16	172.5	177.5	182.5	17	327.5
17	Mauro Scifo (ITA)	76.20	130.0	135.0	137.5	19	170.0	175.0	177.5	18	312.5
18	Scott McCarthy (CAN)	76.33	127.5	127.5	132.5	21	157.5	162.5	165.0	20	295.0
19	Tsai Hung-chang (TPE)	76.68	130.0	135.0	137.5	20	160.0	160.0	165.0	22	295.0
20	Guy Hamilton (CAN)	76.92	125.0	130.0	130.0	23	165.0	170.0	170.0	19	295.0
21	Marcelo Gandolfo (ARG)	75.46	130.0	135.0	137.5	22	160.0	170.0	170.0	21	290.0
22	Quincy Detenamo (NRU)	76.81	115.0	120.0	125.0	25	155.0	160.0	165.0	23	280.0
23	Redjean Clerc (SUI)	75.31	120.0	125.0	125.0	24	150.0	155.0	160.0	24	275.0
24	Mladen Bužančić (CRO)	76.90	110.0	110.0	117.5	26	140.0	150.0	—	25	260.0
—	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	76.80	155.0	160.0	160.0	9	192.5	192.5	195.0	—	—
—	Attila Feri (HUN)	76.74	155.0	160.0	160.0	12	200.0	200.0	200.0	—	—
—	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	76.67	155.0	155.0	160.0	—	200.0	200.0	202.5	4	—

New records

Snatch

168.0 kg

Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)

WR

References

• Results
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 16 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine