2002 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from November 18 to November 26, 2002.

2002 World Championships

Host city	Warsaw, Poland
Dates	18–26 November
Main venue	Torwar Hall
← 2001 2003 →

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
56 kg (details)
Snatch	Wu Meijin  China	127.5 kg	Yang Chin-yi  Chinese Taipei	125.0 kg	Adrian Jigău  Romania	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wu Meijin  China	160.0 kg	Wang Shin-yuan  Chinese Taipei	152.5 kg	Yang Chin-yi  Chinese Taipei	152.5 kg
Total	Wu Meijin  China	287.5 kg	Yang Chin-yi  Chinese Taipei	277.5 kg	Adrian Jigău  Romania	277.5 kg
62 kg (details)
Snatch	Le Maosheng  China	140.0 kg	Leonidas Sabanis  Greece	140.0 kg	Im Yong-su  North Korea	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Im Yong-su  North Korea	175.0 kg	Stefan Georgiev  Bulgaria	172.5 kg	Le Maosheng  China	170.0 kg
Total	Im Yong-su  North Korea	315.0 kg	Le Maosheng  China	310.0 kg	Stefan Georgiev  Bulgaria	310.0 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Chufu  China	157.5 kg	Zhang Guozheng  China	155.0 kg	Youssef Sbai  Tunisia	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng  China	192.5 kg	Chen Chufu  China	187.5 kg	Mohamed El-Tantawy  Egypt	187.5 kg
Total	Zhang Guozheng  China	347.5 kg	Chen Chufu  China	345.0 kg	Youssef Sbai  Tunisia	335.0 kg
77 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Hongli  China	172.5 kg	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria	170.0 kg	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah  Iran	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov  Russia	202.5 kg	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu  Turkey	200.0 kg	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria	200.0 kg
Total	Georgi Markov  Bulgaria	370.0 kg	Oleg Perepetchenov  Russia	367.5 kg	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah  Iran	365.0 kg
85 kg (details)
Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze  Georgia	177.5 kg	Ilirjan Suli  Albania	175.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau  Belarus	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev  Bulgaria	217.5 kg	Ruslan Novikau  Belarus	207.5 kg	Valeriu Calancea  Romania	207.5 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Giorgi Asanidze  Georgia	385.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau  Belarus	380.0 kg
94 kg (details)
Snatch	Oliver Caruso  Germany	180.0 kg	Nizami Pashayev  Azerbaijan	177.5 kg	Milen Dobrev  Bulgaria	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nizami Pashayev  Azerbaijan	215.0 kg	Milen Dobrev  Bulgaria	212.5 kg	Kourosh Bagheri  Iran	210.0 kg
Total	Nizami Pashayev  Azerbaijan	392.5 kg	Milen Dobrev  Bulgaria	387.5 kg	Oliver Caruso  Germany	387.5 kg
105 kg (details)
Snatch	Vladimir Smorchkov  Russia	197.5 kg	Marcin Dołęga  Poland	192.5 kg	Denys Hotfrid  Ukraine	190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Alan Tsagaev  Bulgaria	232.5 kg	Bünyamin Sudaş  Turkey	230.0 kg	Denys Hotfrid  Ukraine	230.0 kg
Total	Denys Hotfrid  Ukraine	420.0 kg	Alan Tsagaev  Bulgaria	417.5 kg	Vladimir Smorchkov  Russia	417.5 kg
+105 kg (details)
Snatch	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	210.0 kg	Damyan Damyanov  Bulgaria	205.0 kg	Artem Udachyn  Ukraine	200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	263.0 kg WR	Damyan Damyanov  Bulgaria	245.0 kg	Paweł Najdek  Poland	240.0 kg
Total	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	472.5 kg	Damyan Damyanov  Bulgaria	450.0 kg	Artem Udachyn  Ukraine	440.0 kg

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
48 kg (details)
Snatch	Wang Mingjuan  China	92.5 kg WR	Nurcan Taylan  Turkey	87.5 kg	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wang Mingjuan  China	115.5 kg WR	Nurcan Taylan  Turkey	105.0 kg	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	100.0 kg
Total	Wang Mingjuan  China	207.5 kg WR	Nurcan Taylan  Turkey	192.5 kg	Izabela Dragneva  Bulgaria	182.5 kg
53 kg (details)
Snatch	Ri Song-hui  North Korea	97.5 kg	Li Xuejiu  China	95.0 kg	Udomporn Polsak  Thailand	95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Xuejiu  China	127.5 kg WR	Ri Song-hui  North Korea	127.5 kg	Udomporn Polsak  Thailand	120.0 kg
Total	Ri Song-hui  North Korea	225.0 kg	Li Xuejiu  China	222.5 kg	Udomporn Polsak  Thailand	215.0 kg
58 kg (details)
Snatch	Song Zhijuan  China	105.0 kg	Charikleia Kastritsi  Greece	97.5 kg	Emine Bilgin  Turkey	95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Song Zhijuan  China	125.0 kg	Wandee Kameaim  Thailand	120.0 kg	Maryse Turcotte  Canada	117.5 kg
Total	Song Zhijuan  China	230.0 kg	Wandee Kameaim  Thailand	212.5 kg	Charikleia Kastritsi  Greece	210.0 kg
63 kg (details)
Snatch	Liu Xia  China	107.5 kg	Anastasia Tsakiri  Greece	105.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anastasia Tsakiri  Greece	136.0 kg WR	Liu Xia  China	135.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	122.5 kg
Total	Liu Xia  China	242.5 kg	Anastasia Tsakiri  Greece	240.0 kg	Gergana Kirilova  Bulgaria	225.0 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch	Valentina Popova  Russia	115.0 kg	Pawina Thongsuk  Thailand	112.5 kg	Nahla Ramadan  Egypt	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Pawina Thongsuk  Thailand	147.5 kg	Liu Chunhong  China	147.5 kg	Valentina Popova  Russia	142.5 kg
Total	Pawina Thongsuk  Thailand	260.0 kg	Valentina Popova  Russia	257.5 kg	Nahla Ramadan  Egypt	245.0 kg
75 kg (details)
Snatch	Svetlana Khabirova  Russia	117.5 kg	Sun Ruiping  China	115.0 kg	Ilona Dankó  Hungary	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Svetlana Khabirova  Russia	145.0 kg	Sun Ruiping  China	145.0 kg	Christina Ioannidi  Greece	132.5 kg
Total	Svetlana Khabirova  Russia	262.5 kg	Sun Ruiping  China	260.0 kg	Christina Ioannidi  Greece	235.0 kg
+75 kg (details)
Snatch	Albina Khomich  Russia	132.5 kg	Agata Wróbel  Poland	125.0 kg	Cheryl Haworth  United States	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Agata Wróbel  Poland	162.5 kg	Tang Gonghong  China	160.0 kg	Cheryl Haworth  United States	152.5 kg
Total	Agata Wróbel  Poland	287.5 kg	Albina Khomich  Russia	282.5 kg	Tang Gonghong  China	277.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	4	1	10
2	Bulgaria	2	3	3	8
3	North Korea	2	0	0	2
4	Russia	1	3	1	5
5	Thailand	1	1	1	3
6	Iran	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
8	Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
10	Greece	0	1	2	3
11	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Georgia	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
14	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		15	15	15	45

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	17	12	2	31
2	Russia	7	3	2	12
3	Bulgaria	4	8	9	21
4	North Korea	4	1	1	6
5	Iran	3	0	3	6
6	Thailand	2	3	3	8
7	Poland	2	2	1	5
8	Azerbaijan	2	1	0	3
9	Greece	1	4	3	8
10	Georgia	1	1	0	2
11	Ukraine	1	0	4	5
12	Germany	1	0	1	2
13	Turkey	0	5	1	6
14	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4
15	Belarus	0	1	2	3
16	Albania	0	1	0	1
17	Egypt	0	0	3	3
	Romania	0	0	3	3
19	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
21	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		45	45	45	135

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1  China 484 2  Bulgaria 482 3  Turkey 410 4  Poland 372 5  Russia 344 6  Ukraine 344

Women Rank Team Points 1  China 494 2  Russia 414 3  Hungary 322 4  Bulgaria 319 5  Greece 312 6  Ukraine 288

Participating nations

285 competitors from 54 nations competed.

•  Albania (2)
•  Algeria (2)
•  Argentina (1)
•  Armenia (4)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (2)
•  Azerbaijan (6)
•  Belarus (7)
•  Bulgaria (13)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (7)
•  Chile (1)
•  China (15)
•  Chinese Taipei (7)
•  Colombia (5)
•  Croatia (2)
•  Cyprus (2)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Egypt (6)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (7)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (3)
•  Greece (11)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Hungary (9)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Iran (8)
•  Iraq (2)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (12)
•  Kazakhstan (7)
•  Latvia (5)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  North Korea (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (14)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (14)
•  Slovakia (5)
•  Spain (15)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Thailand (3)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkey (12)
•  Turkmenistan (3)
•  Ukraine (13)
•  United States (9)

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• IWF Archive