The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Yang Bin (CHN) |
127.5 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
127.5 kg |  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
115.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
160.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
147.5 kg |  Nayden Rusev (BUL) |
147.5 kg |
| Total | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
287.5 kg | Yang Bin (CHN) |
272.5 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
262.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
132.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 20 July 1996 |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
160.0 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 18 November 1994 | |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
290.0 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 18 November 1994 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
54.00 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 |  |
152.5 | 160.5 | |
287.5 | |
| |
Yang Bin (CHN) |
53.55 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | |
140.0 | 145.0 | — | 4 | 272.5 |
 |
Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
53.70 | 112.5 | 115.0 | |
145.0 | 147.5 | |
262.5 | ||
| 4 | Nayden Rusev (BUL) |
53.90 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 4 | 140.0 | 147.5 | |
262.5 | ||
| 5 |  Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) |
53.70 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 5 | 140.0 | 5 | 250.0 | |||
| 6 |  Adrian Jigău (ROM) |
53.85 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 6 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 6 | 250.0 | |
| 7 |  Ali Hamid (EGY) |
53.65 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 7 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 8 | 242.5 | |
| 8 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) |
53.90 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 8 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 9 | 242.5 | |
| 9 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) |
53.45 | 105.0 | 9 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 7 | 240.0 | |||
| 10 |  Mehmet Yağcı (AUS) |
54.00 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 10 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 11 | 225.0 | ||
| 11 | Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) |
53.30 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 11 | 120.0 | 12 | 215.0 | ||
| — |  Somsak Sunyanai (THA) |
53.90 | — | 130.0 | 10 | — | |||||
New records edit
| Clean & Jerk | 160.5 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN)
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