The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 70 kg division was staged on 9 December 1997.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) |
160.0 kg |  Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
157.5 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) |
155.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) |
195.0 kg | Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
195.0 kg |  Kim Hak-bong (KOR) |
185.0 kg |
| Total | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) |
355.0 kg | Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
352.5 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) |
340.0 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Wan Jianhui (CHN) |
163.0 kg | Yangzhou, China | 9 July 1997 |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
195.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 23 July 1996 | |
| Total | Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
357.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 23 July 1996 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Zlatan Vanev (BUL) |
69.70 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 160.0 | |
187.5 | 192.5 | 195.0 | |
355.0 |
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Zhan Xugang (CHN) |
69.95 | 157.5 | |
190.0 | 195.5 | |
352.5 | |||
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Wan Jianhui (CHN) |
69.65 | 152.5 | 155.0 | |
185.0 | 4 | 340.0 | |||
| 4 |  Ergün Batmaz (TUR) |
69.85 | 150.0 | 4 | 180.0 | — | 6 | 330.0 | |||
| 5 | Kim Hak-bong (KOR) |
69.35 | 135.0 | 10 | 180.0 | 185.0 | |
320.0 | |||
| 6 |  Werner Höller (AUT) |
68.35 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 5 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 11 | 315.0 | ||
| 7 | Yasin Arslan (TUR) |
69.10 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 6 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 12 | 312.5 | |
| 8 |  Rudolf Lukáč (SVK) |
69.50 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 7 | 172.5 | 9 | 312.5 | |||
| 9 |  Adrián Popa (HUN) |
69.75 | 135.0 | 12 | 177.5 | 7 | 312.5 | ||||
| 10 |  François Demeure (BEL) |
69.50 | 137.5 | 8 | 170.0 | 172.5 | — | 10 | 310.0 | ||
| 11 |  Ahmed Samir (EGY) |
69.45 | 127.5 | 13 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 8 | 302.5 | ||
| 12 |  Alexander Ignatovski (ISR) |
69.55 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 9 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 13 | 300.0 | |
| 13 |  Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) |
69.50 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 11 | 152.5 | 16 | 287.5 | |||
| 14 |  Sébastien Groulx (CAN) |
67.90 | 120.0 | 15 | 155.0 | 14 | 275.0 | ||||
| 15 |  Duncan Van Rooyen (AUS) |
69.20 | 120.0 | 16 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 15 | 275.0 | |||
| 16 |  Dionisio Rozalina (NED) |
69.15 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 17 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 17 | 267.5 | ||
| 17 |  Redjean Clerc (SUI) |
69.95 | 117.5 | 18 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 19 | 267.5 | |||
| — |  Hsu Ying-hsi (TPE) |
70.00 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 14 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Serghei Cretu (MDA) |
69.75 | — | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 5 | — | |||
| — |  Aekarat Sukhumalchan (THA) |
69.85 | — | 150.0 | 18 | — | |||||
| — |  Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui (ALG) |
68.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| DQ |  Kim Myong-nam (PRK) |
69.70 | 155.0 | — | — | — | — | ||||
New records edit
| Clean & Jerk | 195.5 kg | Zhan Xugang (CHN)
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