1999 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.

1999 World Championships
Host cityGreece Piraeus, Greece
Dates21–28 November
Main venuePeace and Friendship Stadium
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100 drachmas commemorative coin dedicated to the Championships

It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg (details)
Snatch Halil Mutlu
  Turkey
137.5 kg
WR
Sergio Álvarez
  Cuba
125.0 kg Adrian Jigău
  Romania
125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Halil Mutlu
  Turkey
166.0 kg
WR
Wang Shin-yuan
  Chinese Taipei
157.5 kg Ivan Ivanov
  Bulgaria
157.5 kg
Total Halil Mutlu
  Turkey
302.5 kg
WR
Adrian Jigău
  Romania
282.5 kg Wang Shin-yuan
  Chinese Taipei
280.0 kg
62 kg (details)
Snatch Shi Zhiyong
  China
147.5 kg Leonidas Sabanis
  Greece
145.0 kg Sevdalin Minchev
  Bulgaria
142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Le Maosheng
  China
180.5 kg
WR
Marcus Stephen
  Nauru
172.5 kg Sevdalin Minchev
  Bulgaria
172.5 kg
Total Le Maosheng
  China
320.0 kg Leonidas Sabanis
  Greece
315.0 kg Sevdalin Minchev
  Bulgaria
315.0 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch Galabin Boevski
  Bulgaria
162.5 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
  Greece
155.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
  Greece
152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Galabin Boevski
  Bulgaria
196.0 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
  Greece
190.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
  Greece
187.5 kg
Total Galabin Boevski
  Bulgaria
357.5 kg
WR
Georgios Tzelilis
  Greece
345.0 kg Valerios Leonidis
  Greece
340.0 kg
77 kg (details)
Snatch Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan
  Armenia
170.5 kg
WR
Plamen Zhelyazkov
  Bulgaria
170.0 kg Badr Salem Nayef
  Qatar
165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Badr Salem Nayef
  Qatar
205.0 kg Viktor Mitrou
  Greece
205.0 kg Nader Sufyan Abbas
  Qatar
202.5 kg
Total Badr Salem Nayef
  Qatar
370.0 kg Viktor Mitrou
  Greece
370.0 kg Plamen Zhelyazkov
  Bulgaria
370.0 kg
85 kg (details)
Snatch Pyrros Dimas
  Greece
180.5 kg
WR
Giorgi Asanidze
  Georgia
177.5 kg Marc Huster
  Germany
177.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Shahin Nassirinia
  Iran
215.0 kg Christos Spyrou
  Greece
207.5 kg Pyrros Dimas
  Greece
207.5 kg
Total Shahin Nassirinia
  Iran
390.0 kg Pyrros Dimas
  Greece
387.5 kg Marc Huster
  Germany
382.5 kg
94 kg (details)
Snatch Akakios Kakiasvilis
  Greece
188.0 kg
WR
Leonidas Kokas
  Greece
185.0 kg Hakob Pilosyan
  Armenia
182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Akakios Kakiasvilis
  Greece
225.0 kg Szymon Kołecki
  Poland
225.0 kg Bünyamin Sudaş
  Turkey
220.0 kg
Total Akakios Kakiasvilis
  Greece
412.5 kg Szymon Kołecki
  Poland
405.0 kg Leonidas Kokas
  Greece
402.5 kg
105 kg (details)
Snatch Denys Hotfrid
  Ukraine
195.0 kg Choi Jong-keun
  South Korea
190.0 kg Evgeny Shishlyannikov
  Russia
190.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Evgeny Shishlyannikov
  Russia
235.0 kg Denys Hotfrid
  Ukraine
235.0 kg Robert Dołęga
  Poland
225.0 kg
Total Denys Hotfrid
  Ukraine
430.0 kg Evgeny Shishlyannikov
  Russia
425.0 kg Choi Jong-keun
  South Korea
410.0 kg
+105 kg (details)
Snatch Jaber Saeed Salem
  Qatar
205.0 kg Hossein Rezazadeh
  Iran
206.0 kg
WR
Viktors Ščerbatihs
  Latvia
200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Andrey Chemerkin
  Russia
257.5 kg Kim Tae-hyun
  South Korea
252.5 kg Jaber Saeed Salem
  Qatar
250.0 kg
Total Andrey Chemerkin
  Russia
457.5 kg Jaber Saeed Salem
  Qatar
455.0 kg Hossein Rezazadeh
  Iran
447.5 kg

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg (details)
Snatch Sri Indriyani
  Indonesia
82.5 kg Li Xuezhao
  China
80.0 kg Chu Nan-mei
  Chinese Taipei
80.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Donka Mincheva
  Bulgaria
113.5 kg
WR
Kunjarani Devi
  India
105.0 kg Kaori Niyanagi
  Japan
105.0 kg
Total Donka Mincheva
  Bulgaria
192.5 kg Sri Indriyani
  Indonesia
185.0 kg Kaori Niyanagi
  Japan
185.0 kg
53 kg (details)
Snatch Li Feng-ying
  Chinese Taipei
95.0 kg Winarni Binti Slamet
  Indonesia
90.0 kg Swe Swe Win
  Myanmar
85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Li Feng-ying
  Chinese Taipei
121.5 kg
WR
Winarni Binti Slamet
  Indonesia
112.5 kg Wang Xiufen
  China
112.5 kg
Total Li Feng-ying
  Chinese Taipei
215.0 kg Winarni Binti Slamet
  Indonesia
202.5 kg Wang Xiufen
  China
197.5 kg
58 kg (details)
Snatch Chen Yanqing
  China
105.5 kg
WR
Ri Song-hui
  North Korea
100.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
  Chinese Taipei
97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Ri Song-hui
  North Korea
131.0 kg
WR
Chen Yanqing
  China
130.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
  Chinese Taipei
125.0 kg
Total Chen Yanqing
  China
235.0 kg
WR
Ri Song-hui
  North Korea
230.0 kg Kuo Ping-chun
  Chinese Taipei
222.5 kg
63 kg (details)
Snatch Chen Jui-lien
  Chinese Taipei
107.5 kg Valentina Popova
  Russia
105.0 kg Xiong Meiying
  China
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Chen Jui-lien
  Chinese Taipei
132.5 kg Xiong Meiying
  China
132.5 kg
WR
Ioanna Chatziioannou
  Greece
127.5 kg
Total Chen Jui-lien
  Chinese Taipei
240.0 kg
WR
Xiong Meiying
  China
237.5 kg Valentina Popova
  Russia
232.5 kg
69 kg (details)
Snatch Erzsébet Márkus
  Hungary
107.5 kg Milena Trendafilova
  Bulgaria
105.0 kg Sun Tianni
  China
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Sun Tianni
  China
143.0 kg
WR
Irina Kasimova
  Russia
130.0 kg Milena Trendafilova
  Bulgaria
127.5 kg
Total Sun Tianni
  China
247.5 kg Milena Trendafilova
  Bulgaria
232.5 kg Erzsébet Márkus
  Hungary
232.5 kg
75 kg (details)
Snatch Xu Jiao
  China
112.5 kg Kim Soon-hee
  South Korea
107.5 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
  Nigeria
107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Kim Soon-hee
  South Korea
135.0 kg Xu Jiao
  China
135.0 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
  Nigeria
132.5 kg
Total Xu Jiao
  China
247.5 kg Kim Soon-hee
  South Korea
242.5 kg Ruth Ogbeifo
  Nigeria
240.0 kg
+75 kg (details)
Snatch Ding Meiyuan
  China
127.5 kg Agata Wróbel
  Poland
127.5 kg
WR
Cheryl Haworth
  United States
115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Ding Meiyuan
  China
157.5 kg
WR
Agata Wróbel
  Poland
152.5 kg Chen Hsiao-lien
  Chinese Taipei
142.5 kg
Total Ding Meiyuan
  China
285.0 kg
WR
Agata Wróbel
  Poland
280.0 kg Balkisu Musa
  Nigeria
252.5 kg

Medal table

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Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China5117
2  Bulgaria2125
3  Chinese Taipei2024
4  Greece1427
5  Russia1113
6  Qatar1102
7  Iran1012
8  Turkey1001
  Ukraine1001
10  Indonesia0202
  Poland0202
12  South Korea0112
13  North Korea0101
  Romania0101
15  Nigeria0022
16  Germany0011
  Hungary0011
  Japan0011
Totals (18 entries)15151545

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China125421
2  Chinese Taipei61613
3  Bulgaria53614
4  Greece410620
5  Russia3328
6  Qatar3137
7  Turkey3014
8  Iran2114
9  Ukraine2103
10  South Korea1416
11  Indonesia1405
12  North Korea1203
13  Armenia1012
  Hungary1012
15  Poland0516
16  Romania0112
17  Cuba0101
  Georgia0101
  India0101
  Nauru0101
21  Nigeria0044
22  Germany0022
  Japan0022
24  Latvia0011
  Myanmar0011
  United States0011
Totals (26 entries)454545135

Team ranking

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Participating nations

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626 competitors from 87 nations competed.

References

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