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 cityPoland Warsaw, Poland
Dates18–26 November
Main venueTorwar Hall
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Medal summary edit

Men edit

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 edit

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 edit

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China54110
2  Bulgaria2338
3  North Korea2002
4  Russia1315
5  Thailand1113
6  Iran1012
  Ukraine1012
8  Azerbaijan1001
  Poland1001
10  Greece0123
11  Chinese Taipei0101
  Georgia0101
  Turkey0101
14  Belarus0011
  Egypt0011
  Germany0011
  Romania0011
  Tunisia0011
Totals (18 entries)15151545

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China1712231
2  Russia73212
3  Bulgaria48921
4  North Korea4116
5  Iran3036
6  Thailand2338
7  Poland2215
8  Azerbaijan2103
9  Greece1438
10  Georgia1102
11  Ukraine1045
12  Germany1012
13  Turkey0516
14  Chinese Taipei0314
15  Belarus0123
16  Albania0101
17  Egypt0033
  Romania0033
19  Tunisia0022
  United States0022
21  Canada0011
  Hungary0011
Totals (22 entries)454545135

Team ranking edit

Participating nations edit

285 competitors from 54 nations competed.

References edit