1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 99 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 99 kg division was staged on 13 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Martin Tešovič (SVK)	180.0 kg	Choi Jong-keun (KOR)	177.5 kg	Lorenzo Carrió (ESP)	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Martin Tešovič (SVK)	220.0 kg	Ernesto Montoya (CUB)	215.0 kg	Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR)	212.5 kg
Total	Martin Tešovič (SVK)	400.0 kg	Choi Jong-keun (KOR)	387.5 kg	Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR)	385.0 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Sergey Syrtsov (RUS)	192.5 kg	Istanbul, Turkey	25 November 1994
	Clean & Jerk	Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)	235.0 kg	Atlanta, United States	28 July 1996
	Total	Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)	420.0 kg	Atlanta, United States	28 July 1996

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Martin Tešovič (SVK)	97.70	172.5	177.5	180.0		215.0	220.0	—		400.0
	Choi Jong-keun (KOR)	97.50	170.0	172.5	177.5		205.0	210.0	210.0	4	387.5
	Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR)	98.85	162.5	167.5	172.5	5	200.0	207.5	212.5		385.0
4	Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS)	98.65	172.5	172.5	172.5	4	195.0	202.5	207.5	6	380.0
5	Sergey Kopytov (KAZ)	98.05	160.0	167.5	167.5	6	200.0	207.5	212.5	5	375.0
6	Ernesto Montoya (CUB)	98.90	160.0	165.0	165.0	14	210.0	215.0	217.5		375.0
7	Lorenzo Carrió (ESP)	98.55	165.0	170.0	172.5		200.0	205.0	205.0	12	372.5
8	Mario Kalinke (GER)	98.25	165.0	165.0	167.5	7	190.0	202.5	205.0	8	370.0
9	Alexandru Bratan (MDA)	98.35	165.0	170.0	170.0	8	200.0	200.0	205.0	9	370.0
10	Tom Gough (USA)	98.40	165.0	170.0	170.0	9	205.0	212.5	212.5	10	370.0
11	Janne Kanerva (FIN)	98.85	160.0	165.0	165.0	13	200.0	205.0	207.5	7	367.5
12	Hennadiy Krasylnykov (UKR)	98.75	160.0	165.0	165.0	10	200.0	207.5	207.5	13	365.0
13	Akos Sandor (CAN)	98.50	157.5	157.5	157.5	16	185.0	190.0	195.0	14	352.5
14	Adrian Mateaș (ROM)	98.00	160.0	165.0	165.0	12	190.0	190.0	190.0	16	350.0
15	Mika Reijonen (FIN)	98.80	155.0	160.0	160.0	17	195.0	200.0	200.0	15	350.0
16	Roman Polom (CZE)	98.75	160.0	165.0	165.0	11	182.5	190.0	190.0	20	347.5
17	Cristián Escalante (CHI)	98.20	152.5	157.5	157.5	15	182.5	187.5	187.5	19	340.0
18	Terdkiat Puekkhasem (THA)	98.45	135.0	145.0	145.0	18	175.0	185.0	185.0	18	330.0
19	Andrew Callard (GBR)	93.95	142.5	142.5	147.5	19	185.0	190.0	195.0	17	327.5
20	Wen Wei-chih (TPE)	96.60	135.0	140.0	142.5	20	160.0	170.0	—	23	310.0
21	Su Tsung-jung (TPE)	97.80	130.0	137.5	137.5	21	180.0	180.0	190.0	21	310.0
—	Tharwat Bendary (EGY)	98.35	160.0	160.0	160.0	—	200.0	200.0	212.5	11	—
—	Aghvan Grigoryan (ARM)	98.70	165.0	165.0	165.0	—	180.0	190.0	190.0	22	—
DQ	Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU)	98.25	155.0	160.0	160.0	—	185.0	190.0	190.0	—	—

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 10
• Results