1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 108 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 108 kg division was staged on 14 December 1997.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Cui Wenhua (CHN) 195.0 kg   Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) 190.0 kg   Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Cui Wenhua (CHN) 220.0 kg   Wes Barnett (USA) 220.0 kg   Mariusz Jędra (POL) 217.5 kg
Total   Cui Wenhua (CHN) 415.0 kg   Mariusz Jędra (POL) 392.5 kg   Wes Barnett (USA) 390.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Timur Taymazov (UKR) 200.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 26 November 1994
Clean & Jerk   Timur Taymazov (UKR) 236.0 kg Atlanta, United States 29 July 1996
Total   Timur Taymazov (UKR) 435.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 26 November 1994

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Cui Wenhua (CHN) 105.70 190.0 195.0 202.5   210.0 217.5 220.0   415.0
    Mariusz Jędra (POL) 107.10 170.0 175.0 175.0 4 210.0 215.0 217.5   392.5
    Wes Barnett (USA) 107.75 165.0 170.0 170.0 9 212.5 217.5 220.0   390.0
4   Dimitri Prochorow (GER) 106.95 170.0 177.5 177.5 8 207.5 215.0 220.0 5 385.0
5   Hisaya Yoshimoto (JPN) 106.25 165.0 170.0 172.5 5 205.0 210.0 217.5 6 382.5
6   Moreno Boer (ITA) 108.00 165.0 170.0 172.5 7 200.0 205.0 207.5 7 377.5
7   Chung Dae-jin (KOR) 106.55 160.0 170.0 10 215.0 215.0 220.0 4 375.0
8   Oļegs Jegorovs (LAT) 107.25 167.5 172.5 175.0 6 192.5 200.0 200.0 8 372.5
  Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) 106.35 185.0 190.0 195.0  
  Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) 105.00 185.0 190.0 190.0   220.0 220.0 220.0
  Delroy McQueen (GBR) 106.05 147.5 147.5 147.5 190.0

References

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