1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 108 kg

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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

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

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

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

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 11 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine