1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Yang Bin (CHN) 127.5 kg   Lan Shizhang (CHN) 127.5 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Lan Shizhang (CHN) 160.0 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 147.5 kg   Nayden Rusev (BUL) 147.5 kg
Total   Lan Shizhang (CHN) 287.5 kg   Yang Bin (CHN) 272.5 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 262.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 132.5 kg Atlanta, United States 20 July 1996
Clean & Jerk   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 160.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 18 November 1994
Total   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 290.0 kg Istanbul, Turkey 18 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
    Lan Shizhang (CHN) 54.00 120.0 125.0 127.5   152.5 160.5 165.0   287.5
    Yang Bin (CHN) 53.55 120.0 125.0 127.5   140.0 145.0 4 272.5
    Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 53.70 112.5 112.5 115.0   145.0 147.5 152.5   262.5
4   Nayden Rusev (BUL) 53.90 110.0 115.0 117.5 4 140.0 147.5 150.0   262.5
5   Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) 53.70 107.5 110.0 110.0 5 140.0 145.0 145.0 5 250.0
6   Adrian Jigău (ROM) 53.85 105.0 110.0 112.5 6 130.0 135.0 140.0 6 250.0
7   Ali Hamid (EGY) 53.65 100.0 105.0 107.5 7 130.0 135.0 135.0 8 242.5
8   Éric Bonnel (FRA) 53.90 100.0 105.0 107.5 8 130.0 135.0 137.5 9 242.5
9   Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 53.45 105.0 105.0 107.5 9 130.0 135.0 140.0 7 240.0
10   Mehmet Yağcı (AUS) 54.00 95.0 100.0 100.0 10 120.0 125.0 130.0 11 225.0
11   Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) 53.30 90.0 92.5 95.0 11 120.0 120.0 120.0 12 215.0
  Somsak Sunyanai (THA) 53.90 107.5 107.5 107.5 130.0 130.0 130.0 10

New records

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Clean & Jerk 160.5 kg   Lan Shizhang (CHN) WR

References

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