1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from 7 to 15 November 1998. The men's competition in the light-heavyweight (85 kg) division was staged on 13 November 1998.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Georgi Gardev (BUL) 177.5 kg   Pyrros Dimas (GRE) 177.5 kg   Yury Myshkovets (RUS) 175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Marc Huster (GER) 210.0 kg   Pyrros Dimas (GRE) 210.0 kg   Yury Myshkovets (RUS) 207.5 kg
Total   Pyrros Dimas (GRE) 387.5 kg   Marc Huster (GER) 385.0 kg   Yury Myshkovets (RUS) 382.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch World Standard 177.5 kg 1 January 1998
Clean & Jerk   Zhang Yong (CHN) 218.0 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 25 April 1998
Total World Standard 395.0 kg 1 January 1998

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Pyrros Dimas (GRE) 84.28 172.5 178.0 178.0   207.5 210.0 212.5   387.5
    Marc Huster (GER) 84.23 167.5 172.5 175.0 4 205.0 210.0 212.5   385.0
    Yury Myshkovets (RUS) 84.12 170.0 175.0 175.0   197.5 202.5 207.5   382.5
4   Iurie Cojuhari (MDA) 84.27 170.0 175.0 178.0 5 197.5 202.5 205.0 6 380.0
5   Georgi Gardev (BUL) 82.66 170.0 175.0 177.5   200.0 205.0 205.0 8 377.5
6   Dursun Sevinç (TUR) 84.92 165.0 165.0 170.0 7 207.5 212.5 212.5 5 377.5
7   Krzysztof Siemion (POL) 84.48 160.0 165.0 167.5 8 200.0 207.5 210.0 4 375.0
8   Kiril Kounev (AUS) 84.67 165.0 170.0 172.5 6 205.0 210.0 210.0 7 375.0
9   Nasser Adel (EGY) 84.70 150.0 155.0 157.5 9 185.0 190.0 195.0 12 347.5
10   Leon Griffin (GBR) 84.71 145.0 150.0 150.0 18 185.0 190.0 195.0 9 345.0
11   Magomed Gortikov (AZE) 84.78 145.0 145.0 155.0 13 180.0 190.0 195.0 13 345.0
12   Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) 83.89 142.5 147.5 150.0 17 190.0 190.0 192.5 10 342.5
13   Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) 84.62 147.5 152.5 152.5 15 185.0 190.0 192.5 11 342.5
14   Álvaro Velasco (COL) 83.37 147.5 152.5 155.0 10 180.0 185.0 185.0 15 340.0
15   Tofik Heydarov (AZE) 84.95 155.0 160.0 160.0 14 185.0 195.0 195.0 16 340.0
16   Mohamed Mousa (EGY) 83.95 147.5 152.5 155.0 11 180.0 180.0 180.0 17 335.0
17   Santiago Martínez (ESP) 84.43 145.0 150.0 155.0 12 180.0 185.0 185.0 18 335.0
18   Sergio Mannironi (ITA) 81.78 147.5 152.5 152.5 19 180.0 185.0 187.5 14 332.5
19   Stephen Ward (GBR) 84.90 140.0 145.0 150.0 22 175.0 180.0 180.0 21 320.0
20   Damian Brown (AUS) 81.19 130.0 135.0 140.0 24 170.0 175.0 180.0 20 315.0
21   Eric Chevrier (CAN) 84.02 135.0 140.0 140.0 25 160.0 167.5 167.5 22 307.5
22   Robert Doucet (CAN) 84.31 135.0 135.0 140.0 26 162.5 167.5 170.0 23 307.5
23   Jaarli Pirkkiö (FIN) 84.36 135.0 140.0 140.0 27 165.0 165.0 165.0 24 305.0
24   Atila Sebescen (CRO) 84.44 155.0 135.0 142.5 28 165.0 175.0 175.0 25 300.0
25   Ivica Brešković (CRO) 84.89 115.0 120.0 125.0 29 140.0 150.0 160.0 26 265.0
  Zhang Yong (CHN) 82.63 150.0 155.0 155.0 16 200.0 200.0 200.0
  Dainis Zīlītis (LAT) 84.74 147.5 152.5 152.5 20 170.0 170.0 170.0
  José Llerena (ECU) 82.14 145.0 150.0 150.0 21 185.0 185.0 185.0
  Toni Puurunen (FIN) 84.58 142.5 147.5 147.5 23
  Aleksandrs Žerebkovs (LAT) 84.78 155.0 155.0 155.0 180.0 185.0 185.0 19

New records

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Snatch 178.0 kg   Pyrros Dimas (GRE) WR

References

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