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