The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the middle-heavyweight (94 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Oliver Caruso (GER) |
182.5 kg |  Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) |
180.0 kg |  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
180.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
220.0 kg | Leonidas Kokas (GRE) |
217.5 kg | Szymon Kołecki (POL) |
217.5 kg |
| Total | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
400.0 kg | Oliver Caruso (GER) |
395.0 kg | Leonidas Kokas (GRE) |
392.5 kg |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 187.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 230.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 417.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) |
93.62 | 175.0 | 180.0 |  |
215.0 | 220.0 | — | |
400.0 | |
 |
Oliver Caruso (GER) |
93.63 | 175.0 | 182.5 | |
205.0 | 212.5 | — | 5 | 395.0 | |
| |
Leonidas Kokas (GRE) |
92.38 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 4 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 217.5 | |
392.5 | |
| 4 | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) |
93.06 | 175.0 | 180.0 | |
210.0 | 7 | 390.0 | |||
| 5 | Szymon Kołecki (POL) |
93.95 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 12 | 205.0 | 212.5 | 218.0 | |
385.0 |
| 6 |  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) |
92.95 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 9 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 210.0 | 6 | 380.0 | |
| 7 |  Julio Luna (VEN) |
92.78 | 160.0 | 15 | 202.0 | 215.0 | 4 | 375.0 | |||
| 8 |  Hakob Pilosyan (ARM) |
93.37 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 5 | 200.0 | 11 | 375.0 | |||
| 9 |  Mikhail Khomiakov (RUS) |
93.50 | 167.5 | 11 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 8 | 372.5 | |||
| 10 |  Stanislav Rybalchenko (UKR) |
93.83 | 172.5 | 8 | 200.0 | 12 | 372.5 | ||||
| 11 |  Pavel Bazuk (BLR) |
90.55 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 13 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 9 | 367.5 | ||
| 12 | Lars Betker (GER) |
92.98 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 14 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 10 | 362.5 |
| 13 |  Sergejs Lazovskis (LAT) |
93.61 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 192.5 | 13 | 347.5 | |||
| 14 |  Rafig Aliyev (KAZ) |
91.78 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 17 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 15 | 342.5 | ||
| 15 |  Jakob Asp (DEN) |
93.70 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 20 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 14 | 342.5 | |
| 16 |  Markku Nykänen (FIN) |
93.90 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 18 | 182.5 | 19 | 335.0 | ||
| 17 | Sami Järvinen (FIN) |
93.67 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 21 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 18 | 330.0 | ||
| 18 |  Chiu Yen-chun (TPE) |
88.54 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 22 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 16 | 327.5 | |
| 19 |  Simon Heffernan (AUS) |
91.57 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 26 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 17 | 320.0 | |
| 20 |  Andrew Callard (GBR) |
93.49 | 140.0 | 25 | 175.0 | 180.0 | — | 21 | 320.0 | ||
| 21 | Phillip Christou (AUS) |
89.33 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 24 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 22 | 315.0 | ||
| 22 |  Rodin Thoma (NRU) |
93.14 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 29 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 20 | 315.0 | ||
| 23 |  Sacha Amédé (CAN) |
93.02 | 142.5 | 23 | 165.0 | 24 | 307.5 | ||||
| 24 |  Gaston Fodouor (CMR) |
92.58 | 135.0 | 27 | 160.0 | — | 25 | 295.0 | |||
| 25 |  Božo Krišto (CRO) |
92.67 | 130.0 | 30 | 165.0 | 23 | 295.0 | ||||
| 26 |  Norvell Busby (NED) |
85.82 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 31 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 26 | 270.0 | |
| 27 |  David Daly (IRL) |
93.23 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 32 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 27 | 267.5 | ||
| — |  Adrian Mateaș (ROM) |
93.53 | 175.0 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| — | Oleksiy Sukhov (UKR) |
93.76 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 7 | — | — | |||
| — |  Zoltán Kovács (HUN) |
92.96 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 10 | — | — | ||||
| — | Peter May (GBR) |
92.91 | 150.0 | 19 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Odd Gunnar Røyseth (NOR) |
93.01 | 135.0 | 28 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Sergio Britva (ISR) |
92.27 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — |  Boris Burov (ECU) |
93.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||