1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg

1998 World Weightlifting
Championships
MenWomen
56 kg48 kg
62 kg53 kg
69 kg58 kg
77 kg63 kg
85 kg69 kg
94 kg75 kg
105 kg+75 kg
+105 kg
Main article: 1998 World Weightlifting Championships

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

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

Prior 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

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 93.62 175.0 180.0 182.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 215.0 220.0 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 400.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Oliver Caruso (GER) 93.63 175.0 182.5 182.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 205.0 212.5 — 5 395.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Leonidas Kokas (GRE) 92.38 170.0 175.0 175.0 4 210.0 215.0 217.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 392.5
4  Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) 93.06 175.0 180.0 180.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 210.0 215.0 215.0 7 390.0
5  Szymon Kołecki (POL) 93.95 160.0 165.0 167.5 12 205.0 212.5 218.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 385.0
6  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) 92.95 165.0 170.0 175.0 9 200.0 207.5 210.0 6 380.0
7  Julio Luna (VEN) 92.78 160.0 165.0 165.0 15 202.0 215.0 215.0 4 375.0
8  Hakob Pilosyan (ARM) 93.37 170.0 175.0 180.0 5 200.0 210.0 212.5 11 375.0
9  Mikhail Khomiakov (RUS) 93.50 167.5 172.5 172.5 11 200.0 205.0 210.0 8 372.5
10  Stanislav Rybalchenko (UKR) 93.83 172.5 177.5 177.5 8 200.0 200.0 210.0 12 372.5
11  Pavel Bazuk (BLR) 90.55 160.0 165.0 170.0 13 197.5 202.5 202.5 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) 93.61 150.0 155.0 155.0 16 192.5 192.5 202.5 13 347.5
14  Rafig Aliyev (KAZ) 91.78 145.0 152.5 157.5 17 180.0 190.0 195.0 15 342.5
15  Jakob Asp (DEN) 93.70 142.5 147.5 150.0 20 185.0 192.5 192.5 14 342.5
16  Markku Nykänen (FIN) 93.90 147.5 150.0 152.5 18 182.5 187.5 187.5 19 335.0
17  Sami Järvinen (FIN) 93.67 142.5 142.5 147.5 21 177.5 182.5 182.5 18 330.0
18  Chiu Yen-chun (TPE) 88.54 135.0 142.5 145.0 22 175.0 182.5 187.5 16 327.5
19  Simon Heffernan (AUS) 91.57 130.0 130.0 137.5 26 170.0 177.5 182.5 17 320.0
20  Andrew Callard (GBR) 93.49 140.0 145.0 145.0 25 175.0 180.0 — 21 320.0
21  Phillip Christou (AUS) 89.33 135.0 140.0 140.0 24 170.0 175.0 175.0 22 315.0
22  Rodin Thoma (NRU) 93.14 130.0 135.0 140.0 29 170.0 180.0 180.0 20 315.0
23  Sacha Amédé (CAN) 93.02 142.5 150.0 152.5 23 165.0 170.0 175.0 24 307.5
24  Gaston Fodouor (CMR) 92.58 130.0 130.0 135.0 27 160.0 170.0 — 25 295.0
25  Božo Krišto (CRO) 92.67 130.0 130.0 137.5 30 165.0 165.0 172.5 23 295.0
26  Norvell Busby (NED) 85.82 115.0 120.0 125.0 31 142.5 147.5 150.0 26 270.0
27  David Daly (IRL) 93.23 110.0 117.5 120.0 32 140.0 150.0 155.0 27 267.5
—  Adrian Mateaș (ROM) 93.53 175.0 180.0 182.5 6 205.0 205.0 205.0 — —
—  Oleksiy Sukhov (UKR) 93.76 162.5 167.5 172.5 7 195.0 195.0 195.0 — —
—  Zoltán Kovács (HUN) 92.96 165.0 170.0 172.5 10 210.0 210.0 210.0 — —
—  Peter May (GBR) 92.91 150.0 150.0 150.0 19 185.0 185.0 187.5 — —
—  Odd Gunnar Røyseth (NOR) 93.01 135.0 135.0 140.0 28 175.0 175.0 175.0 — —
—  Sergio Britva (ISR) 92.27 132.5 132.5 132.5 — 160.0 160.0 — — —
—  Boris Burov (ECU) 93.99 165.0 165.0 165.0 — — — — — —

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