| 1998 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
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The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the heavyweight (– 105 kg) division was staged on 15 November 1998.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Cui Wenhua (CHN) |
195.0 kg |  Denys Hotfrid (UKR) |
192.5 kg | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
190.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
232.5 kg |  Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
227.5 kg | Cui Wenhua (CHN) |
225.0 kg |
| Total | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
422.5 kg | Cui Wenhua (CHN) |
420.0 kg | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) |
415.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 197.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 242.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 440.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
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Ihor Razoronov (UKR) |
104.67 | 190.0 |  |
222.5 | 227.5 | 232.5 | |
422.5 | ||
 |
Cui Wenhua (CHN) |
102.92 | 190.0 | 195.0 | |
215.0 | 220.0 | 225.0 | |
420.0 | |
|
Denys Hotfrid (UKR) |
104.85 | 187.5 | 192.5 | |
222.5 | 4 | 415.0 | |||
| 4 |  Evgeny Shishlyannikov (RUS) |
104.90 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 4 | 220.0 | 7 | 410.0 | |||
| 5 | Martin Tešovič (SVK) |
104.08 | 180.0 | 9 | 220.0 | 227.5 | |
407.5 | |||
| 6 | Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) |
104.61 | 185.0 | 6 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 6 | 405.0 | |||
| 7 |  Vladimir Yemelyanov (BLR) |
104.72 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 7 | 210.0 | 13 | 392.5 | |||
| 8 |  Mukhran Gogia (GEO) |
100.59 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 8 | 210.0 | 11 | 390.0 | |||
| 9 |  Dimitri Prochorow (GER) |
104.10 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 10 | 202.5 | 210.0 | 12 | 385.0 | ||
| 10 |  Péter Tamton (HUN) |
104.37 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 13 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 9 | 385.0 | ||
| 11 |  Abdulaziz Alpak (TUR) |
102.01 | 165.0 | 17 | 205.0 | 215.0 | 8 | 380.0 | |||
| 12 |  Janne Kanerva (FIN) |
104.40 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 16 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 212.5 | 10 | 380.0 | |
| 13 |  Moreno Boer (ITA) |
104.65 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 11 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 14 | 380.0 | ||
| 14 |  Hisaya Yoshimoto (JPN) |
104.71 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 14 | 205.0 | 15 | 375.0 | |||
| 15 |  Oļegs Jegorovs (LAT) |
104.72 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 12 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 19 | 372.5 | ||
| 16 | Lars Brandt (GER) |
101.78 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 15 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 16 | 370.0 | ||
| 17 |  Akos Sandor (CAN) |
103.94 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 18 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 200.0 | 18 | 365.0 | |
| 18 |  Deivan Valencia (COL) |
103.55 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 21 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 17 | 360.0 | ||
| 19 |  Roman Polom (CZE) |
104.58 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 19 | 182.5 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 21 | 360.0 | |
| 20 |  Marius Alecu (ROM) |
104.80 | 160.0 | 22 | 200.0 | 20 | 360.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Ruslan Bessaev (AZE) |
100.80 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 20 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 23 | 345.0 | ||
| 22 |  Apolosio Tokotuu (FRA) |
104.22 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 24 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 22 | 345.0 | ||
| 23 |  Mate Rodić (CRO) |
94.08 | 120.0 | 25 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 24 | 265.0 | |||
| — |  Grzegorz Kleszcz (POL) |
104.51 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 5 | — | — | |||
| — |  Thomas Yule (GBR) |
104.63 | 150.5 | 157.5 | 23 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Jordi Simón (ESP) |
102.83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Mariusz Jędra (POL) |
104.03 | — | 220.0 | — | 5 | — | ||||
| — | Mika Reijonen (FIN) |
104.84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
