1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

None 1997 World Weightlifting Championships The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 59 kg division was staged on 7 December 1997. Medalists SnatchWilliam Vargas CUB 132.5 kgStefan Georgiev BUL 130.0 kgLe Maosheng CHN 130.0 kg Clean & JerkStefan Georgiev BUL 165.0 kgLe Maosheng CHN 165.0 kgSevdalin Minchev BUL 162.5 kg TotalStefan Georgiev BUL 295.0 kgLe Maosheng CHN 295.0 kgSevdalin Minchev BUL 290.0 kg Records Hafız Süleymanoğlu TUR 140.0 Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995 Nikolay Peshalov BUL 170.0 Warsaw, Poland 3 May 1995 Tang Lingsheng CHN 307.5 Atlanta, United States 21 July 1996 Results RankAthleteBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Rank123Rank Stefan Georgiev BUL 58.60 125.0 130.0 132.5 157.5 162.5 165.0 295.0 Le Maosheng CHN 59.00 130.0 135.0 135.0 165.0 165.0 167.5 295.0 Sevdalin Minchev BUL 58.60 127.5 132.5 132.5 4 157.5 162.5 170.0 290.0 4 William Vargas CUB 58.70 127.5 130.0 132.5 155.0 155.0 160.0 6 287.5 5 Elkhan Suleymanov AZE 58.55 120.0 125.0 130.0 5 150.0 157.5 160.0 5 282.5 6 Yurik Sarkisyan AUS 58.95 120.0 125.0 125.0 7 142.5 147.5 — 7 267.5 7 Sedat Artuç TUR 58.50 120.0 120.0 120.0 6 145.0 150.0 150.0 8 265.0 8 Chom Singhnoi THA 58.85 110.0 115.0 120.0 8 135.0 140.0 145.0 10 260.0 9 Mohamed Osman EGY 59.00 110.0 115.0 115.0 9 145.0 150.0 150.0 11 260.0 10 Kenji Tominaga JPN 1947 58.55 112.5 117.5 117.5 11 145.0 147.5 147.5 9 257.5 11 Liu Te-tsung TPE 58.10 112.5 120.0 120.0 10 140.0 140.0 145.0 12 252.5 12 Vassiliy Lim KAZ 58.10 105.0 110.0 112.5 12 135.0 140.0 140.0 13 250.0 13 Chen Po-pu TPE 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 13 135.0 140.0 145.0 14 250.0 14 Sinchai Ketsri THA 58.95 110.0 110.0 110.0 14 135.0 140.0 145.0 15 250.0 15 Johnny Hernández VEN 1954 58.95 105.0 110.0 110.0 15 140.0 140.0 145.0 16 245.0 16 Tom Goegebuer BEL 58.35 100.0 100.0 107.5 16 130.0 137.5 140.0 17 237.5 — Hiroshi Ikehata JPN 1947 58.65 125.0 125.0 125.0 — 152.5 160.0 165.0 4 — — Jyrki Welling FIN 58.85 110.0 110.0 110.0 — 152.5 137.5 — 18 — — Traian Cihărean ROM 58.95 — — — — — — — — — References Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20110527172617/http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF 2011-05-27 Category:1997 World Weightlifting Championships Category:Men's events at the World Weightlifting Championships