1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
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| 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 | ||
The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the super heavyweight division (+105 kg) was staged on 15 November 1998. The defending champion was Andrey Chemerkin from Russia, who won the title in the men's +108 kg division a year earlier at the 1997 World Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ara Vardanyan (ARM) |
197.5 kg |  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
197.5 kg |  Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
195.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
240.0 kg |  Paweł Najdek (POL) |
232.5 kg | Ara Vardanyan (ARM) |
230.0 kg |
| Total | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
437.5 kg | Ara Vardanyan (ARM) |
427.5 kg | Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
422.5 kg |
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Ronny Weller (GER) |
205.5 kg | Riesa, Germany | 3 May 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 262.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | Ronny Weller (GER) |
465.0 kg | Riesa, Germany | 3 May 1998 |
Results
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
177.61 | 190.0 | 197.5 |  |
240.0 | — | |
437.5 | ||
|
Ara Vardanyan (ARM) |
127.55 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 197.5 | |
230.0 | — |  |
427.5 | |
|
Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) |
126.28 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | |
227.5 | 4 | 422.5 | ||
| 4 | Paweł Najdek (POL) |
125.66 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 7 | 225.0 | 232.5 | |
407.5 | ||
| 5 |  Alekos Panatidis (GRE) |
124.95 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 6 | 225.0 | 5 | 405.0 | ||
| 6 | Andre Rohde (GER) |
105.27 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 8 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 6 | 387.5 |
| 7 |  Jon Tecedor (ESP) |
130.11 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 9 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 7 | 385.0 | ||
| 8 | Bruno Soto (ESP) |
147.83 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 205.0 | 212.5 | 8 | 377.5 | ||
| 9 |  Darren Liddel (NZL) |
137.26 | 155.0 | 14 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 9 | 362.5 | ||
| 10 |  Tadayuki Higuchi (JPN) |
141.42 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 10 | 362.5 | |
| 11 |  Hany Mahmoud (EGY) |
111.35 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 11 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 11 | 360.0 | |
| 12 |  Ma Chang-hung (TPE) |
131.02 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 16 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 12 | 347.5 | |
| 13 |  Georges Wadja (CMR) |
109.09 | 155.0 | 13 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 14 | 337.5 | |||
| 14 |  Djamel Aggdune (ALG) |
105.47 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 15 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 13 | 335.0 | |
| 15 |  Sigitas Sakalauskas (LTU) |
113.40 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 17 | 180.0 | 15 | 322.5 | |||
| 16 |  Isca Kam (NRU) |
126.07 | 135.0 | 18 | 172.5 | — | — | 16 | 307.5 | ||
| 17 |  Sharlon Hellement (NED) |
111.35 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 19 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 17 | 292.5 |
| — | Ashot Danielyan (ARM) |
159.30 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 4 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Ferenc Jakab-Tóth (HUN) |
124.43 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 5 | — | — | |||
| — |  Anders Bergström (SWE) |
132.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||