1999 World Weightlifting Championships
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The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships
were held in Athens
, Greece
from November 21 to November 28, 1999
. The 70th edition of the men’s world championships and 13th edition of the women’s world championships were designated by the International Weightlifting Federation
as the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney, Australia. A total of 626 athletes representing 88 countries entered the competition — 395 men in eight bodyweight classes and 231 women in seven bodyweight classes — the highest participation in the history of the competition.
Greece
topped the rankings in the men’s events with 581 points, followed by Bulgaria
(465 points) and PR China (437). Greece won one overall gold medal, four silver, and two bronze. Bulgaria won one overall gold and two bronze medals, while China, Qatar
, Russia
, Turkey
, Iran
and Ukraine
took one overall gold each. Fourteen world records were broken in the men’s competition, with Bulgarian and Turkish athletes breaking four world records each. Superheavyweight Andrei Chemerkin
of Russia earned his fourth overall world title with a 457.5 kg (1,006.5 lb) overall total.
PR China dominated the women’s events, capturing a total of 18 medals (including four overall gold medals, one silver, and one bronze) and scoring 530 points to win the competition. Taiwan
(392 points and 11 medals) placed second, winning two overall gold medals and one bronze. Bulgaria placed third (374 points and 5 medals), followed by Indonesia
(5) and South Korea
(3). Fifteen senior world records and nine junior world records were broken in the women’s event; Chinese athletes broke eight senior and seven junior world records.
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
(7) (6) (2) (8) (12) (5) (10) (7) (3) (1) (15) (5) (15) (1) (15) (14) (14) (2) (7) (1) (4) (15) (7) (2) (8) (3) (1) (14) (15)
(6) (11) (10) (15) (5) (15) (8) (5) (8) (3) (5) (11) (15) (15) (15) (5) (8) (2) (1) (7) (1) (7) (1) (6) (1) (5) (7) (12) (3)
(10) (2) (4) (1) (15) (7) (3) (8) (8) (14) (2) (1) (1) (13) (2) (13) (14) (4) (5) (4) (7) (4) (8) (3) (15) (15) (1) (4) (6)
World Weightlifting Championships
World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...
were held in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
from November 21 to November 28, 1999
1999 in sports
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. The 70th edition of the men’s world championships and 13th edition of the women’s world championships were designated by the International Weightlifting Federation
International Weightlifting Federation
The International Weightlifting Federation , headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 187 member nations. The IWF president is Dr...
as the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney, Australia. A total of 626 athletes representing 88 countries entered the competition — 395 men in eight bodyweight classes and 231 women in seven bodyweight classes — the highest participation in the history of the competition.
Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
topped the rankings in the men’s events with 581 points, followed by Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
(465 points) and PR China (437). Greece won one overall gold medal, four silver, and two bronze. Bulgaria won one overall gold and two bronze medals, while China, Qatar
Qatar
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, Russia
Russia
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, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
took one overall gold each. Fourteen world records were broken in the men’s competition, with Bulgarian and Turkish athletes breaking four world records each. Superheavyweight Andrei Chemerkin
Andrei Chemerkin
Andrey Ivanovich Chemerkin is a former Russian weightlifter. Chemerkin was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
of Russia earned his fourth overall world title with a 457.5 kg (1,006.5 lb) overall total.
PR China dominated the women’s events, capturing a total of 18 medals (including four overall gold medals, one silver, and one bronze) and scoring 530 points to win the competition. Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
(392 points and 11 medals) placed second, winning two overall gold medals and one bronze. Bulgaria placed third (374 points and 5 medals), followed by Indonesia
Indonesia
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(5) and South Korea
South Korea
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(3). Fifteen senior world records and nine junior world records were broken in the women’s event; Chinese athletes broke eight senior and seven junior world records.
Men
| 56 kg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 137.5 kg WR |
125.0 kg | 125.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 166.0 kg WR |
157.5 kg | 157.5 kg | |||
| Total | 302.5 kg WR |
282.5 kg | 280.0 kg | |||
| 62 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 147.5 kg | 145.0 kg | 142.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 180.5 kg WR |
172.5 kg | 172.5 kg | |||
| Total | 320.0 kg | 315.0 kg | 315.0 kg | |||
| 69 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 162.5 kg WR |
155.0 kg | 152.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 196.0 kg WR |
190.0 kg | 187.5 kg | |||
| Total | 357.5 kg WR |
345.0 kg | 340.0 kg | |||
| 77 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 170.5 kg WR |
170.0 kg | 165.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 205.0 kg | 205.0 kg | 202.5 kg | |||
| Total | 370.0 kg | 370.0 kg | 370.0 kg | |||
| 85 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 180.5 kg WR |
177.5 kg | 177.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 215.0 kg | 207.5 kg | 207.5 kg | |||
| Total | 390.0 kg | 387.5 kg | 382.5 kg | |||
| 94 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 188.0 kg WR |
185.0 kg | 182.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 225.0 kg | 225.0 kg | 220.0 kg | |||
| Total | 412.5 kg | 405.0 kg | 402.5 kg | |||
| 105 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 195.0 kg | 190.0 kg | 190.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 235.0 kg | 235.0 kg | 225.0 kg | |||
| Total | 430.0 kg | 425.0 kg | 410.0 kg | |||
| +105 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 205.0 kg | 206.0 kg WR |
200.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 257.5 kg | 252.5 kg | 250.0 kg | |||
| Total | 457.5 kg | 455.0 kg | 447.5 kg | |||
Women
| 48 kg | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch | 82.5 kg | 80.0 kg | 80.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 113.5 kg WR |
105.0 kg | 105.0 kg | |||
| Total | 192.5 kg | 185.0 kg | 185.0 kg | |||
| 53 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 95.0 kg | 90.0 kg | 85.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 121.5 kg WR |
112.5 kg | 112.5 kg | |||
| Total | 215.0 kg | 202.5 kg | 197.5 kg | |||
| 58 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 105.5 kg WR |
100.0 kg | 97.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 131.0 kg WR |
130.0 kg | 125.0 kg | |||
| Total | 235.0 kg WR |
230.0 kg | 222.5 kg | |||
| 63 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 107.5 kg | 105.0 kg | 105.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 132.5 kg | 132.5 kg WR |
127.5 kg | |||
| Total | 240.0 kg WR |
237.5 kg | 232.5 kg | |||
| 69 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 107.5 kg | 105.0 kg | 105.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 143.0 kg WR |
130.0 kg | 127.5 kg | |||
| Total | 247.5 kg | 232.5 kg | 232.5 kg | |||
| 75 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 112.5 kg | 107.5 kg | 107.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 135.0 kg | 135.0 kg | 132.5 kg | |||
| Total | 247.5 kg | 242.5 kg | 240.0 kg | |||
| +75 kg | ||||||
| Snatch | 127.5 kg | 127.5 kg WR |
115.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 157.5 kg WR |
152.5 kg | 142.5 kg | |||
| Total | 285.0 kg WR |
280.0 kg | 252.5 kg | |||
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals| 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
| 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Georgia (country) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 MYA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 581 | |
| 2 | 465 | |
| 3 | 437 | |
| 4 | 386 | |
| 5 | 377 | |
| 6 | 364 |
Women
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 530 | |
| 2 | 392 | |
| 3 | 374 | |
| 4 | 371 | |
| 5 | 366 | |
| 6 | 333 |
Participating nations
626 competitors from 87 nations competed.(7) (6) (2) (8) (12) (5) (10) (7) (3) (1) (15) (5) (15) (1) (15) (14) (14) (2) (7) (1) (4) (15) (7) (2) (8) (3) (1) (14) (15)
(6) (11) (10) (15) (5) (15) (8) (5) (8) (3) (5) (11) (15) (15) (15) (5) (8) (2) (1) (7) (1) (7) (1) (6) (1) (5) (7) (12) (3)
(10) (2) (4) (1) (15) (7) (3) (8) (8) (14) (2) (1) (1) (13) (2) (13) (14) (4) (5) (4) (7) (4) (8) (3) (15) (15) (1) (4) (6)