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1998 World Weightlifting Championships
	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 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.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)	93.62	175.0	180.0	182.5		215.0	220.0	—		400.0
	Oliver Caruso (GER)	93.63	175.0	182.5	182.5		205.0	212.5	—	5	395.0
	Leonidas Kokas (GRE)	92.38	170.0	175.0	175.0	4	210.0	215.0	217.5		392.5
4	Tadeusz Drzazga (POL)	93.06	175.0	180.0	180.0		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		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	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

• Results
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 17 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• 1998 World Weightlifting Championships