| 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 | ||
The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  | 167.5 kg |  | 165.0 kg |  | 162.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | | 202.5 kg | | 202.5 kg |  | 202.5 kg |
| Total | | 365.0 kg | | 362.5 kg | | 360.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 167.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 205.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 372.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | | 76.14 | 157.5 | 162.5 |  | 200.0 | 202.5 | | 365.0 | ||
 | | 76.48 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 8 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | | 362.5 |
| | 76.32 | 157.5 | 165.0 | | 185.0 | 195.0 | 7 | 360.0 | ||
| 4 | | 76.90 | 157.5 | 11 | 195.0 | 202.5 | | 360.0 | |||
| 5 |  | 76.55 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 4 | 187.5 | 195.0 | 8 | 357.5 | |
| 6 | | 76.66 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 168.0 | | 190.0 | 13 | 357.5 | ||
| 7 |  | 75.78 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 6 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 6 | 355.0 | ||
| 8 |  | 76.61 | 162.5 | 5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 10 | 355.0 | |||
| 9 |  | 76.46 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 14 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 5 | 352.5 | |
| 10 |  | 76.09 | 160.0 | 7 | 190.0 | 11 | 350.0 | ||||
| 11 |  | 76.91 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 9 | 350.0 | |
| 12 | | 76.65 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 10 | 190.0 | 12 | 347.5 | |||
| 13 |  | 76.62 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 15 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 15 | 332.5 | ||
| 14 |  | 76.90 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 17 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 16 | 332.5 | ||
| 15 | | 76.62 | 145.0 | 18 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 14 | 330.0 | |||
| 16 |  | 76.88 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 16 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 17 | 327.5 | ||
| 17 |  | 76.20 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 19 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 18 | 312.5 | |
| 18 |  | 76.33 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 21 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 20 | 295.0 | ||
| 19 |  | 76.68 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 160.0 | 22 | 295.0 | |||
| 20 | | 76.92 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 23 | 165.0 | 19 | 295.0 | |||
| 21 |  | 75.46 | 130.0 | 22 | 160.0 | 21 | 290.0 | ||||
| 22 |  | 76.81 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 23 | 280.0 | ||
| 23 |  | 75.31 | 120.0 | 24 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 24 | 275.0 | |||
| 24 |  | 76.90 | 110.0 | 26 | 140.0 | 150.0 | — | 25 | 260.0 | ||
| — |  | 76.80 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| — |  | 76.74 | 155.0 | 12 | — | — | |||||
| — |  | 76.67 | — | 200.0 | 4 | — | |||||
| Snatch | 168.0 kg | | WR |
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