1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 83 kg
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| 1997 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 54 kg | 46 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 64 kg | 54 kg | |
| 70 kg | 59 kg | |
| 76 kg | 64 kg | |
| 83 kg | 70 kg | |
| 91 kg | 76 kg | |
| 99 kg | 83 kg | |
| 108 kg | +83 kg | |
| +108 kg | ||
The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 83 kg division was staged on 11 December 1997.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Andrzej Cofalik (POL) |
172.5 kg |  Yury Myshkovets (RUS) |
172.5 kg |  Dursun Sevinç (TUR) |
170.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zhang Yong (CHN) |
207.5 kg | Krzysztof Siemion (POL) |
207.5 kg | Andrzej Cofalik (POL) |
207.5 kg |
| Total | Andrzej Cofalik (POL) |
380.0 kg | Dursun Sevinç (TUR) |
375.0 kg | Krzysztof Siemion (POL) |
372.5 kg |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Pyrros Dimas (GRE) |
180.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 26 July 1996 |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) |
214.0 kg | Yangzhou, China | 12 July 1997 | |
| Total | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) |
392.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 26 July 1996 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Andrzej Cofalik (POL) |
82.55 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | |
200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 |  |
380.0 |
 |
Dursun Sevinç (TUR) |
82.75 | 165.0 | 170.0 | |
200.0 | 205.0 | 4 | 375.0 | ||
|
Krzysztof Siemion (POL) |
82.40 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 5 | 197.5 | 207.5 | |
372.5 | ||
| 4 | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) |
82.65 | 167.5 | 172.5 | |
195.0 | 200.0 | 5 | 372.5 | ||
| 5 |  Valeri Pokryvchak (UKR) |
82.80 | 147.5 | 10 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 6 | 337.5 | ||
| 6 |  Diego Facca (ITA) |
82.95 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 8 | 185.0 | 7 | 335.0 | |||
| 7 | Sergio Mannironi (ITA) |
80.55 | 150.0 | 7 | 182.5 | 8 | 332.5 | ||||
| 8 |  Aleksandrs Žerebkovs (LAT) |
78.95 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 6 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 10 | 330.0 | ||
| 9 |  Mohamed Mousa (EGY) |
82.15 | 147.5 | 9 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 9 | 327.5 | |||
| 10 |  James Swann (NZL) |
83.00 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 11 | 165.0 | 172.5 | 12 | 310.0 | ||
| 11 |  Daniel Bango (CZE) |
82.85 | 130.0 | — | 13 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 11 | 305.0 | ||
| 12 |  Chiu Yen-chun (TPE) |
82.85 | 130.0 | 14 | 170.0 | 15 | 300.0 | ||||
| 13 |  Anuchit Saengsiriat (THA) |
81.95 | 125.0 | 16 | 170.0 | 14 | 295.0 | ||||
| 14 |  Jason MacLean (CAN) |
82.20 | 130.0 | 12 | 160.0 | 17 | 290.0 | ||||
| 15 |  Stephen Haldun (AUS) |
82.75 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 15 | 162.5 | 16 | 290.0 | |||
| 16 |  Norvell Busby (NED) |
79.30 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 17 | 145.0 | 18 | 267.5 | |||
| — |  Mital Sharipov (KGZ) |
81.95 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Zhang Yong (CHN) |
81.85 | — | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | |
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| — |  Bakhtiyor Nurullaev (UZB) |
80.70 | — | 170.0 | — | 13 | — | ||||
| — |  Vyacheslav Nyu (KAZ) |
82.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Ibragim Samadov (KAZ) |
82.45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||