1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 64 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 64 kg division was staged on 8 December 1997.
Medalists[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Wang Guohua (CHN) | 147.5 kg |  Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 145.0 kg | Xiao Jiangang (CHN) | 142.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Xiao Jiangang (CHN) | 175.0 kg |  Asif Malikov (AZE) | 172.5 kg |  Valentin Sarov (BUL) | 170.0 kg |
| Total | Xiao Jiangang (CHN) | 317.5 kg | Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 315.0 kg | Asif Malikov (AZE) | 305.0 kg |
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Wang Guohua (CHN) | 150.0 kg | Busan, South Korea | 12 May 1997 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 187.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 22 July 1996 | |
| Total | Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 335.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 22 July 1996 |
Results[edit]
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Xiao Jiangang (CHN) | 63.80 | 137.5 | 142.5 |  | 175.0 | | 317.5 | |||
 | Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 63.50 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 145.0 | | 165.0 | 170.0 | 4 | 315.0 | |
| Asif Malikov (AZE) | 63.15 | 132.5 | 8 | 167.5 | 172.5 | | 305.0 | |||
| 4 | Valentin Sarov (BUL) | 63.25 | 135.0 | 4 | 160.0 | 170.0 | | 305.0 | |||
| 5 | Mücahit Yağcı (TUR) | 63.35 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 5 | 165.0 | 5 | 300.0 | |||
| 6 |  Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) | 63.90 | 135.0 | 7 | 160.0 | 9 | 295.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Yosri Shalaly (EGY) | 64.00 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 9 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 6 | 292.5 | |
| 8 |  Marcus Stephen (NRU) | 63.45 | 120.0 | 10 | 162.5 | 7 | 282.5 | ||||
| 9 |  Mohd Hidayat Hamidon (MAS) | 63.85 | 120.0 | 11 | 155.0 | 10 | 275.0 | ||||
| 10 | Kamaruzaman Jusan (MAS) | 63.65 | 115.0 | 12 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 11 | 255.0 | |||
| — | Wang Guohua (CHN) | 64.00 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 147.5 | | — | — | |||
| — |  Marian Dodiță (ROM) | 63.55 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 6 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 63.90 | — | 160.0 | 8 | — | |||||