# 1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg

The Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (77 kg) is the fourth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 25 November 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | 170.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 170.0 kg | Badr Salem Nayef (QAT) | 165.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Badr Salem Nayef (QAT) | 205.0 kg | Viktor Mitrou (GRE) | 205.0 kg | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 202.5 kg |
| Total | Badr Salem Nayef (QAT) | 370.0 kg | Viktor Mitrou (GRE) | 370.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 370.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | 168.5 kg | A Coruña, Spain | 16 April 1999 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhan Xugang (CHN) | 206.0 kg | Wuhan, China | 2 September 1999 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 372.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Badr Salem Nayef (QAT) | 76.26 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | | 195.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | | 370.0 |
| | Viktor Mitrou (GRE) | 76.67 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | | 370.0 |
| | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 76.85 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | | 197.5 | 197.5 | 200.0 | 7 | 370.0 |
| 4 | Zhan Xugang (CHN) | 76.26 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 7 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 207.5 | 4 | 365.0 |
| 5 | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 76.24 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 13 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | | 360.0 |
| 6 | Arsen Melikyan (ARM) | 76.72 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 6 | 360.0 |
| 7 | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | 76.77 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.5 | | 190.0 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 17 | 360.0 |
| 8 | Dmytro Hnidenko (UKR) | 75.90 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 6 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 11 | 355.0 |
| 9 | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 76.47 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 14 | 197.5 | 212.5 | 212.5 | 8 | 355.0 |
| 10 | Sergey Filimonov (KAZ) | 76.50 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 4 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 14 | 355.0 |
| 11 | Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) | 76.50 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 15 | 350.0 |
| 12 | Adrián Popa (HUN) | 76.57 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 22 | 187.5 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 5 | 350.0 |
| 13 | Ayhan Çiçek (TUR) | 76.54 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 160.0 | 15 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 16 | 347.5 |
| 14 | Lee Kang-suk (KOR) | 76.73 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 23 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 9 | 347.5 |
| 15 | Li Hongli (CHN) | 76.11 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 8 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 20 | 345.0 |
| 16 | Kim Jong-shik (KOR) | 76.39 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 16 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 13 | 345.0 |
| 17 | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 76.90 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 19 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 12 | 345.0 |
| 18 | Ingo Steinhöfel (GER) | 76.46 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 9 | 182.5 | 187.5 | — | 22 | 342.5 |
| 19 | Idalberto Aranda (CUB) | 76.63 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 29 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 10 | 340.0 |
| 20 | Vasile Hegheduș (ROM) | 75.82 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 21 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 19 | 335.0 |
| 21 | Oscar Chaplin (USA) | 76.73 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 18 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 23 | 335.0 |
| 22 | Walter Llerena (ECU) | 76.75 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 24 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 21 | 332.5 |
| 23 | Shuhrat Kochkorov (KGZ) | 76.45 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 32 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 18 | 330.0 |
| 24 | Viktor Gumán (SVK) | 76.89 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 17 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 30 | 330.0 |
| 25 | Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | 76.96 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 20 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 27 | 330.0 |
| 26 | Zoltán Kecskés (HUN) | 75.75 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 25 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 25 | 325.0 |
| 27 | Rafat Galal (EGY) | 76.82 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 33 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 24 | 325.0 |
| 28 | Vladimir Bîrsa (MDA) | 76.60 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 28 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 26 | 322.5 |
| 29 | Rilwan Lawal (NGR) | 76.27 | 140.0 | 145.0 | — | 26 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 28 | 320.0 |
| 30 | Abdullah Iskandarani (SYR) | 76.96 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 31 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 32 | 317.5 |
| 31 | Anatolijs Daškevičs (LAT) | 76.73 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 35 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 29 | 315.0 |
| 32 | Claude Doukam (CMR) | 76.37 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 27 | 165.0 | 170.0 | — | 39 | 310.0 |
| 33 | Kaics Ayadi (TUN) | 76.64 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 30 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 172.5 | 41 | 310.0 |
| 34 | Mohammed Wahab (NED) | 76.13 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 39 | 165.0 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 31 | 307.5 |
| 35 | Jugnevis Campos (VEN) | 74.66 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 38 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 33 | 305.0 |
| 36 | Mats Lindquist (SWE) | 76.75 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 36 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 43 | 305.0 |
| 37 | Zbyněk Vacurá (CZE) | 76.70 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 37 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 42 | 302.5 |
| 38 | Stewart Cruickshank (GBR) | 75.88 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 42 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 35 | 300.0 |
| 39 | Scott McCarthy (CAN) | 76.50 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 40 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 40 | 300.0 |
| 40 | Guy Hamilton (CAN) | 76.81 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 47 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 34 | 300.0 |
| 41 | Craig Blythman (AUS) | 76.82 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 43 | 160.0 | 165.0 | — | 44 | 297.5 |
| 42 | Luis Coronado (GUA) | 76.08 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 45 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 37 | 295.0 |
| 43 | Annaberdi Babaýew (TKM) | 72.90 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 41 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 46 | 290.0 |
| 44 | Hsu Ying-hsi (TPE) | 74.56 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 48 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 36 | 290.0 |
| 45 | Quincy Detenamo (NRU) | 76.30 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 50 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 38 | 290.0 |
| 46 | Robert Wachet (AUT) | 75.23 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 44 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 49 | 285.0 |
| 47 | Marco Messias (POR) | 76.78 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 46 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 50 | 285.0 |
| 48 | Sililo Fomai (SAM) | 74.79 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 49 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 47 | 282.5 |
| 49 | Alexander Reis (POR) | 76.24 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 54 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 45 | 282.5 |
| 50 | Redjean Clerc (SUI) | 76.43 | 120.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 57 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 48 | 277.5 |
| 51 | Khodor Alaywan (LIB) | 76.44 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 51 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 51 | 275.0 |
| 52 | Tevika Kudashevitz (ISR) | 76.83 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 56 | 137.5 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 52 | 272.5 |
| 53 | Vytautas Kirkliauskas (LTU) | 76.45 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 52 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 53 | 270.0 |
| 54 | Arik Sherwyn (ISR) | 76.81 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 55 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 54 | 267.5 |
| 55 | Khalid King (IRL) | 76.59 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 53 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 56 | 255.0 |
| 56 | Joseph Kerr (IRL) | 74.21 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 58 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 55 | 240.0 |
| — | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI) | 76.62 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 11 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 197.5 | — | — |
| — | Tudor Casapu (MDA) | 76.49 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 34 | 185.0 | 185.0 | — | — | — |
| DQ | Rǎzvan Ilie (ROM) | 76.75 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | — | 200.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | — | — |
| DQ | Dionisio Rozalina (NED) | 73.01 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | — | 150.0 | 155.0 | — | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 170.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | WR |
| Snatch | 170.5 kg | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | WR |