# 1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The Men's Lightweight Weightlifting Event (69 kg) is the third men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 24 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 | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 162.5 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 155.0 kg | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 152.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 195.0 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 190.0 kg | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 187.5 kg |
| Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357.5 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 345.0 kg | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 340.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 160.0 kg | Lahti, Finland | 12 November 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Kim Hak-bong (KOR) | 195.0 kg | Bangkok, Thailand | 9 December 1998 |
| World Record | Total | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 352.5 kg | A Coruña, Spain | 16 April 1999 |

## 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 |
| | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 68.65 | 155.0 | 160.5 | 162.5 | | 185.0 | 190.0 | 196.0 | | 357.5 |
| | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 68.53 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | | 345.0 |
| | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 68.68 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | | 187.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | | 340.0 |
| 4 | Marian Dodiță (ROM) | 68.76 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 4 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 5 | 337.5 |
| 5 | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 68.90 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 8 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 190.0 | 4 | 337.5 |
| 6 | Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) | 68.62 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 6 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 6 | 332.5 |
| 7 | Yasin Arslan (TUR) | 68.32 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 182.5 | 8 | 330.0 |
| 8 | Fadel Nasser Sarouf (QAT) | 68.72 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 10 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 327.5 |
| 9 | Rudik Petrosyan (ARM) | 68.87 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 15 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 190.0 | 7 | 327.5 |
| 10 | Kim Hak-bong (KOR) | 68.67 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 13 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 10 | 325.0 |
| 11 | Andrey Matveyev (RUS) | 68.84 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 11 | 177.5 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 17 | 325.0 |
| 12 | Israel Militosyan (ARM) | 68.88 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 7 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 20 | 325.0 |
| 13 | Kalman Szasz (ROM) | 68.66 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 12 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 16 | 322.5 |
| 14 | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | 68.76 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 16 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 12 | 322.5 |
| 15 | Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | 68.99 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 20 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | 14 | 320.0 |
| 16 | François Demeure (BEL) | 68.40 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 17 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 15 | 317.5 |
| 17 | Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) | 68.80 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 14 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 23 | 317.5 |
| 18 | Javad Khoshdel (IRI) | 68.92 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 19 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 18 | 317.5 |
| 19 | Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 68.32 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 23 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 9 | 315.0 |
| 20 | Asif Malikov (AZE) | 67.53 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 21 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 22 | 310.0 |
| 21 | Rudolf Lukáč (SVK) | 68.59 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 24 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 19 | 310.0 |
| 22 | Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) | 68.68 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 18 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 25 | 310.0 |
| 23 | Ahmed Samir (EGY) | 68.91 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 25 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 24 | 307.5 |
| 24 | Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) | 68.92 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 30 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 175.0 | 21 | 307.5 |
| 25 | Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad (IRI) | 68.93 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 26 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 28 | 305.0 |
| 26 | Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ) | 68.70 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 22 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 30 | 302.5 |
| 27 | Johnny González (COL) | 68.73 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 29 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 26 | 302.5 |
| 28 | Heriberto Barbosa (COL) | 68.73 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 28 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 27 | 302.5 |
| 29 | Sébastien Groulx (CAN) | 68.29 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 27 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 29 | 297.5 |
| 30 | Abdelmanaane Yahiaoui (ALG) | 68.60 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 31 | 162.5 | — | — | 31 | 292.5 |
| 31 | Miroslav Janíček (SVK) | 68.91 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 33 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 33 | 277.5 |
| 32 | Lin Chieh-chin (TPE) | 68.78 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 120.0 | 35 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 32 | 267.5 |
| 33 | Darius Kiveris (LTU) | 68.52 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 36 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 35 | 240.0 |
| 34 | Francis Zarques (RSA) | 67.82 | 97.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 37 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 130.0 | 34 | 235.0 |
| 35 | Rik Kruisselbrink (NED) | 68.79 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 38 | 117.5 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 36 | 225.0 |
| 36 | James Power (IRL) | 67.13 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 39 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 37 | 205.0 |
| — | Faisal Abdulrahman Ahmed (QAT) | 68.59 | 147.0 | 152.5 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Samson Matam (FRA) | 68.18 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 32 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | — | — |
| — | Björn Falkland (SWE) | 68.91 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 34 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | — | — |
| — | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 68.87 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | — | 180.0 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 13 | — |
| — | Alexi Batista (PAN) | 68.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 160.5 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | WR |
| Snatch | 162.5 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 196.0 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | WR |
| Total | 357.5 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | WR |