# 1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 99 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 99 kg division was staged on 13 December 1997.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | 180.0 kg | Choi Jong-kun (KOR) | 177.5 kg | Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) | 172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | 220.0 kg | Ernesto Montoya (CUB) | 215.0 kg | Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) | 212.5 kg |
| Total | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | 400.0 kg | Choi Jong-kun (KOR) | 387.5 kg | Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) | 385.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Sergey Syrtsov (RUS) | 192.5 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 25 November 1994 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 235.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 |
| World Record | Total | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 420.0 kg | Atlanta, United States | 28 July 1996 |

## 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 |
| | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | 97.70 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | | 215.0 | 220.0 | — | | 400.0 |
| | Choi Jong-kun (KOR) | 97.50 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 177.5 | | 205.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 4 | 387.5 |
| | Oleksiy Obukhov (UKR) | 98.85 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 5 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 212.5 | | 385.0 |
| 4 | Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) | 98.65 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 4 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 207.5 | 6 | 380.0 |
| 5 | Sergey Kopytov (KAZ) | 98.05 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 6 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 212.5 | 5 | 375.0 |
| 6 | Ernesto Montoya (CUB) | 98.90 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 14 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 217.5 | | 375.0 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Carrió (ESP) | 98.55 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 12 | 372.5 |
| 8 | Mario Kalinke (GER) | 98.25 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 7 | 190.0 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 8 | 370.0 |
| 9 | Alexandru Bratan (MDA) | 98.35 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 8 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 9 | 370.0 |
| 10 | Tom Gough (USA) | 98.40 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 9 | 205.0 | 212.5 | 212.5 | 10 | 370.0 |
| 11 | Janne Kanerva (FIN) | 98.85 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 13 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | 7 | 367.5 |
| 12 | Hennadiy Krasylnykov (UKR) | 98.75 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 207.5 | 13 | 365.0 |
| 13 | Akos Sandor (CAN) | 98.50 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 16 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 14 | 352.5 |
| 14 | Adrian Mateaș (ROM) | 98.00 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 16 | 350.0 |
| 15 | Mika Reijonen (FIN) | 98.80 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 17 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 15 | 350.0 |
| 16 | Roman Polom (CZE) | 98.75 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 182.5 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 20 | 347.5 |
| 17 | Cristián Escalante (CHI) | 98.20 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 15 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 19 | 340.0 |
| 18 | Terdkiat Puekkhasem (THA) | 98.45 | 135.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 18 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 18 | 330.0 |
| 19 | Andrew Callard (GBR) | 93.95 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 19 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 17 | 327.5 |
| 20 | Wen Wei-chih (TPE) | 96.60 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 20 | 160.0 | 170.0 | — | 23 | 310.0 |
| 21 | Su Tsung-jung (TPE) | 97.80 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 21 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 21 | 310.0 |
| — | Tharwat Bendary (EGY) | 98.35 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | — | 200.0 | 200.0 | 212.5 | 11 | — |
| — | Aghvan Grigoryan (ARM) | 98.70 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | — | 180.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 22 | — |
| DQ | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | 98.25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | — | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | — | — |