# 1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 160.0 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 157.5 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 155.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 190.0 kg | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 185.0 kg | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 185.0 kg |
| Total | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 350.0 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 340.0 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 340.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 157.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 190.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 347.5 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 |
| | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 68.77 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | | 182.5 | 187.5 | 190.0 | | 350.0 |
| | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | 68.49 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 4 | 340.0 |
| | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | 68.87 | 152.5 | 158.0 | 160.0 | | 182.5 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 7 | 340.0 |
| 4 | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 68.17 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 5 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | | 337.5 |
| 5 | Valerios Leonidis (GRE) | 68.21 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 7 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | | 335.0 |
| 6 | Andrey Matveyev (RUS) | 68.74 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 10 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 6 | 332.5 |
| 7 | Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) | 68.64 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 4 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 12 | 330.0 |
| 8 | Yang Cunkang (CHN) | 68.71 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 12 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 5 | 330.0 |
| 9 | Marian Dodiță (ROM) | 68.42 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 9 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 322.5 |
| 10 | François Demeure (BEL) | 68.48 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 11 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 9 | 322.5 |
| 11 | Ergün Batmaz (TUR) | 68.89 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 14 | 170.0 | 177.5 | — | 10 | 322.5 |
| 12 | Adrián Popa (HUN) | 68.74 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 18 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 8 | 315.0 |
| 13 | Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) | 68.83 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 13 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 15 | 315.0 |
| 14 | Sébastien Groulx (CAN) | 68.13 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 21 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 13 | 302.5 |
| 15 | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | 68.38 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 140.0 | 22 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 14 | 302.5 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | 68.72 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 17 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 17 | 302.5 |
| 17 | Werner Höller (AUT) | 68.58 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 16 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 20 | 300.0 |
| 18 | Ahmed Samir (EGY) | 68.77 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 18 | 300.0 |
| 19 | Heriberto Barbosa (COL) | 68.42 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 23 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 16 | 297.5 |
| 20 | Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) | 68.91 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 27 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 19 | 290.0 |
| 21 | Yosri Shalaly (EGY) | 68.45 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 21 | 285.0 |
| 22 | Alexi Batista (PAN) | 67.58 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 24 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 22 | 275.0 |
| 23 | Andrejs Vituks (LAT) | 68.74 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 26 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 23 | 275.0 |
| 24 | Petr Stanislav (CZE) | 68.38 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 28 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 24 | 265.0 |
| 25 | Dionisio Rozalina (NED) | 68.82 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 30 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 25 | 260.0 |
| 26 | Kassim Mulindwa (UGA) | 68.79 | 115.0 | 115.0 | — | 29 | 130.0 | 135.0 | — | 26 | 245.0 |
| — | Fedail Güler (TUR) | 68.12 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 6 | 185.0 | 187.5 | — | — | — |
| — | Gábor Molnár (HUN) | 68.64 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 8 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | — | — |
| — | Ramzan Musayev (AZE) | 68.30 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 15 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | — | — |
| — | Romuald Ernault (FRA) | 68.74 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 19 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | — | — |
| — | Armenak Takhmazian (DEN) | 68.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 158.0 kg | Wan Jianhui (CHN) | WR |
| Snatch | 160.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | WR |
| Total | 350.0 kg | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | WR |