# 1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 91 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 91 kg division was staged on 12 December 1997.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | 177.5 kg | Maksim Agapitov (RUS) | 175.0 kg | Andrey Makarov (KAZ) | 170.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Julio Luna (VEN) | 212.5 kg | Maksim Agapitov (RUS) | 205.0 kg | Oleh Chumak (UKR) | 200.0 kg |
| Total | Maksim Agapitov (RUS) | 380.0 kg | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | 377.5 kg | Julio Luna (VEN) | 377.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Aleksey Petrov (RUS) | 187.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 27 July 1996 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 228.5 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 6 May 1995 |
| World Record | Total | Aleksey Petrov (RUS) | 412.5 kg | Sokolov, Czech Republic | 7 May 1994 |

## 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 |
| | Maksim Agapitov (RUS) | 90.65 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | | 200.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | | 380.0 |
| | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | 89.40 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 4 | 377.5 |
| | Julio Luna (VEN) | 90.75 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 5 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 212.5 | | 377.5 |
| 4 | Andrey Makarov (KAZ) | 90.25 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 7 | 370.0 |
| 5 | Lars Betker (GER) | 89.95 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 4 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | 6 | 365.0 |
| 6 | Oleh Chumak (UKR) | 88.90 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 6 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 207.5 | | 362.5 |
| 7 | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | 89.90 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 7 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 5 | 362.5 |
| 8 | Kiril Kounev (AUS) | 90.90 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 9 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 8 | 360.0 |
| 9 | Qin Guang (CHN) | 87.10 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 8 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 9 | 355.0 |
| 10 | Sergejs Lazovskis (LAT) | 90.55 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 11 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 197.5 | 10 | 347.5 |
| 11 | Jaroslav Jokeľ (SVK) | 90.75 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 10 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 190.0 | 13 | 345.0 |
| 12 | Jürgen Matzku (AUT) | 90.75 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 12 | 342.5 |
| 13 | Fazilbek Urazimbetov (UZB) | 87.15 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 11 | 340.0 |
| 14 | Khaled Korany (EGY) | 90.90 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 19 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 14 | 335.0 |
| 15 | Leon Griffin (GBR) | 86.85 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 17 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 15 | 330.0 |
| 16 | Ulugbek Mahmudov (UZB) | 90.85 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 17 | 330.0 |
| 17 | Simon Heffernan (AUS) | 89.95 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 18 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 16 | 325.0 |
| 18 | Aran Boonlue (THA) | 90.20 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 170.0 | 175.0 | — | 18 | 305.0 |
| — | Ahmed Shahbazov (AZE) | 88.90 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 14 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | — | — |
| — | Saleh Mohammed (IRQ) | 89.95 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 15 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | — | — |
| — | Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | 90.10 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Carlos Hernández (CUB) | 90.55 | 167.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA) | 88.85 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | — | 207.5 | 212.5 | — | — | — |
| DQ | Sunay Bulut (TUR) | 91.00 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | — | 207.5 | 210.0 | 210.0 | — | — |