# 1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from 7 to 15 November 1998. The men's competition in the light-heavyweight (85 kg) division was staged on 13 November 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Georgi Gardev (BUL) | 177.5 kg | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | 177.5 kg | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | 175.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Marc Huster (GER) | 210.0 kg | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | 210.0 kg | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | 207.5 kg |
| Total | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | 387.5 kg | Marc Huster (GER) | 385.0 kg | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | 382.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 177.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 395.0 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 |
| | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | 84.28 | 172.5 | 178.0 | 178.0 | | 207.5 | 210.0 | 212.5 | | 387.5 |
| | Marc Huster (GER) | 84.23 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 175.0 | 4 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 212.5 | | 385.0 |
| | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | 84.12 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | | 197.5 | 202.5 | 207.5 | | 382.5 |
| 4 | Iurie Cojuhari (MDA) | 84.27 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 178.0 | 5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 6 | 380.0 |
| 5 | Georgi Gardev (BUL) | 82.66 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 8 | 377.5 |
| 6 | Dursun Sevinç (TUR) | 84.92 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 7 | 207.5 | 212.5 | 212.5 | 5 | 377.5 |
| 7 | Krzysztof Siemion (POL) | 84.48 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 8 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 210.0 | 4 | 375.0 |
| 8 | Kiril Kounev (AUS) | 84.67 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 6 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 7 | 375.0 |
| 9 | Nasser Adel (EGY) | 84.70 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 9 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 12 | 347.5 |
| 10 | Leon Griffin (GBR) | 84.71 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 18 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 9 | 345.0 |
| 11 | Magomed Gortikov (AZE) | 84.78 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 13 | 345.0 |
| 12 | Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) | 83.89 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 17 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 10 | 342.5 |
| 13 | Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | 84.62 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 15 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 11 | 342.5 |
| 14 | Álvaro Velasco (COL) | 83.37 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 10 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 15 | 340.0 |
| 15 | Tofik Heydarov (AZE) | 84.95 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 14 | 185.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 16 | 340.0 |
| 16 | Mohamed Mousa (EGY) | 83.95 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 11 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 17 | 335.0 |
| 17 | Santiago Martínez (ESP) | 84.43 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 12 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 18 | 335.0 |
| 18 | Sergio Mannironi (ITA) | 81.78 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 19 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 14 | 332.5 |
| 19 | Stephen Ward (GBR) | 84.90 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 22 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 21 | 320.0 |
| 20 | Damian Brown (AUS) | 81.19 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 24 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 20 | 315.0 |
| 21 | Eric Chevrier (CAN) | 84.02 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 25 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 22 | 307.5 |
| 22 | Robert Doucet (CAN) | 84.31 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 26 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 23 | 307.5 |
| 23 | Jaarli Pirkkiö (FIN) | 84.36 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 27 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 24 | 305.0 |
| 24 | Atila Sebescen (CRO) | 84.44 | 155.0 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 28 | 165.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 25 | 300.0 |
| 25 | Ivica Brešković (CRO) | 84.89 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 29 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 160.0 | 26 | 265.0 |
| — | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 82.63 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | — | — |
| — | Dainis Zīlītis (LAT) | 84.74 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 20 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | — | — |
| — | José Llerena (ECU) | 82.14 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 21 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | — | — |
| — | Toni Puurunen (FIN) | 84.58 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Aleksandrs Žerebkovs (LAT) | 84.78 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | — | 180.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 19 | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 178.0 kg | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | WR |