# 1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the middle-heavyweight (94 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Oliver Caruso (GER) | 182.5 kg | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | 180.0 kg | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 180.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 220.0 kg | Leonidas Kokas (GRE) | 217.5 kg | Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 217.5 kg |
| Total | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 400.0 kg | Oliver Caruso (GER) | 395.0 kg | Leonidas Kokas (GRE) | 392.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 187.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 230.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 417.5 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 |
| | Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 93.62 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | | 215.0 | 220.0 | — | | 400.0 |
| | Oliver Caruso (GER) | 93.63 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 182.5 | | 205.0 | 212.5 | — | 5 | 395.0 |
| | Leonidas Kokas (GRE) | 92.38 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 4 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 217.5 | | 392.5 |
| 4 | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | 93.06 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | | 210.0 | 215.0 | 215.0 | 7 | 390.0 |
| 5 | Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 93.95 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 12 | 205.0 | 212.5 | 218.0 | | 385.0 |
| 6 | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | 92.95 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 9 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 210.0 | 6 | 380.0 |
| 7 | Julio Luna (VEN) | 92.78 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 15 | 202.0 | 215.0 | 215.0 | 4 | 375.0 |
| 8 | Hakob Pilosyan (ARM) | 93.37 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 5 | 200.0 | 210.0 | 212.5 | 11 | 375.0 |
| 9 | Mikhail Khomiakov (RUS) | 93.50 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 11 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 8 | 372.5 |
| 10 | Stanislav Rybalchenko (UKR) | 93.83 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 8 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 210.0 | 12 | 372.5 |
| 11 | Pavel Bazuk (BLR) | 90.55 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 13 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 9 | 367.5 |
| 12 | Lars Betker (GER) | 92.98 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 14 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 10 | 362.5 |
| 13 | Sergejs Lazovskis (LAT) | 93.61 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 202.5 | 13 | 347.5 |
| 14 | Rafig Aliyev (KAZ) | 91.78 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 17 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 15 | 342.5 |
| 15 | Jakob Asp (DEN) | 93.70 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 20 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 14 | 342.5 |
| 16 | Markku Nykänen (FIN) | 93.90 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 18 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 19 | 335.0 |
| 17 | Sami Järvinen (FIN) | 93.67 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 21 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 182.5 | 18 | 330.0 |
| 18 | Chiu Yen-chun (TPE) | 88.54 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 22 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 16 | 327.5 |
| 19 | Simon Heffernan (AUS) | 91.57 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 26 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 17 | 320.0 |
| 20 | Andrew Callard (GBR) | 93.49 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 25 | 175.0 | 180.0 | — | 21 | 320.0 |
| 21 | Phillip Christou (AUS) | 89.33 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 24 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 22 | 315.0 |
| 22 | Rodin Thoma (NRU) | 93.14 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 29 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 20 | 315.0 |
| 23 | Sacha Amédé (CAN) | 93.02 | 142.5 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 23 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 24 | 307.5 |
| 24 | Gaston Fodouor (CMR) | 92.58 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 27 | 160.0 | 170.0 | — | 25 | 295.0 |
| 25 | Božo Krišto (CRO) | 92.67 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 30 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 172.5 | 23 | 295.0 |
| 26 | Norvell Busby (NED) | 85.82 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 31 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 26 | 270.0 |
| 27 | David Daly (IRL) | 93.23 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 32 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 27 | 267.5 |
| — | Adrian Mateaș (ROM) | 93.53 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | 6 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | — | — |
| — | Oleksiy Sukhov (UKR) | 93.76 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 7 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | — | — |
| — | Zoltán Kovács (HUN) | 92.96 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 10 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | — | — |
| — | Peter May (GBR) | 92.91 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 19 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | — | — |
| — | Odd Gunnar Røyseth (NOR) | 93.01 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 28 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | — | — |
| — | Sergio Britva (ISR) | 92.27 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | — | 160.0 | 160.0 | — | — | — |
| — | Boris Burov (ECU) | 93.99 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |