# 1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland November 7–15, 1998. The men's competition in the featherweight (– 62 kg) division was staged on November 9, 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | 147.5 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | 145.0 kg | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 140.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | 172.5 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | 172.5 kg | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 170.0 kg |
| Total | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | 320.0 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | 317.5 kg | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 310.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 145.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 180.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 325.0 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 |
| | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | 61.76 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | | 320.0 |
| | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | 61.80 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | | 317.5 |
| | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 61.32 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | | 162.5 | 170.0 | 172.5 | | 310.0 |
| 4 | Su Feixiang (CHN) | 61.67 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 5 | 310.0 |
| 5 | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 61.48 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 6 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 177.5 | 4 | 307.5 |
| 6 | Valentin Sarov (BUL) | 61.57 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 4 | 162.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 7 | 302.5 |
| 7 | Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | 61.78 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 8 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 6 | 302.5 |
| 8 | Vladimir Popov (MDA) | 61.60 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 9 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 8 | 295.0 |
| 9 | Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 61.63 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 7 | 157.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 12 | 295.0 |
| 10 | Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) | 61.83 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 11 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 160.0 | 11 | 287.5 |
| 11 | Marcus Stephen (NRU) | 61.91 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 12 | 162.5 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 9 | 287.5 |
| 12 | Oleg Shin (KAZ) | 61.58 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 10 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 13 | 282.5 |
| 13 | Roger Berrio (COL) | 61.83 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 13 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 14 | 272.5 |
| 14 | Alfonso Portillo (ESP) | 61.53 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 15 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 15 | 260.0 |
| 15 | Jyrki Welling (FIN) | 61.76 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 16 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 18 | 257.5 |
| 16 | Michael Garrido (FRA) | 61.65 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 17 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 17 | 255.0 |
| 17 | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 60.98 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 18 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 16 | 252.5 |
| 18 | Chen Po-pu (TPE) | 61.32 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 19 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 19 | 250.0 |
| 19 | Nuno Alves (POR) | 61.10 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 20 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 237.5 |
| 20 | Wayne Healy (IRE) | 61.25 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 21 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 21 | 225.0 |
| 21 | Badru Nyamuja (UGA) | 61.60 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 22 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 22 | 225.0 |
| — | Laurent Pedreno (FRA) | 61.69 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 14 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | — | — |
| — | Mohamed Osman (EGY) | 61.47 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | — | 150.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | — |
| — | Jarkko Welling (FIN) | 61.52 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | — | 120.0 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 23 | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 147.5 kg | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | WR |