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		Silver		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
	Clean & Jerk	World Standard	230.0 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Total	World Standard	417.5 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (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~~	—	—	—	—	—	—