1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg
# 1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 59 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 59 kg division was staged on 7 December 1997.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | William Vargas (CUB) | 132.5 kg | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 130.0 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 130.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 165.0 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 165.0 kg | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 162.5 kg |
| Total | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 295.0 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 295.0 kg | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 290.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

| World Record | Snatch | Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 140.0 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 3 May 1995 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Nikolay Peshalov (BUL) | 170.0 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 3 May 1995 |
| World Record | Total | Tang Lingsheng (CHN) | 307.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 21 July 1996 |

## 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 |
| | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 58.60 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | | 295.0 |
| | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 59.00 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | | 165.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | | 295.0 |
| | Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) | 58.60 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 4 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 170.0 | | 290.0 |
| 4 | William Vargas (CUB) | 58.70 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 132.5 | | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 6 | 287.5 |
| 5 | Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) | 58.55 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 5 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 160.0 | 5 | 282.5 |
| 6 | Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) | 58.95 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 7 | 142.5 | 147.5 | — | 7 | 267.5 |
| 7 | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 58.50 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 6 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 8 | 265.0 |
| 8 | Chom Singnoi (THA) | 58.85 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 8 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 10 | 260.0 |
| 9 | Mohamed Osman (EGY) | 59.00 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 9 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 11 | 260.0 |
| 10 | Kenji Tominaga (JPN) | 58.55 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 11 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 9 | 257.5 |
| 11 | Liu Te-tsung (TPE) | 58.10 | 112.5 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 10 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 12 | 252.5 |
| 12 | Vassiliy Lim (KAZ) | 58.10 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 12 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 13 | 250.0 |
| 13 | Chen Po-pu (TPE) | 58.85 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 13 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 14 | 250.0 |
| 14 | Sinchai Ketsri (THA) | 58.95 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 14 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 15 | 250.0 |
| 15 | Johnny Hernández (VEN) | 58.95 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 15 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 16 | 245.0 |
| 16 | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | 58.35 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 107.5 | 16 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 17 | 237.5 |
| — | Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) | 58.65 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | — | 152.5 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 4 | — |
| — | Jyrki Welling (FIN) | 58.85 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | — | 152.5 | 137.5 | — | 18 | — |
| — | Traian Cihărean (ROM) | 58.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
