1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 kg
# 1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 54 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 6 December 1997.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | Yang Bin (CHN) | 127.5 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | 127.5 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 115.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | 160.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 147.5 kg | Nayden Rusev (BUL) | 147.5 kg |
| Total | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | 287.5 kg | Yang Bin (CHN) | 272.5 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 262.5 kg |

## Records

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

| World Record | Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 132.5 kg | Atlanta, United States | 20 July 1996 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 160.0 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 18 November 1994 |
| World Record | Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 290.0 kg | Istanbul, Turkey | 18 November 1994 |

## 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 |
| | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | 54.00 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | | 152.5 | 160.5 | 165.0 | | 287.5 |
| | Yang Bin (CHN) | 53.55 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | | 140.0 | 145.0 | — | 4 | 272.5 |
| | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 53.70 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | | 145.0 | 147.5 | 152.5 | | 262.5 |
| 4 | Nayden Rusev (BUL) | 53.90 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 4 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 150.0 | | 262.5 |
| 5 | Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) | 53.70 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 5 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 5 | 250.0 |
| 6 | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 53.85 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 6 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 6 | 250.0 |
| 7 | Ali Hamid (EGY) | 53.65 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 7 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 8 | 242.5 |
| 8 | Éric Bonnel (FRA) | 53.90 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 8 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 9 | 242.5 |
| 9 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 53.45 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 9 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 7 | 240.0 |
| 10 | Mehmet Yağcı (AUS) | 54.00 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 10 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 11 | 225.0 |
| 11 | Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) | 53.30 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 11 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 12 | 215.0 |
| — | Somsak Sunyanai (THA) | 53.90 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | — | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 10 | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 160.5 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | WR |
| - | - | - | - |
