Men's 105 kg, July 2012

Kim Wha Sung

Kim Wha Sung is a weightlifter. The results below cover 7 competitions from 2006 to 2012. The latest result came in the men's 105 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Best total
392 kg
Best snatch
182 kg
Best clean and jerk
215 kg
Career

Kim Wha Sung's career: classes, totals and best lifts

No Olympic or World Championships medals.

Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, 105 kg, no total.

Kim Wha Sung: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2006 to 2010, best 392 kg in 2009.360380400200620072008200920102006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 365 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 370 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 392 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 370 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 390 kg2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 390 kg
Kim Wha Sung: totals from the 6 competitions with a total, 2006 to 2010, best 392 kg in 2009.360380400200620072008200920102006 World Weightlifting Championships, 30 Sep 2006: 365 kg2007 World Weightlifting Championships, 14 Sep 2007: 370 kg2009 World Weightlifting Championships, 19 Nov 2009: 392 kg2009 East Asian Games, 7 Dec 2009: 370 kg2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 390 kg2010 Asian Games, 12 Nov 2010: 390 kg
Total at each competition, in kilograms.
Numbers

Kim Wha Sung by the numbers

Kim Wha Sung's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.

Best Sinclair score
445.9
From 392 kg at 104.95 kg bodyweight, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
Best total, place in its class
94th of 888
392 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 105 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
87%
At the best total, 182 kg of 210 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
Competitions with a total
6 of 7
The other ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
Attempts

How often Kim Wha Sung makes each attempt

Kim Wha Sung made 48% of snatch attempts and 59% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.

Snatch, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 74%
Kim Wha Sung: 43%

Snatch, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 58%
Kim Wha Sung: 57%

Snatch, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 41%
Kim Wha Sung: 43%

Clean and jerk, first attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 77%
Kim Wha Sung: 50%

Clean and jerk, second attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 57%
Kim Wha Sung: 100%

Clean and jerk, third attempt

Worlds and Olympics field: 34%
Kim Wha Sung: 20%
Rivals

Kim Wha Sung head to head

The lifters Kim Wha Sung has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.

Rival Met Kim Wha Sung ahead Rival ahead
Georgia Gia Machavariani 4 2 2
Artur Babayan 3 0 3
Russia Dmitry Klokov 3 0 3
Poland Marcin Dołęga 3 0 3
Results

Kim Wha Sung's competition results

Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.

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Competition Place Total Class Bodyweight Snatch 1 2 3 Clean and jerk 1 2 3
2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 - - 105 kg 104.55 178 kg missed178 kg missed178 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 4 390 105 kg 104.37 175 kg missed175 kg missed175205215221 kg missed
2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 9 390 105 kg 104.65 175180183 kg missed210 kg missed210217 kg missed
2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 2 370 105 kg 104.2 170 kg missed170176 kg missed190200not taken
2009 World Weightlifting Championships 19 Nov 2009 4 392 105 kg 104.95 177 kg missed177182210 kg missed210216 kg missed
2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 18 370 105 kg 104.76 165170 kg missed175 kg missed195200205
2006 World Weightlifting Championships 30 Sep 2006 17 365 105 kg 104.31 161166170195 kg missed195200 kg missed
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Compare Kim Wha Sung

Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Kim Wha Sung.