Worlds · November 1993
1993 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1993 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Melbourne, Australia, from 11 to 21 November 1993. This page lists the medallists in its 19 classes. Among the men, gold went to Ivan Ivanov (54 kg, 277.5 kg), Nikolaj Pešalov (59 kg, 305 kg), Naim Süleymanoğlu (64 kg, 322.5 kg), Yoto Yotov (70 kg, 342.5 kg), Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew (76 kg, 370 kg), Pyrros Dimas (83 kg, 377.5 kg), Ivan Chakarov (91 kg, 407.5 kg), Viktor Tregubov (99 kg, 407.5 kg), Timour Taimazov (108 kg, 420 kg) and Ronny Weller (+108 kg, 442.5 kg). Among the women, gold went to Chu Nan-mei (46 kg, 152.5 kg), Liu Xiuhua (50 kg, 187.5 kg), Chen Xiaomin (54 kg, 200 kg), Sun Caiyan (59 kg, 217.5 kg), Li Hongyun (64 kg, 220 kg), Milena Trendafilova (70 kg, 220 kg), Hua Ju (76 kg, 230 kg), Chen Shu-chih (83 kg, 230 kg) and Li Yajuan (+83 kg, 260 kg).
- Medallists
- 57
- Classes
- 19
- Start date
- 11 Nov 1993
The 1993 World Weightlifting Championships in numbers
How close each class finished.
Winning margin in each class
The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 76 kg and Men's 99 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Women's +83 kg by 27.5 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.
Men's 54 kg
Men's 59 kg
Men's 64 kg
Men's 70 kg
Men's 76 kg
Men's 83 kg
Men's 91 kg
Men's 99 kg
Men's 108 kg
Men's +108 kg
Women's 46 kg
Women's 50 kg
Women's 54 kg
Women's 59 kg
Women's 64 kg
Women's 70 kg
Women's 76 kg
Women's 83 kg
Women's +83 kg
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for, with the total.
Men's 54 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria
|
277.5 |
| 2 |
 Halil Mutlu Turkey
|
275 |
| 3 |
 Go Gwang-gu South Korea
|
270 |
Men's 59 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria
|
305 |
| 2 |
Hafız Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
295 |
| 3 |
 Tang Lingsheng China
|
292.5 |
Men's 64 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
322.5 |
| 2 |
 Ri Hi-bong North Korea
|
317.5 |
| 3 |
 Yurik Sarkisyan Armenia
|
315 |
Men's 70 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yoto Yotov Bulgaria
|
342.5 |
| 2 |
Ergün Batmaz Turkey
|
332.5 |
| 3 |
 Andreas Behm Germany
|
330 |
Men's 76 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Altymyrat Orazdurdyýew Turkmenistan
|
370 |
| 2 |
 Ruslan Savchenko Ukraine
|
370 |
| 3 |
Kim Myong-nam North Korea
|
362.5 |
Men's 83 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Pyrros Dimas Greece
|
377.5 |
| 2 |
Marc Huster Germany
|
375 |
| 3 |
 Kiril Kounev Australia
|
372.5 |
Men's 91 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ivan Chakarov Bulgaria
|
407.5 |
| 2 |
 Kakhi Kakhiashvili Georgia
|
402.5 |
| 3 |
 Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan
|
395 |
Men's 99 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Viktor Tregubov Russia
|
407.5 |
| 2 |
Sergey Syrtsov Russia
|
407.5 |
| 3 |
Igor Sadykov Germany
|
392.5 |
Men's 108 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Timour Taimazov Ukraine
|
420 |
| 2 |
Stefan Botev Australia
|
417.5 |
| 3 |
Ihor Razoronov Ukraine
|
415 |
Men's +108 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ronny Weller Germany
|
442.5 |
| 2 |
Manfred Nerlinger Germany
|
440 |
| 3 |
Andrei Chemerkin Russia
|
435 |
Women's 46 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chu Nan-mei Chinese Taipei | 152.5 |
| 2 | Yu Shiu-fen Chinese Taipei | 147.5 |
| 3 |
 Satomi Saito Japan
|
147.5 |
Women's 50 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liu Xiuhua China
|
187.5 |
| 2 |
Guan Hong China
|
177.5 |
| 3 | Kuo Chin-chun Chinese Taipei | 170 |
Women's 54 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chen Xiaomin China
|
200 |
| 2 |
 Robin Goad United States
|
177.5 |
| 3 |
 Karnam Malleswari India
|
177.5 |
Women's 59 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sun Caiyan China
|
217.5 |
| 2 |
Gergana Kirilova Bulgaria
|
202.5 |
| 3 |
Maria Christoforidou Greece
|
197.5 |
Women's 64 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Hongyun China
|
220 |
| 2 |
Won Soon-yi South Korea
|
202.5 |
| 3 |
 Julie Malenfant Canada
|
195 |
Women's 70 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Milena Trendafilova Bulgaria
|
220 |
| 2 |
Kumi Haseba Japan
|
207.5 |
| 3 |
Kim Dong-hee South Korea
|
205 |
Women's 76 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hua Ju China
|
230 |
| 2 |
Li Changping China
|
220 |
| 3 |
 Mária Takács Hungary
|
207.5 |
Women's 83 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Shu-chih Chinese Taipei | 230 |
| 2 |
Panagiota Antonopoulou Greece
|
215 |
| 3 |
Bharti Singh India
|
207.5 |
Women's +83 kg, 1993 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Yajuan China
|
260 |
| 2 |
Carla Garrett United States
|
232.5 |
| 3 |
Lubov Grigurko Ukraine
|
215 |