Worlds · November 1994
1994 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1994 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Istanbul, Turkey, from 17 to 27 November 1994. This page lists the medallists in its 19 classes. Among the men, gold went to Halil Mutlu (54 kg, 290 kg), Nikolaj Pešalov (59 kg, 302.5 kg), Naim Süleymanoğlu (64 kg, 330 kg), Fedail Güler (70 kg, 350 kg), Pablo Lara (76 kg, 365 kg), Marc Huster (83 kg, 382.5 kg), Aleksey Petrov (91 kg, 412.5 kg), Sergey Syrtsov (99 kg, 417.5 kg), Timour Taimazov (108 kg, 435 kg) and Aleksandr Kurlovich (+108 kg, 457.5 kg). Among the women, gold went to Yun Yanhong (46 kg, 180 kg), Robin Goad (50 kg, 175 kg), Karnam Malleswari (54 kg, 197.5 kg), Zou Feie (59 kg, 220 kg), Li Hongyun (64 kg, 235 kg), Zhou Meihong (70 kg, 222.5 kg), Panagiota Antonopoulou (76 kg, 220 kg), María Isabel Urrutia (83 kg, 237.5 kg) and Karoliina Lundahl (+83 kg, 230 kg).
- Medallists
- 57
- Classes
- 19
- Start date
- 17 Nov 1994
The 1994 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, Men's 83 kg, Women's 54 kg, Women's 70 kg, Women's 76 kg and Women's 83 kg each came down to 2.5 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Women's 64 kg by 30 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, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Halil Mutlu Turkey
|
290 |
| 2 |
 Ivan Ivanov Bulgaria
|
275 |
| 3 |
Sevdalin Minchev Bulgaria
|
270 |
Men's 59 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria
|
302.5 |
| 2 |
Hafız Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
297.5 |
| 3 |
Radostin Panayotov Bulgaria
|
287.5 |
Men's 64 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
330 |
| 2 |
 Valerios Leonidis Greece
|
325 |
| 3 |
 Attila Czanka Hungary
|
312.5 |
Men's 70 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fedail Güler Turkey
|
350 |
| 2 |
Yoto Yotov Bulgaria
|
345 |
| 3 |
Angel Genchev Bulgaria
|
340 |
Men's 76 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Pablo Lara Cuba
|
365 |
| 2 |
 Ingo Steinhöfel Germany
|
362.5 |
| 3 |
 Ruslan Savchenko Ukraine
|
360 |
Men's 83 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marc Huster Germany
|
382.5 |
| 2 |
 Sergo Chakhoyan Armenia
|
380 |
| 3 |
Sunay Bulut Turkey
|
375 |
Men's 91 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Aleksey Petrov Russia
|
412.5 |
| 2 |
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Greece
|
397.5 |
| 3 |
 Viktor Belyatsky Belarus
|
380 |
Men's 99 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sergey Syrtsov Russia
|
417.5 |
| 2 |
Viktor Tregubov Russia
|
405 |
| 3 |
Stanislav Rybalchenko Ukraine
|
395 |
Men's 108 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Timour Taimazov Ukraine
|
435 |
| 2 |
 Nicu Vlad Australia
|
422.5 |
| 3 |
Artur Akoyev Russia
|
420 |
Men's +108 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Aleksandr Kurlovich Belarus
|
457.5 |
| 2 |
Andrei Chemerkin Russia
|
452.5 |
| 3 |
Stefan Botev Australia
|
435 |
Women's 46 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Yun Yanhong China
|
180 |
| 2 |
 Kunjarani Devi India
|
167.5 |
| 3 | Tsai Huey-woan Chinese Taipei | 155 |
Women's 50 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Robin Goad United States
|
175 |
| 2 |
Izabela Dragneva Bulgaria
|
165 |
| 3 | Chen Li-chuan Chinese Taipei | 165 |
Women's 54 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Karnam Malleswari India
|
197.5 |
| 2 | Li Fengying Chinese Taipei | 195 |
| 3 |
Janeta Georgieva Bulgaria
|
185 |
Women's 59 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zou Feie China
|
220 |
| 2 |
Gergana Kirilova Bulgaria
|
202.5 |
| 3 |
 Khassaraporn Suta Thailand
|
197.5 |
Women's 64 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Hongyun China
|
235 |
| 2 | Kuo Yi-hang Chinese Taipei | 205 |
| 3 |
Erzsébet Márkus Hungary
|
197.5 |
Women's 70 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zhou Meihong China
|
222.5 |
| 2 |
Qu Lihua China
|
220 |
| 3 |
Wasana Putcharkarn Thailand
|
210 |
Women's 76 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Panagiota Antonopoulou Greece
|
220 |
| 2 |
Mária Takács Hungary
|
217.5 |
| 3 |
Albina Khomich Russia
|
212.5 |
Women's 83 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 María Isabel Urrutia Colombia
|
237.5 |
| 2 | Chen Shu-chih Chinese Taipei | 235 |
| 3 |
Derya Açıkgöz Turkey
|
220 |
Women's +83 kg, 1994 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Karoliina Lundahl Finland
|
230 |
| 2 | Chen Hsiao-lien Chinese Taipei | 217.5 |
| 3 |
 Myrtle Augee Great Britain
|
217.5 |