Worlds · November 1995
1995 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1995 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Guangzhou, China, from 16 to 26 November 1995. This page lists the medallists in its 19 classes. Among the men, gold went to Zhang Xiangsen (54 kg, 285 kg), Leonidas Sabanis (59 kg, 302.5 kg), Naim Süleymanoğlu (64 kg, 327.5 kg), Zhan Xugang (70 kg, 347.5 kg), Pablo Lara (76 kg, 367.5 kg), Pyrros Dimas (83 kg, 385 kg), Igor Alekseyev (91 kg, 390 kg), Kakhi Kakhiashvili (99 kg, 410 kg), Ihor Razoronov (108 kg, 417.5 kg) and Andrei Chemerkin (+108 kg, 442.5 kg). Among the women, gold went to Guan Hong (46 kg, 180 kg), Liu Xiuhua (50 kg, 187.5 kg), Karnam Malleswari (54 kg, 202.5 kg), Chen Xiaomin (59 kg, 215 kg), Chen Jui-lien (64 kg, 212.5 kg), Tang Weifang (70 kg, 225 kg), Li Yan (76 kg, 227.5 kg), Chen Shu-chih (83 kg, 240 kg) and Erika Takács (+83 kg, 232.5 kg).
- Medallists
- 57
- Classes
- 19
- Start date
- 16 Nov 1995
The 1995 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 54 kg, Men's 64 kg, Men's 83 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 59 kg by 12.5 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, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Zhang Xiangsen China
|
285 |
| 2 |
 Halil Mutlu Turkey
|
285 |
| 3 |
Lan Shizhang China
|
272.5 |
Men's 59 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Leonidas Sabanis Greece
|
302.5 |
| 2 |
 Chun Byung-kwan South Korea
|
300 |
| 3 |
 Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria
|
295 |
Men's 64 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey
|
327.5 |
| 2 |
Valerios Leonidis Greece
|
327.5 |
| 3 |
Peng Song China
|
315 |
Men's 70 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zhan Xugang China
|
347.5 |
| 2 |
Fedail Güler Turkey
|
345 |
| 3 |
Ergün Batmaz Turkey
|
340 |
Men's 76 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Pablo Lara Cuba
|
367.5 |
| 2 |
Yoto Yotov Bulgaria
|
365 |
| 3 |
Viktor Mitrou Greece
|
357.5 |
Men's 83 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pyrros Dimas Greece
|
385 |
| 2 |
 Marc Huster Germany
|
385 |
| 3 |
 Vadim Vacarciuc Moldova
|
375 |
Men's 91 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Igor Alekseyev Russia
|
390 |
| 2 |
 Aleksander Karapetyan Armenia
|
382.5 |
| 3 |
 Andrey Makarov Kazakhstan
|
380 |
Men's 99 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Greece
|
410 |
| 2 |
Sergey Syrtsov Russia
|
410 |
| 3 |
Anatoly Khrapaty Kazakhstan
|
400 |
Men's 108 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ihor Razoronov Ukraine
|
417.5 |
| 2 |
Cui Wenhua China
|
407.5 |
| 3 |
Sergey Flerko Russia
|
405 |
Men's +108 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Andrei Chemerkin Russia
|
442.5 |
| 2 |
Ronny Weller Germany
|
440 |
| 3 |
 Stefan Botev Australia
|
435 |
Women's 46 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Guan Hong China
|
180 |
| 2 |
 Kunjarani Devi India
|
175 |
| 3 | Tsai Huey-woan Chinese Taipei | 165 |
Women's 50 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liu Xiuhua China
|
187.5 |
| 2 | Chu Nan-mei Chinese Taipei | 177.5 |
| 3 |
Izabela Dragneva Bulgaria
|
172.5 |
Women's 54 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Karnam Malleswari India
|
202.5 |
| 2 |
Zhang Xixiang China
|
195 |
| 3 | Kuo Ping-chun Chinese Taipei | 185 |
Women's 59 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chen Xiaomin China
|
215 |
| 2 |
Neelam Setti Laxmi India
|
202.5 |
| 3 | Wu Mei-yi Chinese Taipei | 195 |
Women's 64 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Jui-lien Chinese Taipei | 212.5 |
| 2 |
Gergana Kirilova Bulgaria
|
205 |
| 3 |
Maria Christoforidou Greece
|
200 |
Women's 70 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tang Weifang China
|
225 |
| 2 |
Li Hongyun China
|
217.5 |
| 3 |
Milena Trendafilova Bulgaria
|
215 |
Women's 76 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Yan China
|
227.5 |
| 2 |
Zhang Xiaoli China
|
225 |
| 3 |
 Mária Takács Hungary
|
220 |
Women's 83 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Shu-chih Chinese Taipei | 240 |
| 2 |
 María Isabel Urrutia Colombia
|
237.5 |
| 3 |
Panagiota Antonopoulou Greece
|
225 |
Women's +83 kg, 1995 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Erika Takács Hungary
|
232.5 |
| 2 | Chen Hsiao-lien Chinese Taipei | 230 |
| 3 |
 Karoliina Lundahl Finland
|
227.5 |