Season 2002

Weightlifting Rankings 2002

The ten best totals (snatch plus clean and jerk) of 2002 in every weightlifting class, one per lifter, from every international competition in the results, Olympic Games and World Championships down to continental and junior meets. These are the season's best totals, not the IWF's Olympic qualification ranking.

Classes ranked
15
Lifters listed
150
Rankings

Best totals of 2002 by class

All competitions

Each lifter appears once per class, with their best total of the season and where they made it. The classes are the IWF weight classes in force at the last meet of 2002.

Men's 56 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Wu Meijin 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 287.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Romania Adrian Jigău 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Yang Chin-yi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Wang Shin-yuan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 272.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Yasen Stoyanov 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 265 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
6 Hungary László Tancsics 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 265 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Colombia Óscar Figueroa 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 260 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
8 Indonesia Jadi Setiadi 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 260 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
9 France Eric Bonnel 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 250 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Theocharis Chatzidis 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Men's 62 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Shi Zhiyong 2002 University World Cup 325 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
2 North Korea Im Yong-su 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 315 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 China Zhang Xiangxiang 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 312.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
4 Bulgaria Stefan Georgiev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 310 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 China Le Maosheng 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 310 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Greece Leonidas Sabanis 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 307.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Likhvald 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 292.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Colombia Diego Salazar 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 292.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Armenia Artur Danielyan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 290 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 China Li Yinglong 2002 University World Cup 285 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002

Men's 69 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Zhang Guozheng 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 347.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 China Chen Chufu 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 345 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Tunisia Youssef Sbai 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 335 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Egypt Mohamed El-Tantawy 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 332.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Bulgaria Ekrem Celil 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 332.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Azerbaijan Turan Mirzayev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 332.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Ferit Sen 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 330 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Russia Andrey Matveev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 325 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Turkey Taner Sağır 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 322.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
10 Greece Georgios Tzelilis 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 317.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Men's 77 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Bulgaria Georgi Markov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 370 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Russia Oleg Perepetchenov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 367.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Iran Mohammad Hossein Barkhah 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 365 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 China Li Hongli 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 365 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Turkey Reyhan Arabacıoğlu 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 360 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Yuriy Lavrenyuk 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 350 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
7 Han Huaping 2002 University World Cup 345 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
8 Iraklis Psomiadis 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 340 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
9 Dominik Lukasz Dyderski 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 340 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Fatih Baydar 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 337.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002

Men's 85 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Georgia Giorgi Asanidze 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 385 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Bulgaria Zlatan Vanev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 385 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Belarus Ruslan Novikov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 380 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Albania Ilirjan Suli 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 380 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Romania Valeriu Calancea 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 377.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Poland Mariusz Rytkowski 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 377.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Belarus Andrei Rybakou 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 370 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
8 China Yuan Aijun 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 370 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Ilir Kafarani 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 367.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Iran Hadi Panzvan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 367.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Men's 94 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Azerbaijan Nizami Pashayev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 392.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Bulgaria Milen Dobrev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 387.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Germany Oliver Caruso 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 387.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Bakhyt Akhmetov 2002 University World Cup 385 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
5 Aleksander Karapetyan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 382.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Spain Santiago Martínez 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 375 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Talat Bayam 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 372.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Sandor Dioszegi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 372.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Valeri Pokryvchak 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 370 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Konstantinos Papadopoulos 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 370 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Men's 105 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Ukraine Denys Hotfrid 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 420 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Bulgaria Alan Tsagaev 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 417.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Russia Vladimir Smorchkov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 417.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Poland Marcin Dołęga 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 415 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
5 Iran Hossein Tavakkoli 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 415 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Turkey Bünyamin Sudaş 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 415 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Poland Robert Dołęga 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 412.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Germany Andre Rohde 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 407.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Russia Gleb Pisarevskiy 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 407.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Florin Vlad 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 400 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Men's +105 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Iran Hossein Rezazadeh 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 472.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Bulgaria Damian Damianov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 450 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Ukraine Artem Udachyn 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 440 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Shane Hamman 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 425 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Poland Grzegorz Kleszcz 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 425 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Russia Roman Meshcheryakov 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 417.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Siarhei Karasiou 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 412.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Bulgaria Velichko Cholakov 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 402.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
9 Egypt Mohamed Ihsan 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 402.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
10 Czechia Petr Sobotka 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 400 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Women's 48 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Wang Mingjuan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 207.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 China Li Zhuo 2002 University World Cup 200 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
3 Turkey Nurcan Taylan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 192.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Bulgaria Izabela Dragneva 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 182.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Spain Gema Peris 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 172.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Russia Svetlana Ulyanova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 167.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Japan Masumi Imaoka 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 167.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 France Dahbia Rigaud 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 160 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Egypt Enga Mohamed 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 160 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Simona Galabarova 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 155 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002

Women's 53 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 North Korea Ri Song-hui 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 China Li Xuejiu 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 222.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Thailand Udomporn Polsak 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 215 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 Meng Xianjuan 2002 University World Cup 212.5 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
5 Colombia Mabel Mosquera 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Tang Juanhua 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 197.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
7 Bulgaria Donka Mincheva 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 197.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Turkey Aylin Daşdelen 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 190 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
9 Egypt Esmat Mansour 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 187.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 United States Tara Cunningham 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 185 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Women's 58 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Sun Caiyan 2002 University World Cup 237.5 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
2 China Song Zhijuan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 230 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Zhou Yan 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
4 Thailand Wandee Kameaim 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 212.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Greece Charikleia Kastritsi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 210 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Hungary Henrietta Raki 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 207.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Canada Maryse Turcotte 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Great Britain Michaela Breeze 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Nely Simova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 202.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Poland Marieta Gotfryd 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 202.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Women's 63 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 China Liu Xia 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Greece Anastasia Tsakiri 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Li Chunmei 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
4 Bulgaria Gergana Kirilova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 Olga Obrezkova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 220 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Turkey Döndü Ay 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 217.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Thailand Saipin Detsaeng 2002 University World Cup 212.5 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
8 Bulgaria Zlatina Atanasova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 207.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Leila Lassouani 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 205 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Tatiana Merker 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 202.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002

Women's 69 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Thailand Pawina Thongsuk 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 260 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 Russia Valentina Popova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 257.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 China Liu Chunhong 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 255 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
4 Egypt Nahla Ramadan 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 245 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 China Liu Haixia 2002 University World Cup 242.5 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
6 Hungary Eszter Krutzler 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 240 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Ukraine Vanda Maslovska 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 237.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Angela Medina 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 232.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
9 Turkey Sibel Şimşek 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 227.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
10 Russia Zarema Kasaeva 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Women's 75 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Russia Svetlana Khabirova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 262.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 China Sun Ruiping 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 260 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
3 Hungary Gyöngyi Likerecz 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 255 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
4 Zhang Ning 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 242.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
5 Greece Christina Ioannidi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 235 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Hungary Ilona Dankó 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 235 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
7 Nagham Mohamed Ramadan 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 225 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
8 Kazakhstan Tatyana Khromova 2002 University World Cup 225 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
9 Hungary Katalin Laczi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 222.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Turkey Aysel Özgür 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 220 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002

Women's +75 kg rankings, 2002

# Lifter Total Competition
1 Poland Agata Wróbel 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 287.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
2 China Ding Meiyuan 2002 University World Cup 285 2002 University World Cup 28 Jun 2002
3 Russia Albina Wiktorowna Chomitsch 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 282.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
4 China Tang Gonghong 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
5 United States Cheryl Haworth 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 277.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
6 Lan Tong 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 272.5 2002 Junior World Weightlifting Championships 30 May 2002
7 Hungary Viktória Varga 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 270 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
8 Greece Vasiliki Kasapi 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 265 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
9 Ukraine Viktoriya Shaimardanova 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 257.5 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
10 Ukraine Olha Korobka 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 250 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002
Seasons

Weightlifting rankings for every season since 1998

Sources

  • Results data: OpenWeightlifting, up to 23 July 2026.

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