1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 83 kg

1997 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	54 kg	46 kg
	59 kg	50 kg
	64 kg	54 kg
	70 kg	59 kg
	76 kg	64 kg
	83 kg	70 kg
	91 kg	76 kg
	99 kg	83 kg
	108 kg	+83 kg
	+108 kg
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The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 83 kg division was staged on 11 December 1997.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Andrzej Cofalik (POL)	172.5 kg	Yury Myshkovets (RUS)	172.5 kg	Dursun Sevinç (TUR)	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	207.5 kg	Krzysztof Siemion (POL)	207.5 kg	Andrzej Cofalik (POL)	207.5 kg
Total	Andrzej Cofalik (POL)	380.0 kg	Dursun Sevinç (TUR)	375.0 kg	Krzysztof Siemion (POL)	372.5 kg

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Pyrros Dimas (GRE)	180.0 kg	Atlanta, United States	26 July 1996
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	214.0 kg	Yangzhou, China	12 July 1997
	Total	Pyrros Dimas (GRE)	392.5 kg	Atlanta, United States	26 July 1996

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Andrzej Cofalik (POL)	82.55	165.0	170.0	172.5		200.0	205.0	207.5		380.0
	Dursun Sevinç (TUR)	82.75	165.0	170.0	170.0		200.0	205.0	205.0	4	375.0
	Krzysztof Siemion (POL)	82.40	160.0	165.0	165.0	5	197.5	207.5	210.0		372.5
4	Yury Myshkovets (RUS)	82.65	167.5	172.5	177.5		195.0	195.0	200.0	5	372.5
5	Valeri Pokryvchak (UKR)	82.80	147.5	152.5	152.5	10	180.0	185.0	190.0	6	337.5
6	Diego Facca (ITA)	82.95	145.0	150.0	150.0	8	185.0	190.0	190.0	7	335.0
7	Sergio Mannironi (ITA)	80.55	150.0	150.0	155.0	7	182.5	187.5	190.0	8	332.5
8	Aleksandrs Žerebkovs (LAT)	78.95	150.0	155.0	155.0	6	170.0	175.0	177.5	10	330.0
9	Mohamed Mousa (EGY)	82.15	147.5	147.5	147.5	9	175.0	180.0	185.0	9	327.5
10	James Swann (NZL)	83.00	132.5	137.5	142.5	11	165.0	172.5	180.0	12	310.0
11	Daniel Bango (CZE)	82.85	130.0	135.0	—	13	170.0	175.0	175.0	11	305.0
12	Chiu Yen-chun (TPE)	82.85	130.0	137.5	137.5	14	170.0	175.0	180.0	15	300.0
13	Anuchit Saengsiriat (THA)	81.95	125.0	130.0	130.0	16	170.0	170.0	175.0	14	295.0
14	Jason MacLean (CAN)	82.20	130.0	130.0	135.0	12	160.0	160.0	165.0	17	290.0
15	Stephen Haldun (AUS)	82.75	122.5	127.5	132.5	15	162.5	162.5	167.5	16	290.0
16	Norvell Busby (NED)	79.30	115.0	120.0	122.5	17	145.0	145.0	145.0	18	267.5
—	Mital Sharipov (KGZ)	81.95	160.0	165.0	167.5	4	—	—	—	—	—
—	Zhang Yong (CHN)	81.85	160.0	160.0	160.0	—	200.0	205.0	207.5		—
—	Bakhtiyor Nurullaev (UZB)	80.70	135.0	135.0	135.0	—	170.0	175.0	—	13	—
—	Vyacheslav Nyu (KAZ)	82.10	162.5	162.5	162.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Ibragim Samadov (KAZ)	82.45	155.0	155.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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