The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017.
Doping bans Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at previous Olympic Games, under International Weightlifting Federation rules stating that any country that had three positive tests uncovered by the International Olympic Committee during re-testing of stored urine samples for banned substances from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics would be banned.
The banned countries were: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Azerbaijan.
Boycott North Korea and Venezuela boycotted the World Championships due to the crises in relations between the United States and these countries. The World Championships organizing committee had said it did not foresee any visa problems for the North Korean team.
Medal summary
Men
56 kg ()Snatch 126 kg 119 kg 118 kgClean & Jerk 153 kg 151 kg 149 kgTotal 279 kg 270 kg 266 kg62 kg ()Snatch 136 kg 135 kg 135 kgClean & Jerk 170 kg 167 kg 165 kgTotal 300 kg 299 kg 298 kg69 kg ()Snatch 148 kg 147 kg 144 kgClean & Jerk 179 kg 178 kg 177 kgTotal 326 kg 321 kg 318 kg77 kg ()Snatch 165 kg 158 kg 155 kgClean & Jerk 196 kg 194 kg 193 kgTotal 361 kg 352 kg 348 kg85 kg () Snatch 175 kg 174 kg 162 kg Clean & Jerk 203 kg 197 kg 196 kg Total 378 kg 359 kg 358 kg94 kg () Snatch 184 kg 183 kg 172 kg Clean & Jerk 233 kg 220 kg 214 kg Total 417 kg 385 kg 383 kg105 kg ()Snatch 183 kg 182 kg 181 kgClean & Jerk 222 kg 222 kg 221 kgTotal 404 kg 402 kg 399 kg+105 kg () Snatch 220 kg 211 kg 203 kg Clean & Jerk 257 kg 253 kg 251 kg Total 477 kg 454 kg 453 kg
Women 48 kg ()Snatch 86 kg 85 kg 81 kgClean & Jerk 109 kg 107 kg 102 kgTotal 194 kg 193 kg 182 kg53 kg ()Snatch 96 kg 91 kg 87 kgClean & Jerk 114 kg 113 kg 113 kgTotal 210 kg 204 kg 199 kg58 kg ()Snatch 105 kg 105 kg 101 kgClean & Jerk 135 kg 126 kg 122 kgTotal 240 kg 225 kg 222 kg63 kg ()Snatch 109 kg 102 kg 101 kgClean & Jerk 128 kg 127 kg 124 kgTotal 237 kg 225 kg 225 kg69 kg ()Snatch 106 kg 104 kg 104 kgClean & Jerk 136 kg 135 kg 131 kgTotal 239 kg 235 kg 233 kg75 kg () Snatch 118 kg 108 kg 107 kg Clean & Jerk 140 kg 134 kg 132 kg Total 258 kg 240 kg 237 kg90 kg ()Snatch 120 kg 113 kg 112 kgClean & Jerk 146 kg 145 kg 141 kgTotal 265 kg 255 kg 254 kg+90 kg () Snatch 126 kg 124 kg 119 kg Clean & Jerk 158 kg 153 kg 152 kg Total 284 kg 275 kg 268 kg
Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
Team ranking
Men
RankTeamPoints 1 512 2 457 3 355 4 345 5 342 6 320
Women RankTeamPoints 1 496 2 473 3 472 4 442 5 405 6 390
Participating nations A total of 315 competitors from 63 nations participated.
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References
External links Official website Results Results Book