The men's middleweight competition in powerlifting at the 1997 World Games took place on 8 August 1997 in Lahti, Finland.

Competition format A total of 7 athletes entered the competition. Each athlete had 3 attempts in each of 3 events: squat, bench press and deadlift. Athlete, who came with the biggest score in Wilks points is the winner.

Results RankAthleteNationWeightSquatBenchpressDeadliftTotal weightTotal pointsPetri Triharyanto Indonesia75.6300.0192.5290.0782.5554.47Dmitriy Soloviov Ukraine 77.6300.0207.5285.0792.5551.81Jan Wilczyński Poland 70.3275.0155.0290.0720.0537.764Jarmo Laine Finland74.1285.0180.0282.5747.5537.155Hsieh I-ching Chinese Taipei75.1300.0152.5300.0752.5535.706Vasiliy Kurtiak Ukraine81.5285.0182.5312.5780.0526.42 Jeff Butt Canada74.8NM--DSQDSQ

References

External links Results on IWGA website