The Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (77 kg) is the fourth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships

1999 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999. The 70th edition of the men’s world championships and 13th edition of the women’s world championships were designated by the International Weightlifting Federation as the main qualifying...

 took place in Athens, Greece on 25 November 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

 and clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

 lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists

Snatch		170.0 kg	| 170.0 kg		165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk		205.0 kg	| 205.0 kg	| 202.5 kg
Total		370.0 kg		370.0 kg		370.0 kg

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	Snatch		168.5 kg	A Coruña A Coruña A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	16 April 1999
	Clean & Jerk		206.0 kg	Wuhan Wuhan Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	2 September 1999
	Total	World Standard	372.5 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
		76.26	155.0	160.0	165.0		195.0	200.0	205.0		370.0
		76.67	160.0	165.0	167.5	5	197.5	202.5	205.0		370.0
		76.85	160.0	165.0	170.0		197.5	197.5	200.0	7	370.0
4		76.26	157.5	162.5	165.0	7	195.0	202.5	207.5	4	365.0
5		76.24	157.5	157.5	162.5	13	190.0	200.0	202.5		360.0
6		76.72	155.0	155.0	160.0	12	190.0	195.0	200.0	6	360.0
7		76.77	162.5	167.5	170.5		190.0	190.0	200.0	17	360.0
8		75.90	152.5	157.5	162.5	6	182.5	187.5	192.5	11	355.0
9		76.47	157.5	162.5	162.5	14	197.5	212.5	212.5	8	355.0
10		76.50	155.0	160.0	165.0	4	185.0	185.0	190.0	14	355.0
11		76.50	160.0	165.0	165.0	10	190.0	195.0	195.0	15	350.0
12		76.57	140.0	145.0	150.0	22	187.5	195.0	200.0	5	350.0
13		76.54	152.5	157.5	160.0	15	185.0	190.0	195.0	16	347.5
14		76.73	150.0	155.0	155.0	23	185.0	190.0	197.5	9	347.5
15		76.11	160.0	165.0	165.0	8	185.0	192.5	192.5	20	345.0
16		76.39	150.0	155.0	160.0	16	185.0	190.0	197.5	13	345.0
17		76.90	152.5	157.5	157.5	19	182.5	187.5	192.5	12	345.0
18		76.46	155.0	160.0	162.5	9	182.5	187.5	—	22	342.5
19		76.63	145.0	150.0	150.0	29	195.0	202.5	202.5	10	340.0
20		75.82	150.0	155.0	155.0	21	185.0	190.0	190.0	19	335.0
21		76.73	145.0	150.0	152.5	18	177.5	182.5	185.0	23	335.0
22		76.75	142.5	147.5	152.5	24	175.0	185.0	185.0	21	332.5
23		76.45	135.0	142.5	145.0	32	175.0	182.5	187.5	18	330.0
24		76.89	155.0	155.0	160.0	17	160.0	170.0	175.0	30	330.0
25		76.96	142.5	147.5	152.5	20	172.5	177.5	177.5	27	330.0
26		75.75	145.0	150.0	150.0	25	175.0	180.0	185.0	25	325.0
27		76.82	142.5	147.5	147.5	33	175.0	175.0	182.5	24	325.0
28		76.60	145.0	150.0	150.0	28	175.0	177.5	180.0	26	322.5
29		76.27	140.0	145.0	—	26	170.0	175.0	177.5	28	320.0
30		76.96	145.0	150.0	152.5	31	172.5	172.5	177.5	32	317.5
31		76.73	135.0	140.0	142.5	35	170.0	175.0	177.5	29	315.0
32		76.37	140.0	145.0	145.0	27	165.0	170.0	—	39	310.0
33		76.64	140.0	145.0	150.0	30	165.0	165.0	172.5	41	310.0
34		76.13	130.0	135.0	140.0	39	165.0	172.5	177.5	31	307.5
35		74.66	135.0	135.0	135.0	38	170.0	170.0	175.0	33	305.0
36		76.75	140.0	140.0	145.0	36	165.0	165.0	167.5	43	305.0
37		76.70	137.5	142.5	142.5	37	165.0	170.0	170.0	42	302.5
38		75.88	132.5	137.5	137.5	42	162.5	167.5	172.5	35	300.0
39		76.50	130.0	135.0	135.0	40	160.0	165.0	167.5	40	300.0
40		76.81	130.0	135.0	135.0	47	165.0	170.0	175.0	34	300.0
41		76.82	132.5	132.5	137.5	43	160.0	165.0	—	44	297.5
42		76.08	125.0	130.0	132.5	45	160.0	165.0	170.0	37	295.0
43		72.90	132.5	137.5	137.5	41	157.5	157.5	162.5	46	290.0
44		74.56	125.0	130.0	130.0	48	160.0	165.0	170.0	36	290.0
45		76.30	125.0	125.0	130.0	50	165.0	165.0	170.0	38	290.0
46		75.23	125.0	130.0	130.0	44	155.0	160.0	160.0	49	285.0
47		76.78	125.0	130.0	132.5	46	150.0	155.0	160.0	50	285.0
48		74.79	120.0	120.0	125.0	49	145.0	152.5	157.5	47	282.5
49		76.24	117.5	117.5	122.5	54	155.0	160.0	162.5	45	282.5
50		76.43	120.0	127.5	127.5	57	150.0	155.0	157.5	48	277.5
51		76.44	125.0	125.0	125.0	51	150.0	155.0	155.0	51	275.0
52		76.83	115.0	122.5	127.5	56	137.5	145.0	150.0	52	272.5
53		76.45	120.0	125.0	127.5	52	137.5	142.5	145.0	53	270.0
54		76.81	117.5	122.5	127.5	55	145.0	150.0	150.0	54	267.5
55		76.59	120.0	125.0	130.0	53	130.0	130.0	137.5	56	255.0
56		74.21	105.0	107.5	107.5	58	135.0	135.0	140.0	55	240.0
—		76.62	155.0	160.0	162.5	11	195.0	195.0	197.5	—	—
—		76.49	140.0	145.0	145.0	34	185.0	185.0	—	—	—
DQ		76.75	165.0	170.0	172.5	—	200.0	200.0	200.0	—	—
DQ		73.01	115.0	120.0	125.0	—	150.0	155.0	—	—	—

New records

Snatch	170.0 kg		WR
Snatch	170.5 kg		WR