The Men's Middle-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (94 kg) is the sixth men's
weight class
Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports (such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and wrestling). Altern ...
event at the
weightlifting
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competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the
1999 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.
It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Austral ...
took place on 1999-11-27 in
Athens, Greece
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.
Each lifter performed in both the
snatch and
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
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
Records
Results
New records
References
Weightlifting DatabankWeightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 28–29
{{DEFAULTSORT:1999 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 94 kg
- Mens 94 kg, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships