The Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (77 kg) is the fourth 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 including Rowing (sport), rowing, Weightlifting#Weightlifting sports, weight lifting, and especi ...
event at the
weightlifting
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competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 77 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, Australi ...
took place in
Athens, Greece
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on 25 November 1999.
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 rest ...
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 26–27
{{DEFAULTSORT:1999 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 77 kg
- Mens 77 kg, 1999 World Weightlifting Championships