1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 64 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The men's competition in the 64 kg division was staged on 8 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Wang Guohua (CHN)	147.5 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR)	145.0 kg	Xiao Jiangang (CHN)	142.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xiao Jiangang (CHN)	175.0 kg	Asif Malikov (AZE)	172.5 kg	Valentin Sarov (BUL)	170.0 kg
Total	Xiao Jiangang (CHN)	317.5 kg	Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR)	315.0 kg	Asif Malikov (AZE)	305.0 kg

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Xiao Jiangang (CHN)	63.80	137.5	142.5	~~145.0~~		175.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~		317.5
	Hafız Süleymanoğlu (TUR)	63.50	140.0	142.5	145.0		165.0	170.0	~~172.5~~	4	315.0
	Asif Malikov (AZE)	63.15	~~132.5~~	132.5	~~137.5~~	8	167.5	172.5	~~175.0~~		305.0
4	Valentin Sarov (BUL)	63.25	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	4	~~160.0~~	160.0	170.0		305.0
5	Mücahit Yağcı (TUR)	63.35	130.0	~~135.0~~	135.0	5	~~160.0~~	165.0	~~172.5~~	5	300.0
6	Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN)	63.90	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	7	160.0	~~165.0~~	~~167.5~~	9	295.0
7	Yosri Shalaly (EGY)	64.00	122.5	~~127.5~~	127.5	9	155.0	160.0	165.0	6	292.5
8	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	63.45	120.0	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	10	162.5	~~167.5~~	~~167.5~~	7	282.5
9	Mohd Hidayat Hamidon (MAS)	63.85	120.0	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	11	155.0	~~162.5~~	~~162.5~~	10	275.0
10	Kamaruzaman Jusan (MAS)	63.65	115.0	~~120.0~~	~~120.0~~	12	135.0	140.0	~~142.5~~	11	255.0
—	Wang Guohua (CHN)	64.00	142.5	145.0	147.5		~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~	—	—
—	Marian Dodiță (ROM)	63.55	130.0	135.0	~~140.0~~	6	~~162.5~~	~~162.5~~	~~162.5~~	—	—
—	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	63.90	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	—	160.0	~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~	8	—