See main article: 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.
| Snatch | 167.5 kg | 165.0 kg | 162.5 kg | ||||
| Clean & Jerk | 202.5 kg | 202.5 kg | 202.5 kg | ||||
| Total | 365.0 kg | 362.5 kg | 360.0 kg |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank | width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank |
| 76.14 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 365.0 | ||||||||||
| 76.48 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 8 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 362.5 | |||||||
| 76.32 | 157.5 | 165.0 | 185.0 | 195.0 | 7 | 360.0 | |||||||||
| 4 | 76.90 | 157.5 | 11 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 360.0 | |||||||||
| 5 | 76.55 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 4 | 187.5 | 195.0 | 8 | 357.5 | ||||||
| 6 | 76.66 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 168.0 | 190.0 | 13 | 357.5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 75.78 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 6 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 6 | 355.0 | |||||||
| 8 | 76.61 | 162.5 | 5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 10 | 355.0 | ||||||||
| 9 | 76.46 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 14 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 5 | 352.5 | ||||||
| 10 | 76.09 | 160.0 | 7 | 190.0 | 11 | 350.0 | |||||||||
| 11 | 76.91 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 9 | 350.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 76.65 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 10 | 190.0 | 12 | 347.5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 76.62 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 15 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 15 | 332.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 76.90 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 17 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 16 | 332.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 76.62 | 145.0 | 18 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 14 | 330.0 | ||||||||
| 16 | 76.88 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 16 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 17 | 327.5 | |||||||
| 17 | 76.20 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 19 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 18 | 312.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 76.33 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 21 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 20 | 295.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 76.68 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 160.0 | 22 | 295.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 76.92 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 23 | 165.0 | 19 | 295.0 | ||||||||
| 21 | 75.46 | 130.0 | 22 | 160.0 | 21 | 290.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | 76.81 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 25 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 23 | 280.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 75.31 | 120.0 | 24 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 24 | 275.0 | ||||||||
| 24 | 76.90 | 110.0 | 26 | 140.0 | 150.0 | — | 25 | 260.0 | |||||||
| — | 76.80 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 9 | — | — | |||||||||
| — | 76.74 | 155.0 | 12 | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | 76.67 | — | 200.0 | 4 | — | ||||||||||
| width=100 | Snatch | width=70 | 168.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 |