The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14, 1997. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 189 athletes (51 nations) competing, while there were 143 women in action from 29 nations.

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1997 World Championships

Host city	Chiang Mai, Thailand
Dates	6–14 December
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Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	10	3	1	14
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	6
3	Indonesia	2	0	1	3
4	Russia	2	0	0	2
5	Poland	1	2	2	5
6	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
7	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4
8	Turkey	0	2	0	2
9	Hungary	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
	North Korea	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
	Thailand	0	1	1	2
14	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
16	Myanmar	0	0	3	3
17	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		19	19	19	57

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Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	29	9	6	44
2	Bulgaria	8	5	5	18
3	Indonesia	4	0	5	9
4	Russia	3	7	1	11
5	Poland	3	5	5	13
6	Slovakia	3	0	0	3
7	Myanmar	2	2	5	9
8	Chinese Taipei	1	6	7	14
9	Thailand	1	2	2	5
10	Germany	1	2	0	3
11	Cuba	1	1	0	2
12	Venezuela	1	0	1	2
13	Hungary	0	3	2	5
	South Korea	0	3	2	5
15	Turkey	0	3	1	4
16	India	0	2	2	4
17	Colombia	0	2	1	3
	North Korea	0	2	1	3
19	Azerbaijan	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
21	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
22	Latvia	0	0	3	3
	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
24	Spain	0	0	2	2
25	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		57	57	57	171

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332 competitors from 58 nations competed.

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine