Powerlifting men's middleweight at the 1997 World Games
Venue	Lahti, Finland
Date	8 August 1997
Competitors	7 from 6 nations
Medalists
Petri Triharyanto   Dmitriy Soloviov   Jan Wilczyński
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The men's middleweight competition in powerlifting at the 1997 World Games took place on 8 August 1997 in Lahti, Finland.^[1]

A total of 7 athletes entered the competition. Each athlete had 3 attempts in each of 3 events: squat, bench press and deadlift. Athlete, who came with the biggest score in Wilks points is the winner.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Weight	Squat	Bench press	Deadlift	Total weight	Total points
	Petri Triharyanto	Indonesia	75.6	300.0	192.5	290.0	782.5	554.47
	Dmitriy Soloviov	Ukraine	77.6	300.0	207.5	285.0	792.5	551.81
	Jan Wilczyński	Poland	70.3	275.0	155.0	290.0	720.0	537.76
4	Jarmo Laine	Finland	74.1	285.0	180.0	282.5	747.5	537.15
5	Hsieh I-ching	Chinese Taipei	75.1	300.0	152.5	300.0	752.5	535.70
6	Vasiliy Kurtiak	Ukraine	81.5	285.0	182.5	312.5	780.0	526.42
	Jeff Butt	Canada	74.8	NM	-	-	DSQ	DSQ

• Results on IWGA website