The 1899 World Weightlifting Championship is the 3rd world championship, which was held April 4 - 5, 1899 in Milan ( Italy ). The championship was attended by 5 athletes from three countries.
World Championship was won by Russian athlete Sergey Eliseev . He became the first Russian world weightlifting champion.
The results shown by athletes in Milan, at that time are not too high. Sergey Eliseev defeated his rivals by pushing 86.8 kilos with his right hand. A year earlier, the bronze medalist of the 1898 world championship Georg Gakkenshmidt at the Russian championship set a world record in this exercise - 115.4 kilograms.
The results of Sergei Eliseev at the 1899 World Cup: a right-handed push - 86.8 kilograms, a two-handed push - 143.3 kilograms, a two-handed press - 116.7 kilograms.
Medalists
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Open category | Sergey Eliseev ( Russia ) | Johann Rödl ( Germany ) | Enrico Skuri ( Italy ) |