| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 23 November 2002.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 23 November 2002 | 09:00 | Group C |
| 11:00 | Group B | |
| 17:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 177.5 kg |  Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | 175.0 kg |  Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 217.5 kg | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 207.5 kg |  Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 207.5 kg |
| Total | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 385.0 kg | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 385.0 kg | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 380.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 182.5 kg | Havířov, Czech Republic | 2 June 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 395.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | A | 83.45 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 8 | 212.5 | 217.5 | | 385.0 | ||
 | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | A | 84.90 | 172.5 | 177.5 | | 205.0 | 207.5 | 4 | 385.0 | ||
 | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | A | 84.35 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | | 380.0 |
| 4 | Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | A | 84.65 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 175.0 | | 197.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 7 | 380.0 |
| 5 | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | A | 84.35 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 5 | 207.5 | | 377.5 | |||
| 6 |  Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | A | 84.60 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 4 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 6 | 377.5 | ||
| 7 | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | B | 84.65 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 6 | 200.0 | 11 | 370.0 | |||
| 8 | Ilir Kafarani (ALB) | B | 84.40 | 162.5 | 15 | 195.0 | 205.0 | 5 | 367.5 | |||
| 9 |  Hadi Panzvan (IRI) | A | 84.90 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 13 | 202.5 | 8 | 367.5 | |||
| 10 |  Ayhan Çiçek (TUR) | B | 83.45 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 10 | 365.0 | |
| 11 |  Oscar Chaplin (USA) | B | 84.35 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 18 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 12 | 357.5 | ||
| 12 |  György Ehrlich (HUN) | B | 84.50 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 12 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 14 | 357.5 | |
| 13 | Jiang Hairong (CHN) | B | 82.75 | 165.0 | 9 | 190.0 | 15 | 355.0 | ||||
| 14 |  Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | C | 83.30 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 20 | 192.5 | 200.0 | 9 | 355.0 | ||
| 15 |  Anatoliy Mushyk (UKR) | B | 83.45 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 14 | 190.0 | 16 | 352.5 | |||
| 16 | Volodymyr Bondar (UKR) | B | 83.50 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 17 | 190.0 | 17 | 350.0 | |||
| 17 |  José Llerena (ECU) | C | 84.65 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 23 | 190.0 | 18 | 340.0 | |||
| 18 |  Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | C | 84.90 | 150.0 | 24 | 190.0 | 19 | 340.0 | ||||
| 19 |  Kazumi Suzuki (JPN) | C | 83.75 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 22 | 185.0 | 20 | 335.0 | |||
| 20 |  Pavol Trojčák (SVK) | C | 84.80 | 140.0 | 25 | 170.0 | 21 | 310.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Deniss Žuļins (LAT) | C | 81.90 | 135.0 | 26 | 165.0 | 22 | 300.0 | ||||
| 22 | Yuki Hiraoka (JPN) | C | 85.00 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 27 | 165.0 | 23 | 300.0 | |||
| 23 |  Carl Dumas (CAN) | C | 81.20 | 130.0 | 28 | 155.0 | 24 | 285.0 | ||||
| — | Karol Gorczyczewski (POL) | B | 83.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Iraklis Psomiadis (GRE) | A | 84.35 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | — | — | ||||
| — | Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) | A | 84.35 | 155.0 | 21 | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  Tigran Kamalyan (ARM) | B | 84.55 | — | 195.0 | 13 | — | |||||
| — | Georgios Markoulas (GRE) | B | 84.85 | 157.5 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — |  Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | A | 84.85 | 170.0 | 7 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Natig Hasanov (AZE) | B | 85.00 | 162.5 | 16 | — | — | |||||