| 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 69 kilograms division was staged on 21 November 2002.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 21 November 2002 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 14:00 | Group B | |
| 17:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Chen Chufu (CHN) | 157.5 kg | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 155.0 kg |  Youssef Sbai (TUN) | 152.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 192.5 kg | Chen Chufu (CHN) | 187.5 kg |  Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY) | 187.5 kg |
| Total | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 347.5 kg | Chen Chufu (CHN) | 345.0 kg | Youssef Sbai (TUN) | 335.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Georgi Markov (BUL) | 165.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 196.5 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 | |
| Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 24 November 1999 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | A | 68.80 | 150.0 | 155.0 |  | 185.0 | 192.5 | | 347.5 | ||
| Chen Chufu (CHN) | A | 68.05 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | | 177.5 | 182.5 | 187.5 | | 345.0 |
 | Youssef Sbai (TUN) | A | 68.40 | 147.5 | 152.5 | | 182.5 | 5 | 335.0 | |||
| 4 |  Ekrem Celil (TUR) | A | 68.45 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 7 | 185.0 | 4 | 332.5 | |||
| 5 | Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY) | B | 68.80 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 8 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 187.5 | | 332.5 | |
| 6 |  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | A | 68.90 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 4 | 180.0 | 9 | 332.5 | |||
| 7 | Ferit Şen (TUR) | A | 68.95 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 5 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 10 | 330.0 | ||
| 8 |  Andrey Matveyev (RUS) | A | 68.90 | 145.0 | 9 | 180.0 | 8 | 325.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Vencelas Dabaya (CMR) | B | 67.60 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 10 | 175.0 | 11 | 317.5 | |||
| 10 |  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) | A | 68.75 | 142.5 | 11 | 175.0 | 12 | 317.5 | ||||
| 11 |  Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | B | 68.80 | 135.0 | 16 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 7 | 315.0 | |||
| 12 |  Lucian Maxinianu (ROM) | B | 68.05 | 140.0 | 13 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 16 | 307.5 | ||
| 13 |  Romuald Ernault (FRA) | B | 68.90 | 140.0 | 14 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 17 | 302.5 | |||
| 14 |  Yoshito Shintani (JPN) | B | 68.15 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 18 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 13 | 300.0 | ||
| 15 | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | B | 68.45 | 130.0 | 19 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 14 | 300.0 | ||
| 16 | Maurizio Bombaci (ITA) | B | 68.65 | 125.0 | 23 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 15 | 295.0 | |||
| 17 |  Julio Idrovo (ECU) | C | 68.20 | 135.0 | 15 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 20 | 292.5 | |||
| 18 | Samuel Suywens (FRA) | C | 68.30 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 17 | 152.5 | 23 | 285.0 | |||
| 19 |  Kuo Cheng-wei (TPE) | C | 68.10 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 21 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 19 | 282.5 | ||
| 20 |  Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) | C | 66.50 | 125.0 | 20 | 155.0 | 21 | 280.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Manuel Martín (ESP) | C | 68.30 | 120.0 | 24 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 18 | 280.0 | ||
| 22 |  Ben Turner (AUS) | C | 68.75 | 115.0 | 25 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 22 | 270.0 | |||
| 23 |  Wayne Healy (IRL) | C | 68.20 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 26 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 24 | 235.0 | |
| — |  Dmitrijs Artamonovs (LAT) | C | 68.10 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 22 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Mehdi Panzvan (IRI) | A | 68.40 | — | 175.0 | 180.0 | 6 | — | ||||
| — | Hassan Amin Sobhi (EGY) | B | 68.80 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 12 | — | — | ||||
| — | Javad Khoshdel (IRI) | A | 68.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | A | 68.95 | 150.0 | 6 | — | — | |||||