| 2003 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 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 18 and 19 November 2003.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 18 November 2003 | 14:00 | Group D |
| 19 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 15:00 | Group B | |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 172.5 kg |  Erdal Sunar (TUR) | 172.5 kg |  Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 215.0 kg |  Yuan Aijun (CHN) | 212.5 kg | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 205.0 kg |
| Total | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 382.5 kg | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | 382.5 kg | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 377.5 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 | |||||
 | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | A | 84.45 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 8 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | | 382.5 | |
 | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | A | 84.53 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 4 | 200.0 | 212.5 | | 382.5 | ||
 | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | A | 82.70 | 172.5 | | 202.5 | 205.0 | | 377.5 | |||
| 4 | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | A | 84.44 | 172.5 | | 205.0 | 4 | 377.5 | ||||
| 5 | Erdal Sunar (TUR) | A | 84.40 | 170.0 | 172.5 | | 200.0 | 8 | 372.5 | |||
| 6 |  Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | A | 84.83 | 170.0 | 5 | 200.0 | 10 | 370.0 | ||||
| 7 | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | A | 84.10 | 165.0 | 10 | 202.5 | 5 | 367.5 | ||||
| 8 |  Ilir Kafarani (ALB) | B | 83.95 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 9 | 200.0 | 6 | 365.0 | |||
| 9 |  Hadi Panzvan (IRI) | B | 84.38 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 7 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 11 | 365.0 | ||
| 10 |  Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | A | 84.80 | 165.0 | 12 | 200.0 | 9 | 365.0 | ||||
| 11 |  Ramzi Al-Mahrous (KSA) | B | 84.36 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 14 | 200.0 | 7 | 360.0 | |||
| 12 |  Olexiy Petrov (UKR) | B | 84.87 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 13 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 18 | 357.5 | ||
| 13 |  Oscar Chaplin (USA) | C | 84.70 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 190.0 | 20 | 355.0 | ||
| 14 |  Donatas Anuškevičius (LTU) | B | 84.48 | 157.5 | 16 | 195.0 | 13 | 352.5 | ||||
| 15 |  Natig Hasanov (AZE) | B | 84.49 | 157.5 | — | 17 | 187.5 | 195.0 | 14 | 352.5 | ||
| 16 |  Tigran Kamalyan (ARM) | B | 84.55 | 157.5 | 18 | 195.0 | 15 | 352.5 | ||||
| 17 | Gevorg Aleksanyan (ARM) | B | 79.61 | 155.0 | 19 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 195.0 | 12 | 350.0 | ||
| 18 |  Georgi Gardev (BUL) | B | 83.87 | 167.5 | 6 | 182.5 | 27 | 350.0 | ||||
| 19 |  Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) | B | 84.65 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 22 | 192.5 | 17 | 347.5 | |||
| 20 |  Abdallah Al-Sebaei (SYR) | B | 83.47 | 155.0 | 21 | 190.0 | 19 | 345.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | C | 83.39 | 150.0 | 25 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 16 | 342.5 | |||
| 22 |  Zbyněk Vacurá (CZE) | C | 81.23 | 155.0 | 20 | 185.0 | 23 | 340.0 | ||||
| 23 |  David Matam (FRA) | C | 84.74 | 155.0 | 23 | 185.0 | 25 | 340.0 | ||||
| 24 | Petr Hruby (CZE) | C | 83.67 | 152.5 | 24 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 24 | 337.5 | |||
| 25 |  José Juan Navarro (ESP) | C | 84.20 | 150.0 | 27 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 21 | 337.5 | |||
| 26 |  Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | C | 84.91 | 150.0 | 29 | 187.5 | 22 | 337.5 | ||||
| 27 |  Peter May (GBR) | D | 84.78 | 150.0 | 28 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 26 | 335.0 | ||
| 28 |  Toyotaka Murata (JPN) | C | 83.40 | 150.0 | 26 | 177.5 | 30 | 327.5 | ||||
| 29 |  Herbys Márquez (VEN) | D | 84.53 | 145.0 | 30 | 180.0 | 28 | 325.0 | ||||
| 30 |  Mohamed Eissa (EGY) | C | 84.57 | 140.0 | 32 | 180.0 | 29 | 320.0 | ||||
| 31 |  Moisés Cartagena (PUR) | D | 84.49 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 31 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 31 | 310.0 | ||
| 32 |  Jason MacLean (CAN) | D | 83.75 | 127.5 | 33 | 155.0 | 33 | 282.5 | ||||
| 33 |  Gabriel Prongué (SUI) | D | 84.23 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 35 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 32 | 277.5 | ||
| 34 |  Julian McWatt (GUY) | D | 84.34 | 122.5 | 34 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 34 | 275.0 | |||
| — |  Rutherford Jeremiah (NRU) | D | 83.86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  Song Jong-shik (KOR) | A | 84.55 | 160.0 | 15 | — | — | |||||
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