| 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 105 kilograms division was staged on 20 and 21 November 2003.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 20 November 2003 | 11:00 | Group D |
| 13:30 | Group C | |
| 21 November 2003 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | 195.0 kg |  Said Saif Asaad (QAT) | 195.0 kg |  Denys Hotfrid (UKR) | 192.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Alan Tsagaev (BUL) | 235.0 kg |  Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | 230.0 kg | Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) | 227.5 kg |
| Total | Said Saif Asaad (QAT) | 422.5 kg | Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | 417.5 kg | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | 415.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Marcin Dołęga (POL) | 198.5 kg | Havířov, Czech Republic | 4 June 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 242.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 440.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Said Saif Asaad (QAT) | A | 104.92 | 190.0 | 195.0 |  | 227.5 | 4 | 422.5 | |||
| Vladimir Smorchkov (RUS) | A | 104.02 | 190.0 | 195.0 | | 222.5 | 5 | 417.5 | |||
 | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | A | 102.96 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 7 | 225.0 | 230.0 | | 415.0 | ||
| 4 | Gleb Pisarevskiy (RUS) | A | 103.62 | 182.5 | 10 | 222.5 | 227.5 | | 410.0 | |||
| 5 | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | A | 104.71 | 190.0 | 4 | 220.0 | 8 | 410.0 | ||||
| 6 |  Ferenc Gyurkovics (HUN) | B | 104.36 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 5 | 212.5 | 217.5 | — | 11 | 405.0 | |
| 7 |  Matthias Steiner (AUT) | A | 103.56 | 182.5 | 9 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 6 | 402.5 | |||
| 8 |  Boris Burov (ECU) | B | 102.38 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 6 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 13 | 400.0 | ||
| 9 |  Aleksandr Urinov (UZB) | B | 101.74 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 13 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 12 | 395.0 | |
| 10 |  Andre Rohde (GER) | B | 104.21 | 177.5 | 17 | 217.5 | 10 | 395.0 | ||||
| 11 |  Moreno Boer (ITA) | C | 104.69 | 175.0 | 20 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 220.0 | 7 | 395.0 | ||
| 12 |  Tomáš Matykiewicz (CZE) | C | 103.42 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 19 | 210.0 | 217.5 | 9 | 392.5 | ||
| 13 |  Martin Tešovič (SVK) | B | 99.32 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 210.0 | 14 | 390.0 | |||
| 14 |  Dmitriy Frolov (KAZ) | C | 104.50 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 18 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 15 | 387.5 | |
| 15 |  Mohsen Beiranvand (IRI) | C | 100.57 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 12 | 205.0 | 18 | 385.0 | ||
| 16 | Jörg Mazur (GER) | B | 103.99 | 177.5 | 16 | 207.5 | — | — | 17 | 385.0 | ||
| 17 |  Peter Kelley (USA) | C | 104.83 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 24 | 202.5 | 210.0 | 16 | 377.5 | ||
| 18 |  Akos Sandor (CAN) | D | 104.34 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 22 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 20 | 375.0 | ||
| 19 | Libor Wälzer (CZE) | C | 104.76 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 23 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 21 | 372.5 | ||
| 20 |  Ahed Joughili (SYR) | C | 103.03 | 162.5 | 26 | 202.5 | 22 | 365.0 | ||||
| 21 | Casey Burgener (USA) | D | 104.13 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 25 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 23 | 365.0 | ||
| 22 |  William Solís (COL) | D | 102.64 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 28 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 19 | 362.5 | ||
| 23 |  Miikka Huhtala (FIN) | C | 104.79 | 162.5 | 27 | 192.5 | 25 | 355.0 | ||||
| 24 |  Robertas Zenkevičius (LTU) | D | 103.69 | 155.0 | 29 | 195.0 | 24 | 350.0 | ||||
| 25 | Omar Orfalli (SYR) | D | 103.46 | 152.5 | 30 | 187.5 | 26 | 340.0 | ||||
| 26 | Rafal Korkowski (CAN) | D | 104.33 | 147.5 | 31 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 27 | 327.5 | |||
| — |  Ammar Yosr (IRQ) | D | 99.93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Janos Nemeshazy (SUI) | D | 102.72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Robert Dołęga (POL) | A | 103.59 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 8 | — | — | ||||
| — | Alan Tsagaev (BUL) | A | 104.01 | — | 230.0 | 235.0 | | — | ||||
| — |  Florin Vlad (ROM) | B | 104.07 | 180.0 | 14 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Rafik Chakhoyan (ARM) | B | 104.22 | 172.5 | 21 | — | — | |||||
| — | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) | A | 104.32 | 187.5 | 192.5 | | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | B | 104.55 | 180.0 | 15 | — | — | |||||
| — | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) | A | 104.64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Khudair Sobhi (IRQ) | C | 104.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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