| 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 94 kilograms division was staged on 19 and 20 November 2003.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2003 | 14:00 | Group D |
| 20 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 15:00 | Group B | |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 185.0 kg |  Aleksey Petrov (RUS) | 185.0 kg |  Pavel Harkavy (BLR) | 182.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA) | 222.5 kg | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 220.0 kg |  Hakan Yılmaz (TUR) | 220.0 kg |
| Total | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 405.0 kg | Hakan Yılmaz (TUR) | 400.0 kg | Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA) | 400.0 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) | 188.0 kg | Athens, Greece | 27 November 1999 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Szymon Kołecki (POL) | 232.5 kg | Sofia, Bulgaria | 29 April 2000 | |
| Total | World Standard | 417.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | A | 93.13 | 180.0 | 185.0 | | 220.0 |  | 405.0 | |||
| Hakan Yılmaz (TUR) | A | 93.26 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 4 | 210.0 | 217.5 | 220.0 |  | 400.0 |
| Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA) | A | 93.37 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 7 | 217.5 | 222.5 | | 400.0 | ||
| 4 | Nikolay Stoyanov (BUL) | A | 93.44 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 8 | 210.0 | 217.5 | 5 | 395.0 | |
| 5 | Sergey Zhukov (RUS) | A | 92.98 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 6 | 212.5 | 7 | 390.0 | |||
| 6 | Tadeusz Drzazga (POL) | A | 93.62 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 10 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 6 | 390.0 | ||
| 7 |  Julio Luna (VEN) | B | 93.71 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 17 | 212.5 | 220.0 | 4 | 387.5 | ||
| 8 |  Kourosh Bagheri (IRI) | A | 93.31 | 175.0 | 9 | 207.5 | 9 | 382.5 | ||||
| 9 |  Oliver Caruso (GER) | A | 93.53 | 172.5 | 11 | 205.0 | 207.5 | — | 10 | 380.0 | ||
| 10 |  Najim Al-Radwan (KSA) | B | 92.97 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 13 | 202.5 | 207.5 | 8 | 377.5 | |
| 11 |  Valeri Pokryvchak (UKR) | B | 93.23 | 170.0 | 14 | 205.0 | 11 | 375.0 | ||||
| 12 | Pavel Harkavy (BLR) | B | 93.80 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 182.5 | | 192.5 | 21 | 375.0 | ||
| 13 |  Sándor Diószegi (HUN) | B | 93.26 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 16 | 200.0 | 14 | 367.5 | ||
| 14 |  Chae Yong-ki (KOR) | B | 90.30 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 20 | 200.0 | 13 | 365.0 | |||
| 15 |  Santiago Martínez (ESP) | B | 93.26 | 170.0 | 15 | 195.0 | 17 | 365.0 | ||||
| 16 | Lee Ung-jo (KOR) | B | 93.61 | 160.0 | 27 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 12 | 362.5 | |||
| 17 |  Jairo Cossio (COL) | C | 89.91 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 19 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 16 | 360.0 | ||
| 18 |  Andrey Makarov (KAZ) | C | 91.49 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 12 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 22 | 360.0 | ||
| 19 |  Botir Usmanov (UZB) | C | 91.68 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 21 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 20 | 357.5 | |
| 20 |  Adem Kala (NED) | C | 93.90 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 28 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 15 | 355.0 | ||
| 21 |  Alibay Samadov (AZE) | C | 93.46 | 155.0 | 160.0 | — | 26 | 195.0 | 18 | 355.0 | ||
| 22 | Jürgen Spieß (GER) | C | 90.58 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 24 | 192.5 | 19 | 352.5 | |||
| 23 |  Alphonse Matam (FRA) | C | 93.24 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 25 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 23 | 350.0 | ||
| 24 |  Marco Di Marzio (ITA) | D | 90.63 | 150.0 | 30 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 25 | 335.0 | ||
| 25 |  Jason Gump (USA) | C | 93.55 | 145.0 | 35 | 190.0 | 24 | 335.0 | ||||
| 26 | Robert Murphy (USA) | D | 92.62 | 145.0 | 34 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 26 | 330.0 | ||
| 27 |  Paul Supple (GBR) | D | 93.16 | 142.5 | 150.0 | 31 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 28 | 330.0 | ||
| 28 | Ali Al-Darwish (KSA) | D | 90.20 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 33 | 180.0 | 27 | 325.0 | |||
| 29 |  Simon Heffernan (AUS) | D | 93.16 | 140.0 | 36 | 180.0 | 29 | 320.0 | ||||
| 30 |  Dennis Crespo (PUR) | D | 88.30 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 37 | 165.0 | 31 | 297.5 | |||
| 31 |  Balazs Sandor (CAN) | D | 92.48 | 130.0 | 38 | 160.0 | — | — | 32 | 290.0 | ||
| — | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | B | 88.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  Jiří Mandát (CZE) | C | 92.42 | 155.0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | Nizami Pashayev (AZE) | A | 92.74 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Mohamed Mousa (EGY) | B | 93.25 | 165.0 | 22 | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Bakhyt Akhmetov (KAZ) | A | 93.31 | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | Thomas Yule (GBR) | D | 93.46 | — | 175.0 | 30 | — | |||||
| — | Aleksander Karapetyan (AUS) | B | 93.49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Fazilbek Urazimbetov (UZB) | C | 93.49 | 150.0 | 32 | — | — | |||||
| — | Aleksey Petrov (RUS) | A | 93.60 | 180.0 | 185.0 | | — | — | ||||
| — |  Mohammed Jassim (IRQ) | C | 93.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |  Moez Hannachi (TUN) | C | 93.74 | 165.0 | 23 | — | — | |||||
| — | Arkadiusz Białek (POL) | B | 93.79 | 167.5 | 18 | — | — | |||||
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