| 2006 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 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 1 and 2 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2006 | 18:00 | Group C |
| 2 October 2006 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 14:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 150 kg |  Mete Binay (TUR) | 147 kg |  Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 146 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 186 kg |  Armen Ghazaryan (ARM) | 178 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 177 kg |
| Total | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | 332 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 327 kg |  Demir Demirev (BUL) | 318 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 165 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 197 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 11 September 2003 | |
| Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357 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 | |||||
 | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | A | 68.55 | 143 | 146 |  | 178 | 182 | 186 | | 332 | |
 | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | A | 67.20 | 145 | 150 | | 172 | 177 | | 327 | ||
| Demir Demirev (BUL) | A | 68.90 | 143 | 4 | 172 | 175 | 4 | 318 | |||
| 4 |  Yordanis Borrero (CUB) | A | 68.90 | 138 | 142 | 5 | 164 | 169 | 174 | 6 | 316 | |
| 5 |  Giorgio De Luca (ITA) | A | 68.95 | 137 | 141 | 6 | 170 | 175 | 5 | 316 | ||
| 6 | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 68.90 | 140 | 8 | 161 | 166 | 10 | 306 | |||
| 7 | Mehmed Fikretov (BUL) | A | 68.70 | 130 | 135 | 10 | 170 | 9 | 305 | |||
| 8 |  Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | A | 68.15 | 130 | 11 | 165 | 171 | 7 | 301 | |||
| 9 |  Kuanysh Rakhatov (KAZ) | A | 67.90 | 135 | 140 | 7 | 160 | — | 14 | 300 | ||
| 10 |  Eduardo Hernán (VEN) | B | 68.40 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 15 | 165 | 169 | 171 | 8 | 299 |
| 11 |  Wu Tsung-ling (TPE) | C | 69.00 | 128 | 132 | 136 | 9 | 158 | 19 | 294 | ||
| 12 |  Ronnayuth Amnoiwong (THA) | B | 68.45 | 126 | 128 | 16 | 151 | 163 | 12 | 291 | ||
| 13 |  Alexandru Roșu (ROM) | B | 68.95 | 125 | 129 | 14 | 155 | 160 | 162 | 13 | 291 | |
| 14 |  André Winter (GER) | B | 68.60 | 125 | 130 | 13 | 155 | 160 | 15 | 290 | ||
| 15 | Maurizio Bombaci (ITA) | B | 68.65 | 120 | 125 | 22 | 160 | 165 | 11 | 290 | ||
| 16 | Asif Mammadov (AZE) | B | 68.55 | 126 | 130 | 12 | 159 | 16 | 289 | |||
| 17 |  Tomohiro Asada (JPN) | B | 68.70 | 123 | 127 | 17 | 156 | 159 | 17 | 286 | ||
| 18 |  Welisson Silva (BRA) | B | 68.80 | 125 | 23 | 153 | 157 | 20 | 282 | |||
| 19 |  Kambar Toktonaliev (KGZ) | C | 68.50 | 121 | 125 | 20 | 150 | 153 | 21 | 278 | ||
| 20 |  Francis Luna-Grenier (CAN) | C | 68.80 | 115 | 120 | 27 | 152 | 158 | 18 | 278 | ||
| 21 |  Gergely Csánk (HUN) | C | 68.80 | 112 | 117 | 121 | 26 | 148 | 151 | 22 | 272 | |
| 22 |  Jiří Žejdlík (SVK) | C | 68.35 | 120 | 124 | 24 | 140 | 26 | 264 | |||
| 23 |  Kevin Stuart (GBR) | C | 68.75 | 113 | 29 | 142 | 146 | 23 | 259 | |||
| 24 | Sébastien Groulx (CAN) | C | 68.45 | 108 | 112 | 30 | 140 | 145 | 24 | 257 | ||
| 25 |  Moreno Martínez (DOM) | C | 67.50 | 115 | 28 | 140 | 25 | 255 | ||||
| — | Armen Ghazaryan (ARM) | A | 68.90 | — | 170 | 178 | | — | ||||
| — |  Wilfredo Martínez (PUR) | C | 68.90 | 127 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | Chen Po-pu (TPE) | C | 68.70 | 124 | 25 | — | — | |||||
| — | Mete Binay (TUR) | A | 67.80 | 147 | | — | — | |||||
| — |  Isaac Morillas (ESP) | B | 68.55 | 120 | 125 | 21 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Ricardo Flores (ECU) | B | 69.00 | 126 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | B | 69.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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