| 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 77 kilograms division was staged on 2 and 3 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2006 | 18:00 | Group D |
| 20:00 | Group C | |
| 3 October 2006 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 14:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Li Hongli (CHN) | 167 kg |  Taner Sağır (TUR) | 166 kg |  Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 165 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 198 kg | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | 197 kg | Taner Sağır (TUR) | 195 kg |
| Total | Taner Sağır (TUR) | 361 kg | Li Hongli (CHN) | 359 kg | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | 357 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Sergey Filimonov (KAZ) | 173 kg | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 9 April 2004 |
| Clean & Jerk | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 210 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 27 April 2001 | |
| Total |  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 377 kg | Doha, Qatar | 27 March 2002 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Taner Sağır (TUR) | A | 76.82 | 161 | 164 | 166 |  | 195 | — |  | 361 | |
| Li Hongli (CHN) | A | 76.79 | 163 | 167 | | 192 | 4 | 359 | |||
| Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | A | 76.82 | 157 | 161 | 165 | | 192 | 5 | 357 | ||
| 4 | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | A | 76.78 | 150 | 153 | 8 | 190 | 197 | | 350 | ||
| 5 |  Mikalai Charniak (BLR) | A | 76.89 | 152 | 156 | 158 | 4 | 185 | 190 | 8 | 348 | |
| 6 |  Sebastian Dogariu (ROM) | A | 76.63 | 150 | 154 | 7 | 180 | 189 | 9 | 343 | ||
| 7 |  Iván Cambar (CUB) | B | 76.93 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 6 | 182 | 188 | 13 | 343 | |
| 8 |  Yukio Peter (NRU) | A | 76.85 | 147 | 153 | 9 | 188 | 11 | 341 | |||
| 9 |  Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) | A | 76.90 | 147 | 150 | 13 | 188 | 12 | 338 | |||
| 10 |  René Hoch (GER) | B | 76.52 | 145 | 149 | 14 | 181 | 184 | 188 | 10 | 337 | |
| 11 |  Lee Jeong-jae (KOR) | A | 76.67 | 147 | 16 | 190 | 7 | 337 | ||||
| 12 |  Chad Vaughn (USA) | C | 76.87 | 142 | 146 | 19 | 181 | 186 | 14 | 332 | ||
| 13 |  Mahmoud El-Haddad (EGY) | B | 76.88 | 140 | 35 | 187 | 191 | 6 | 331 | |||
| 14 | Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ) | B | 76.95 | 145 | 22 | 180 | 185 | 17 | 330 | |||
| 15 |  Carlos Andica (COL) | B | 76.97 | 142 | 146 | 20 | 180 | 183 | — | 18 | 329 | |
| 16 |  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | B | 74.91 | 142 | 146 | 17 | 175 | 181 | 19 | 327 | ||
| 17 |  Spyridon Stamatiadis (GRE) | C | 76.47 | 150 | 157 | 5 | 165 | 170 | 33 | 327 | ||
| 18 | Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) | C | 76.69 | 140 | 146 | 18 | 180 | 21 | 326 | |||
| 19 | Edinson Angulo (COL) | C | 76.19 | 140 | 32 | 180 | 185 | 16 | 325 | |||
| 20 |  Taulant Çerepi (ALB) | D | 76.66 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 10 | 170 | 175 | 27 | 325 | |
| 21 |  José Casado (ESP) | B | 76.69 | 145 | 150 | 11 | 175 | 28 | 325 | |||
| 22 | László Bíró (ROM) | B | 76.98 | 140 | 145 | 24 | 172 | 179 | 23 | 324 | ||
| 23 |  Yoshito Shintani (JPN) | C | 74.16 | 135 | 41 | 180 | 185 | 15 | 320 | |||
| 24 | Zhenis Aldabergenov (KAZ) | C | 76.31 | 135 | 140 | 33 | 171 | 180 | 20 | 320 | ||
| 25 |  Viktor Gumán (SVK) | C | 76.82 | 143 | 150 | 12 | 165 | 170 | 35 | 320 | ||
| 26 |  Octavio Mejías (VEN) | C | 77.00 | 145 | 25 | 175 | 29 | 320 | ||||
| 27 | Anani Tashev (BUL) | C | 76.89 | 138 | 37 | 175 | 180 | 22 | 318 | |||
| 28 |  Ali El-Moujoud (FRA) | C | 76.43 | 137 | 141 | 28 | 170 | 175 | 26 | 316 | ||
| 29 | Viktor Mitrou (GRE) | B | 76.91 | 145 | 21 | 170 | 36 | 315 | ||||
| 30 |  Amar Musić (CRO) | B | 75.82 | 142 | 26 | 171 | 30 | 313 | ||||
| 31 |  Konstantin Gerasimov (LTU) | C | 76.03 | 137 | 38 | 176 | 24 | 313 | ||||
| 32 |  Julio Idrovo (ECU) | C | 76.45 | 147 | 15 | 160 | 165 | 40 | 312 | |||
| 33 |  János Baranyai (HUN) | C | 75.92 | 135 | 140 | 31 | 166 | 171 | 31 | 311 | ||
| 34 |  Maksudjan Rejepow (TKM) | C | 76.96 | 140 | 36 | 165 | 171 | 32 | 311 | |||
| 35 |  Santo Rivera (DOM) | D | 76.53 | 135 | 42 | 170 | 175 | 25 | 310 | |||
| 36 | Lance Frye (USA) | C | 76.67 | 140 | 34 | 170 | 34 | 310 | ||||
| 37 | Pavol Svrček (SVK) | D | 76.95 | 140 | 145 | 23 | 165 | 41 | 310 | |||
| 38 |  Vitaliy Volkov (UKR) | C | 76.88 | 137 | 141 | 30 | 164 | 168 | 38 | 309 | ||
| 39 |  Tsai Chun-nan (TPE) | D | 76.93 | 130 | 135 | 43 | 165 | 170 | 37 | 305 | ||
| 40 | Walter Llerena (ECU) | D | 76.79 | 137 | 39 | 167 | 39 | 304 | ||||
| 41 |  Kheela Inderjit Singh (GBR) | D | 77.00 | 137 | 40 | 155 | 160 | 45 | 297 | |||
| 42 |  Sitthisak Suphalak (THA) | D | 72.55 | 125 | 131 | 44 | 156 | 162 | 42 | 293 | ||
| 43 |  Bakhram Mendibaev (UZB) | D | 71.51 | 125 | 130 | 45 | 153 | 160 | 44 | 290 | ||
| 44 | Ádám Tóth (HUN) | D | 76.74 | 125 | 46 | 155 | 162 | 43 | 287 | |||
| 45 |  Carlos Rojas (CHI) | D | 76.32 | 122 | 47 | 145 | 150 | 47 | 272 | |||
| 46 |  Marco Piconese (ITA) | D | 76.06 | 120 | 48 | 150 | 46 | 270 | ||||
| — | Zaur Abdullayev (AZE) | D | 76.52 | 135 | 137 | 141 | 29 | — | — | |||
| — |  Andrei Guțu (MDA) | C | 76.55 | 142 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | Sergio Martínez (ESP) | B | 76.42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | D | 76.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | A | 77.00 | — | 190 | 198 | — | | — | |||
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