| 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 85 kilograms division was staged on 4 and 5 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 4 October 2006 | 18:00 | Group D |
| 20:00 | Group C | |
| 5 October 2006 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 14:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 180 kg |  Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 172 kg |  Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | 172 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 203 kg | Roman Khamatshin (RUS) | 203 kg | Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | 201 kg |
| Total | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 383 kg | Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | 373 kg | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 370 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 186 kg | Władysławowo, Poland | 6 May 2006 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 395 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | A | 84.53 | 180 | | 200 | 203 | | 383 | |||
 | Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | A | 84.98 | 168 | 172 |  | 195 | 201 | | 373 | ||
| Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 84.41 | 167 | 172 | | 198 | 6 | 370 | |||
| 4 |  Vyacheslav Yershov (KAZ) | A | 82.08 | 165 | 170 | 5 | 180 | 190 | 197 | 7 | 367 | |
| 5 | Vadzim Straltsou (BLR) | A | 84.86 | 165 | 170 | 6 | 195 | 10 | 365 | |||
| 6 | Roman Khamatshin (RUS) | A | 84.85 | 160 | 12 | 195 | 203 | | 363 | |||
| 7 |  Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | A | 84.35 | 158 | 162 | 9 | 200 | 4 | 362 | |||
| 8 |  Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | B | 84.42 | 152 | 155 | 160 | 10 | 192 | 200 | 5 | 360 | |
| 9 | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | A | 84.60 | 163 | 8 | 197 | 8 | 360 | ||||
| 10 |  Georgi Markov (BUL) | A | 84.68 | 160 | 11 | 190 | 195 | — | 9 | 355 | ||
| 11 |  Endri Haxhihyseni (ALB) | A | 84.24 | 163 | 7 | 190 | 18 | 353 | ||||
| 12 | José Oliver Ruiz (COL) | B | 84.80 | 152 | 155 | 158 | 13 | 192 | 14 | 350 | ||
| 13 |  Gaber Mohamed (EGY) | B | 85.00 | 155 | 158 | 14 | 187 | 192 | 196 | 15 | 350 | |
| 14 |  Her Jin (KOR) | B | 84.42 | 147 | 152 | 17 | 185 | 190 | 192 | 13 | 344 | |
| 15 |  Kendrick Farris (USA) | B | 84.85 | 145 | 150 | 24 | 188 | 193 | 12 | 343 | ||
| 16 |  Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ) | B | 82.51 | 150 | 19 | 181 | 190 | 16 | 340 | |||
| 17 |  Yoto Yotov (CRO) | C | 83.93 | 141 | 146 | 150 | 21 | 180 | 185 | 190 | 17 | 340 |
| 18 | Kim Seon-jong (KOR) | B | 84.96 | 145 | 31 | 190 | 195 | 11 | 340 | |||
| 19 |  Kostyantyn Selivanov (UKR) | B | 84.89 | 145 | 150 | 25 | 185 | 188 | 19 | 338 | ||
| 20 |  Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | B | 84.98 | 152 | 18 | 183 | 186 | 21 | 338 | |||
| 21 |  Intigam Zairov (AZE) | C | 84.89 | 150 | 26 | 180 | 186 | 20 | 336 | |||
| 22 |  Norbert Cser (HUN) | B | 83.85 | 145 | 150 | 20 | 179 | 185 | 22 | 335 | ||
| 23 | Sergey Sedov (KAZ) | B | 84.59 | 150 | 155 | 16 | 176 | 28 | 331 | |||
| 24 | Innocent Ukpong (USA) | C | 84.63 | 143 | 147 | 27 | 184 | 23 | 331 | |||
| 25 |  Adriano Méndez (ESP) | C | 84.20 | 140 | 145 | 30 | 180 | 183 | 24 | 328 | ||
| 26 |  Juan Quiterio (DOM) | C | 83.66 | 140 | 145 | 29 | 175 | 180 | 26 | 325 | ||
| 27 |  Artūras Skavičius (LTU) | C | 84.60 | 142 | 32 | 181 | 25 | 323 | ||||
| 28 |  Mansur Rejepow (TKM) | C | 83.98 | 145 | 150 | 22 | 165 | 172 | 32 | 322 | ||
| 29 | Ruslan Ramazanow (TKM) | C | 84.97 | 142 | 146 | 28 | 170 | 175 | 31 | 321 | ||
| 30 |  Richard Tkáč (SVK) | C | 84.81 | 145 | 150 | 23 | 170 | 34 | 320 | |||
| 31 |  Pavel Kolosovski (ISR) | C | 84.71 | 141 | 34 | 176 | 29 | 317 | ||||
| 32 | Zoltán Gráner (HUN) | C | 83.89 | 140 | 35 | 170 | 33 | 310 | ||||
| 33 |  Jean-Philippe Maranda (CAN) | D | 84.33 | 128 | 133 | 38 | 170 | 175 | 30 | 308 | ||
| 34 |  Darryn Anthony (RSA) | C | 84.63 | 141 | 33 | 167 | 35 | 308 | ||||
| 35 | Jean Lavertue (CAN) | D | 84.98 | 140 | 36 | 165 | 36 | 305 | ||||
| 36 |  Mike Howarth (GBR) | D | 84.98 | 132 | 136 | 140 | 37 | 153 | 158 | 160 | 38 | 300 |
| 37 |  Furkat Saidov (UZB) | D | 82.95 | 130 | 40 | 160 | — | — | 37 | 290 | ||
| 38 |  Rodrigo García (CHI) | D | 83.05 | 122 | 41 | 147 | 152 | 39 | 274 | |||
| — |  İzzet İnce (TUR) | A | 84.88 | 171 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| — |  David Matam (FRA) | B | 84.70 | 152 | 155 | 157 | 15 | — | — | |||
| — | Mansurbek Chashemov (UZB) | D | 82.66 | 130 | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Víctor Llancamán (CHI) | D | 84.50 | 113 | 42 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Michael Böhm (GER) | C | 84.14 | — | 176 | 27 | — | |||||
| — | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | B | 84.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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