| 2017 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 | 90 kg | |
| +105 kg | +90 kg | |
The Men's 105 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 4 December 2017. [1] [2] [3]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 4 December 2017 | 10:55 | Group B |
| 17:25 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ali Hashemi (IRI) | 183 kg |  Ivan Efremov (UZB) | 182 kg |  Jorge Arroyo (ECU) | 181 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Seo Hui-yeop (KOR) | 222 kg |  Artūrs Plēsnieks (LAT) | 222 kg | Ali Hashemi (IRI) | 221 kg |
| Total | Ali Hashemi (IRI) | 404 kg | Artūrs Plēsnieks (LAT) | 402 kg | Ivan Efremov (UZB) | 399 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | 200 kg | Beijing, China | 18 August 2008 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) | 246 kg | Grozny, Russia | 12 December 2015 | |
| Total | Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) | 437 kg | Grozny, Russia | 12 December 2015 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Ali Hashemi (IRI) | A | 178 | 183 | | 215 | 221 |  | 404 | ||
 | Artūrs Plēsnieks (LAT) | A | 176 | 180 | 4 | 217 | 222 | | 402 | ||
| Ivan Efremov (UZB) | A | 182 | | 210 | 217 | 5 | 399 | |||
| 4 | Seo Hui-yeop (KOR) | A | 172 | 14 | 216 | 222 | | 394 | |||
| 5 |  Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | A | 173 | 13 | 220 | 4 | 393 | ||||
| 6 |  Vasil Gospodinov (BUL) | A | 178 | 8 | 214 | 7 | 392 | ||||
| 7 | Alireza Soleimani (IRI) | A | 177 | 9 | 215 | 6 | 392 | ||||
| 8 |  Marcos Ruiz (ESP) | B | 170 | 177 | 180 | 6 | 200 | 211 | 8 | 391 | |
| 9 | Jin Yun-seong (KOR) | A | 180 | 5 | 207 | 12 | 387 | ||||
| 10 |  Wes Kitts (USA) | A | 165 | 176 | 11 | 203 | 210 | 10 | 386 | ||
| 11 |  Sargis Martirosjan (AUT) | A | 178 | 7 | 203 | 13 | 381 | ||||
| 12 | Jorge Arroyo (ECU) | B | 173 | 178 | 181 | | 192 | 20 | 373 | ||
| 13 | Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | B | 164 | 169 | 174 | 12 | 194 | 199 | 15 | 373 | |
| 14 |  Ryunosuke Mochida (JPN) | A | 165 | 16 | 208 | 11 | 373 | ||||
| 15 | Ian Wilson (USA) | A | 165 | 15 | 202 | 14 | 367 | ||||
| 16 |  Hernán Viera (PER) | B | 145 | 25 | 197 | 205 | 211 | 9 | 356 | ||
| 17 |  Arnas Šidiškis (LTU) | B | 154 | 160 | 17 | 191 | 21 | 351 | |||
| 18 | Hiroaki Shiraishi (JPN) | B | 155 | 18 | 195 | 17 | 350 | ||||
| 19 |  Pardeep Singh (IND) | B | 145 | 149 | 153 | 21 | 188 | 196 | 16 | 349 | |
| 20 |  Jiří Gasior (CZE) | B | 150 | 153 | 19 | 190 | 195 | 18 | 348 | ||
| 21 |  Hsieh Wei-chun (TPE) | B | 153 | 20 | 194 | 19 | 347 | ||||
| 22 | Tomas Li-čin-chai (LTU) | B | 150 | 22 | 180 | 187 | 191 | 22 | 341 | ||
| 23 |  Owen Boxall (GBR) | B | 147 | 24 | 180 | 185 | 24 | 332 | |||
| 24 |  Richmond Osarfo (GHA) | B | 138 | 142 | 26 | 181 | 186 | 190 | 23 | 332 | |
| 25 |  Mikkel Andersen (DEN) | B | 143 | 148 | 23 | 175 | 182 | 25 | 330 | ||
| — |  Salwan Jassim (IRQ) | A | 177 | 10 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Leho Pent (EST) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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