| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 55 kg | 45 kg | |
| 61 kg | 49 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 73 kg | 59 kg | |
| 81 kg | 64 kg | |
| 89 kg | 71 kg | |
| 96 kg | 76 kg | |
| 102 kg | 81 kg | |
| 109 kg | 87 kg | |
| +109 kg | +87 kg | |
The men's 109 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 16 December 2021. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 16 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 16:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | 195 kg |  Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 188 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | 185 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | 238 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | 236 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 228 kg |
| Total | Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | 433 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | 421 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 416 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Yang Zhe (CHN) | 200 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 24 April 2021 |
| Clean & Jerk | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | 241 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 24 April 2021 | |
| Total | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 435 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 9 November 2018 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Akbar Djuraev (UZB) | A | 187 | 192 | 195 | | 226 | 232 | 238 | | 433 |
 | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | A | 185 |  | 227 | 236 | | 421 | |||
| Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 188 | | 228 | | 416 | ||||
| 4 |  Hristo Hristov (BUL) | A | 170 | 176 | 178 | 5 | 200 | 206 | 210 | 6 | 388 |
| 5 |  Ian Wilson (USA) | A | 170 | 175 | 6 | 205 | 210 | 5 | 385 | ||
| 6 |  Amir Azizi (IRI) | A | 166 | 171 | 8 | 198 | 208 | 8 | 379 | ||
| 7 | Alireza Soleimani (IRI) | A | 172 | 179 | 4 | 195 | 11 | 374 | |||
| 8 |  Ryunosuke Mochida (JPN) | A | 165 | 9 | 208 | 7 | 373 | ||||
| 9 |  Sargis Martirosjan (AUT) | A | 173 | 7 | 195 | — | 12 | 368 | |||
| 10 |  Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu (CMR) | B | 150 | 156 | 160 | 11 | 195 | 200 | 9 | 360 | |
| 11 |  Hannes Keskitalo (FIN) | B | 145 | 150 | 14 | 188 | 199 | 10 | 349 | ||
| 12 |  Lovepreet Singh (IND) | B | 151 | 157 | 161 | 10 | 180 | 187 | 16 | 348 | |
| 13 |  Stefan Ågren (SWE) | A | 155 | 12 | 190 | 14 | 345 | ||||
| 14 |  Jackson Roberts-Young (AUS) | B | 145 | 17 | 188 | 192 | 13 | 337 | |||
| 15 |  Richard Davidson (CAN) | B | 140 | 144 | 148 | 15 | 183 | 188 | 15 | 336 | |
| 16 | Noah Santavy (CAN) | B | 147 | 151 | 13 | 182 | 18 | 333 | |||
| 17 |  Hanzala Dastgir Butt (PAK) | B | 145 | 16 | 182 | 19 | 327 | ||||
| 18 |  Linas Kvietkauskis (LTU) | B | 135 | 18 | 175 | 20 | 310 | ||||
| — |  Rafael Cerro (COL) | A | — | 202 | 210 | 4 | — | ||||
| — | Arnas Šidiškis (LTU) | B | — | 185 | 17 | — | |||||
| — |  Jiří Gasior (CZE) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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