| 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 81 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 11 and 12 December 2021. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 11 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group C |
| 12 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 19:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Marin Robu (MDA) | 168 kg |  Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 166 kg |  Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 163 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 208 kg | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 204 kg |  Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | 196 kg |
| Total | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 374 kg | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 367 kg | Marin Robu (MDA) | 363 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Li Dayin (CHN) | 175 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 21 April 2021 |
| Clean & Jerk | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 207 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 September 2019 | |
| Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 378 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 September 2019 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | A | 163 | 166 |  | 200 | 205 | 208 | | 374 | |
| Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | A | 155 | 159 | 163 |  | 193 | 198 | 204 | | 367 |
| Marin Robu (MDA) | A | 161 | 165 | 168 | | 190 | 195 | 5 | 363 | |
| 4 | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | A | 162 | 4 | 191 | 196 | | 358 | |||
| 5 |  Brayan Rodallegas (COL) | A | 158 | 162 | 5 | 191 | 195 | 6 | 357 | ||
| 6 |  Viacheslav Iarkin (RWF) | A | 155 | 160 | 8 | 188 | 196 | 4 | 356 | ||
| 7 |  Şatlyk Şöhradow (TKM) | A | 157 | 161 | 6 | 190 | 9 | 351 | |||
| 8 |  Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | A | 153 | 158 | 9 | 191 | 8 | 349 | |||
| 9 |  Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | A | 157 | 10 | 180 | 192 | 7 | 349 | |||
| 10 |  Andrés Mata (ESP) | B | 150 | 155 | 12 | 182 | 186 | 189 | 10 | 344 | |
| 11 |  Nonthaphat Thaneewan (THA) | B | 149 | 154 | 156 | 11 | 181 | 184 | 187 | 11 | 343 |
| 12 |  Iván Escudero (ECU) | B | 143 | 147 | 14 | 177 | 180 | — | 12 | 327 | |
| 13 |  Ajay Singh (IND) | C | 138 | 143 | 147 | 13 | 167 | 175 | 16 | 322 | |
| 14 | Natthawut Suepsuan (THA) | B | 145 | 15 | 176 | 14 | 321 | ||||
| 15 |  Kyle Bruce (AUS) | B | 140 | 17 | 176 | 15 | 316 | ||||
| 16 |  Seán Brown (IRL) | B | 140 | 18 | 166 | 171 | 17 | 311 | |||
| 17 |  Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) | C | 127 | 132 | 134 | 19 | 160 | 166 | 18 | 300 | |
| 18 |  Michel Ngongang (CMR) | C | 127 | 21 | 157 | 162 | 19 | 289 | |||
| 19 |  Amar Musić (CRO) | C | 125 | 130 | 20 | 150 | 155 | 20 | 285 | ||
| 20 | Goran Ćetković (CRO) | C | 115 | 120 | 24 | 145 | 151 | 21 | 271 | ||
| 21 |  Omarie Mears (JAM) | C | 115 | 120 | 125 | 22 | 141 | 23 | 266 | ||
| 22 |  Vincentas Skirka (LTU) | C | 115 | 120 | 23 | 136 | 143 | 22 | 263 | ||
| 23 |  Anton Micallef (MLT) | C | 114 | 26 | 136 | 24 | 250 | ||||
| 24 |  Maurice Oduor (KEN) | C | 105 | 110 | 114 | 25 | 135 | 25 | 249 | ||
| 25 | Geoffrey Oduor (KEN) | C | 90 | 95 | 27 | 120 | 26 | 215 | |||
| — |  Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | A | 160 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Hsieh Meng-en (TPE) | B | 140 | 145 | 16 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Vitalii Smochek (UKR) | B | — | 175 | 180 | 13 | — | ||||
| — | Morteza Biglari (IRI) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 208 kg | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | WR |
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