| 2022 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 61 kilograms competition at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 and 7 December 2022. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 6 December 2022 | 11:30 | Group C |
| 7 December 2022 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 16:30 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Li Fabin (CHN) | 137 kg | He Yueji (CHN) | 136 kg |  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 135 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Fabin (CHN) | 175 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 165 kg |  Jhon Serna (COL) | 164 kg |
| Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 312 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 300 kg | He Yueji (CHN) | 296 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Fabin (CHN) | 145 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |
| Clean & Jerk | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 174 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3 November 2018 | |
| Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 318 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Li Fabin (CHN) | A | 137 | | 167 | 175 CWR | | 312 | |||
 | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 135 |  | 165 | | 300 | ||||
| He Yueji (CHN) | A | 132 | 136 | | 155 | 160 | 7 | 296 | ||
| 4 |  Sergio Massidda (ITA) | A | 135 | 4 | 158 | 8 | 293 | ||||
| 5 | Ricko Saputra (INA) | A | 128 | 132 | 5 | 161 | 5 | 293 | |||
| 6 |  Teerapat Chomchuen (THA) | B | 125 | 128 | 7 | 155 | 160 | 164 | 4 | 292 | |
| 7 | Jhon Serna (COL) | B | 120 | 125 | 10 | 160 | 164 | | 289 | ||
| 8 |  Shota Mishvelidze (GEO) | A | 130 | 6 | 155 | 11 | 285 | ||||
| 9 |  Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 126 | 9 | 155 | 12 | 281 | ||||
| 10 |  John Ceniza (PHI) | B | 119 | 122 | 125 | 11 | 155 | 10 | 280 | ||
| 11 |  Arley Calderón (CUB) | B | 120 | 14 | 155 | 160 | 6 | 280 | |||
| 12 |  Gabriel Marinov (BUL) | A | 121 | 124 | 12 | 155 | 13 | 279 | |||
| 13 | Goderdzi Berdelidze (GEO) | B | 120 | 124 | 126 | 15 | 144 | 149 | 151 | 18 | 277 |
| 14 |  Seraj Al-Saleem (KSA) | A | 121 | 13 | 155 | 14 | 276 | ||||
| 15 |  Hampton Morris (USA) | B | 118 | 16 | 157 | 9 | 275 | ||||
| 16 |  Wilkeinner Lugo (VEN) | C | 117 | 123 | 17 | 146 | 151 | 16 | 274 | ||
| 17 |  Ferdi Hardal (TUR) | B | 123 | 18 | 150 | 20 | 273 | ||||
| 18 |  Víctor Güémez (MEX) | B | 115 | 120 | 19 | 145 | 151 | 17 | 271 | ||
| 19 |  Luis Bardalez (PER) | B | 113 | 117 | 20 | 150 | 154 | 15 | 271 | ||
| 20 |  Thiago Silva (BRA) | B | 120 | 21 | 150 | 21 | 270 | ||||
| 21 |  Kazuma Motoki (JPN) | B | 125 | 22 | 142 | 26 | 267 | ||||
| 22 |  Chanambam Rishikanta Singh (IND) | C | 113 | 117 | 23 | 143 | 148 | 22 | 265 | ||
| 23 |  Víctor Garrido (ECU) | C | 117 | 118 | 24 | 138 | 143 | 25 | 261 | ||
| 24 |  Youri Simard (CAN) | C | 110 | 25 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 19 | 260 | ||
| 25 |  Morea Baru (PNG) | C | 110 | 115 | 26 | 143 | 24 | 258 | |||
| 26 |  Valentin Iancu (ROU) | C | 105 | 108 | 27 | 135 | 140 | 144 | 23 | 252 | |
| 27 |  Tan Chi-chung (TPE) | C | 105 | 110 | 28 | 135 | 140 | 27 | 250 | ||
| 28 | Yoichi Itokazu (JPN) | C | 105 | 108 | 110 | 29 | 130 | 134 | 136 | 28 | 246 |
| 29 | Marian Luca (ROU) | C | 105 | 30 | 125 | 130 | 29 | 235 | |||
| 30 |  Davis Niyoyita (UGA) | C | 85 | 90 | 95 | 31 | 120 | 125 | 30 | 220 | |
| 31 |  Joshua Amunga (KEN) | C | 65 | 70 | 73 | 32 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 31 | 159 |
| — |  Shin Rok (KOR) | A | 127 | 8 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Simon Brandhuber (GER) | A | Did not start [2] | ||||||||
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