| 2023 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 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 and 11 September 2023. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2023 | 14:00 | Group C |
| 11 September 2023 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 16:30 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | 164 kg |  Oscar Reyes (ITA) | 163 kg |  Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | 162 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 209 kg |  Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | 195 kg |  Gaýgysyz Töräýew (TKM) | 193 kg |
| Total | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | 356 kg | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 354 kg | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | 352 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 | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 208 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 12 December 2021 | |
| 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 | ||||
 | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | A | 156 | 161 | 163 |  | 193 | 4 | 356 | ||
| Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | B | 145 | — | — | 14 | 190 | 200 | 209 CWR | | 354 |
 | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | A | 157 | 161 | 164 | | 188 | 6 | 352 | ||
| 4 | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | A | 154 | 6 | 190 | 195 | | 349 | |||
| 5 |  Yelaman Seitkazy (KAZ) | A | 150 | 154 | 7 | 182 | 187 | 191 | 5 | 345 | |
| 6 | Gaýgysyz Töräýew (TKM) | A | 145 | 148 | 150 | 11 | 183 | 188 | 193 | | 343 |
| 7 |  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | A | 153 | 156 | 5 | 182 | 8 | 338 | |||
| 8 | Briken Calja (ALB) | B | 150 | 10 | 182 | 187 | 7 | 337 | |||
| 9 |  Petr Mareček (CZE) | B | 143 | 146 | 151 | 9 | 173 | 179 | 9 | 330 | |
| 10 |  Alberto Fernández (ESP) | B | 148 | 12 | 170 | 175 | 15 | 323 | |||
| 11 |  Sebastián Cabala (SVK) | B | 143 | 146 | 13 | 172 | 175 | 16 | 321 | ||
| 12 | Javier González (ESP) | B | 140 | 145 | 15 | 165 | 170 | 175 | 14 | 320 | |
| 13 |  Mahmoud Al-Humayd (KSA) | B | 140 | 144 | 16 | 165 | 174 | 17 | 318 | ||
| 14 |  Chris Murray (GBR) | B | 138 | 142 | 18 | 171 | 177 | 12 | 319 | ||
| 15 | Maksat Meredow (TKM) | B | 135 | 141 | 19 | 171 | 178 | 10 | 319 | ||
| 16 |  Samuel Guertin (CAN) | C | 140 | 20 | 170 | 177 | 11 | 317 | |||
| 17 |  Darvin Castro (VEN) | B | 142 | 17 | 175 | 13 | 317 | ||||
| 18 |  Ruben Katoatau (KIR) | C | 128 | 132 | 136 | 22 | 166 | 172 | 18 | 308 | |
| 19 |  Žilvinas Žilinskas (LTU) | C | 133 | 137 | 140 | 21 | 160 | 166 | 19 | 306 | |
| 20 |  Jeremie Ngouanom Nzali (CMR) | C | 128 | 132 | 135 | 23 | 162 | 166 | 20 | 301 | |
| 21 |  Bikash Bhatt (NEP) | C | 115 | 124 | 24 | 141 | 148 | — | 21 | 272 | |
| 22 |  Omarie Mears (JAM) | C | 117 | 121 | 25 | 142 | 146 | 24 | 267 | ||
| 23 |  Anthony Libasia Masinde (KEN) | C | 111 | 116 | 26 | 141 | 147 | 22 | 263 | ||
| 24 |  Md Shohag Mia (BAN) | C | 105 | 111 | 28 | 140 | 146 | 23 | 257 | ||
| 25 |  Sood Al-Mutairi (KUW) | C | 100 | 110 | 115 | 27 | 120 | — | — | 25 | 235 |
| — |  Andrés Caicedo (COL) | A | 150 | 155 | 158 | 4 | — | — | |||
| — | Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | A | 155 | 160 | 162 | | — | — | |||
| — |  Hossein Soltani (IRI) | A | 153 | 8 | — | — | |||||
| — | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Denis Ulanov (KAZ) | B | Did not start | ||||||||
| — |  Kalilu Bangura (SLE) | C | |||||||||
| — |  Adriel La O (WRT) | C | |||||||||