# 2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 18 and 19 November 2003.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 18 November 2003 | 14:00 | Group D |
| 19 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 19 November 2003 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 19 November 2003 | 20:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 172.5 kg | Erdal Sunar (TUR) | 172.5 kg | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 215.0 kg | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | 212.5 kg | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 205.0 kg |
| Total | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 382.5 kg | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | 382.5 kg | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | 377.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 182.5 kg | Havířov, Czech Republic | 2 June 2002 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 395.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | A | 84.45 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 8 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | | 382.5 |
| | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | A | 84.53 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 4 | 200.0 | 210.0 | 212.5 | | 382.5 |
| | Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS) | A | 82.70 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | | 202.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | | 377.5 |
| 4 | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | A | 84.44 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | | 205.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 4 | 377.5 |
| 5 | Erdal Sunar (TUR) | A | 84.40 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 177.5 | | 200.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 8 | 372.5 |
| 6 | Yury Myshkovets (RUS) | A | 84.83 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 5 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 210.0 | 10 | 370.0 |
| 7 | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | A | 84.10 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 10 | 202.5 | 207.5 | 207.5 | 5 | 367.5 |
| 8 | Ilir Kafarani (ALB) | B | 83.95 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 9 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 6 | 365.0 |
| 9 | Hadi Panzvan (IRI) | B | 84.38 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 7 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 11 | 365.0 |
| 10 | Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | A | 84.80 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 12 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 9 | 365.0 |
| 11 | Ramzi Al-Mahrous (KSA) | B | 84.36 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 14 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 7 | 360.0 |
| 12 | Olexiy Petrov (UKR) | B | 84.87 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 13 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 18 | 357.5 |
| 13 | Oscar Chaplin (USA) | C | 84.70 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 20 | 355.0 |
| 14 | Donatas Anuškevičius (LTU) | B | 84.48 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 16 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 13 | 352.5 |
| 15 | Natig Hasanov (AZE) | B | 84.49 | 157.5 | 157.5 | — | 17 | 187.5 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 14 | 352.5 |
| 16 | Tigran Kamalyan (ARM) | B | 84.55 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 18 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 15 | 352.5 |
| 17 | Gevorg Aleksanyan (ARM) | B | 79.61 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 19 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 195.0 | 12 | 350.0 |
| 18 | Georgi Gardev (BUL) | B | 83.87 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 6 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 27 | 350.0 |
| 19 | Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) | B | 84.65 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 22 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 17 | 347.5 |
| 20 | Abdallah Al-Sebaei (SYR) | B | 83.47 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 21 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 197.5 | 19 | 345.0 |
| 21 | Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | C | 83.39 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 25 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 200.0 | 16 | 342.5 |
| 22 | Zbyněk Vacurá (CZE) | C | 81.23 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 20 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 23 | 340.0 |
| 23 | David Matam (FRA) | C | 84.74 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 23 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 25 | 340.0 |
| 24 | Petr Hruby (CZE) | C | 83.67 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 24 | 182.5 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 24 | 337.5 |
| 25 | José Juan Navarro (ESP) | C | 84.20 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 27 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 21 | 337.5 |
| 26 | Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | C | 84.91 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 29 | 187.5 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 22 | 337.5 |
| 27 | Peter May (GBR) | D | 84.78 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 28 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 26 | 335.0 |
| 28 | Toyotaka Murata (JPN) | C | 83.40 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 26 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 182.5 | 30 | 327.5 |
| 29 | Herbys Márquez (VEN) | D | 84.53 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 30 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 28 | 325.0 |
| 30 | Mohamed Eissa (EGY) | C | 84.57 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 32 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 29 | 320.0 |
| 31 | Moisés Cartagena (PUR) | D | 84.49 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 31 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 31 | 310.0 |
| 32 | Jason MacLean (CAN) | D | 83.75 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 33 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 33 | 282.5 |
| 33 | Gabriel Prongué (SUI) | D | 84.23 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 35 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 32 | 277.5 |
| 34 | Julian McWatt (GUY) | D | 84.34 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 34 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 34 | 275.0 |
| — | Rutherford Jeremiah (NRU) | D | 83.86 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Song Jong-shik (KOR) | A | 84.55 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 15 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | — | — |