# 2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 109 kg

The men's 109 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8–9 November 2018.
The International Weightlifting Federation had reorganized the weight categories and discarded all prior world records; only performances exceeding defined "world standards" were to count as new records.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 8 November 2018 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 9 November 2018 | 14:25 | Group B |
| 9 November 2018 | 17:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Yang Zhe (CHN) | 196 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 195 kg | Rodion Bochkov (RUS) | 190 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 240 kg | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | 228 kg | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | 227 kg |
| Total | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | 435 kg | Yang Zhe (CHN) | 419 kg | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | 403 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 196 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 237 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 424 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 190 | 195 | 197 | | 230 | 240 | — | | 435 |
| | Yang Zhe (CHN) | A | 186 | 191 | 196 | | 215 | 220 | 223 | 4 | 419 |
| | Arkadiusz Michalski (POL) | A | 175 | 179 | 179 | 15 | 221 | 228 | — | | 403 |
| 4 | Salwan Jasim (IRQ) | A | 180 | 180 | 183 | 9 | 222 | 226 | 226 | 6 | 402 |
| 5 | Rodion Bochkov (RUS) | A | 179 | 184 | 190 | | 210 | 216 | 218 | 15 | 400 |
| 6 | Mohammad Reza Barari (IRI) | A | 175 | 181 | 186 | 6 | 215 | 215 | 226 | 11 | 396 |
| 7 | Seo Hui-yeop (KOR) | B | 170 | 175 | 180 | 13 | 210 | 220 | 227 | 7 | 395 |
| 8 | Vasil Gospodinov (BUL) | A | 176 | 182 | 182 | 11 | 217 | 217 | 221 | 9 | 393 |
| 9 | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | A | 175 | 181 | 182 | 5 | 210 | 215 | 215 | 16 | 392 |
| 10 | Artūrs Plēsnieks (LAT) | B | 169 | 173 | 174 | 16 | 210 | 217 | 222 | 8 | 391 |
| 11 | Jeong Ki-sam (KOR) | B | 170 | 180 | 180 | 8 | 200 | 210 | 210 | 13 | 390 |
| 12 | Wes Kitts (USA) | B | 168 | 174 | 174 | 18 | 208 | 215 | 222 | 5 | 390 |
| 13 | Sargis Martirosjan (AUT) | A | 178 | 179 | 179 | 10 | 205 | 205 | 210 | 17 | 389 |
| 14 | Ibragim Bersanov (KAZ) | B | 175 | 180 | 185 | 7 | 200 | 205 | 208 | 18 | 388 |
| 15 | Georgi Shikov (BUL) | A | 175 | 180 | 180 | 14 | 210 | 219 | 221 | 14 | 385 |
| 16 | Jorge Arroyo (ECU) | B | 178 | 178 | 183 | 4 | 196 | 201 | 203 | 22 | 384 |
| 17 | Marcos Ruiz (ESP) | B | 170 | 175 | 180 | 12 | 195 | 202 | 207 | 19 | 382 |
| 18 | Hiroaki Shiraishi (JPN) | B | 160 | 165 | 165 | 20 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 21 | 370 |
| 19 | Ryunosuke Mochida (JPN) | B | 160 | 160 | 165 | 23 | 205 | 210 | 215 | 12 | 370 |
| 20 | Nenad Kužić (SRB) | C | 160 | 165 | 170 | 19 | 200 | 210 | 212 | 23 | 365 |
| 21 | Richmond Osarfo (GHA) | C | 155 | 160 | 160 | 22 | 195 | 200 | 205 | 20 | 365 |
| 22 | Josué Medina (MEX) | C | 160 | 160 | 163 | 21 | 191 | 191 | 191 | 25 | 354 |
| 23 | Radoslav Tatarčík (SVK) | B | 165 | 169 | 171 | 17 | 180 | 180 | 184 | 30 | 351 |
| 24 | Jiří Gasior (CZE) | C | 150 | 154 | 157 | 27 | 190 | 194 | 201 | 24 | 348 |
| 25 | Matthäus Hofmann (GER) | C | 157 | 162 | 162 | 25 | 183 | 188 | 190 | 26 | 347 |
| 26 | Sergej Lichovoj (LTU) | C | 153 | 158 | 162 | 24 | 184 | 189 | 189 | 28 | 342 |
| 27 | Sio Pomelile (TGA) | C | 140 | 145 | 145 | 31 | 180 | 186 | 200 | 27 | 326 |
| 28 | Mikkel Andersen (DEN) | C | 147 | 147 | 151 | 28 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 31 | 324 |
| 29 | Jackson Roberts-Young (AUS) | C | 135 | 135 | 138 | 32 | 183 | 184 | 189 | 29 | 322 |
| 30 | Ondrej Kružel (SVK) | C | 145 | 149 | — | 29 | 175 | 180 | 180 | 32 | 320 |
| 31 | Jani Heikkinen (FIN) | C | 137 | 141 | 141 | 30 | 172 | 177 | 177 | 33 | 313 |
| — | Sanele Mao (SAM) | C | 150 | 155 | 160 | 26 | 196 | 196 | 196 | — | — |
| — | Ruslan Nurudinov (UZB) | A | 187 | 189 | 189 | — | 222 | 227 | 238 | | — |
| — | Jesús González (VEN) | A | 174 | 175 | 175 | — | 212 | 216 | 220 | 10 | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 240 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | WR |
| Total | 425 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | WR |
| Total | 435 kg | Simon Martirosyan (ARM) | WR |