# 2024 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kilograms competition at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 7 December 2024.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 7 December 2024 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 7 December 2024 | 20:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Pak Myong-jin (PRK) | 132 kg | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 131 kg | Garnik Cholakyan (ARM) | 130 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Pak Myong-jin (PRK) | 173 kg | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | 166 kg | Wei Haixian (CHN) | 160 kg |
| Total | Pak Myong-jin (PRK) | 305 kg | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | 296 kg | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 291 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Fabin (CHN) | 146 kg | Phuket, Thailand | 2 April 2024 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Hampton Morris (USA) | 176 kg | Phuket, Thailand | 2 April 2024 |
| World Record | Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 318 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |

## 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 |
| | Pak Myong-jin (PRK) | A | 129 | 132 | 132 | | 165 | 169 | 173 | | 305 |
| | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | A | 125 | 130 | 130 | 4 | 165 | 166 | 172 | | 296 |
| | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 128 | 129 | 131 | | 156 | 160 | 163 | 4 | 291 |
| 4 | Wei Haixian (CHN) | A | 128 | 131 | 132 | 5 | 160 | 166 | 167 | | 288 |
| 5 | Kao Chan-hung (TPE) | A | 122 | 125 | 127 | 9 | 151 | 156 | 158 | 5 | 283 |
| 6 | Goderdzi Berdelidze (GEO) | A | 125 | 130 | 131 | 8 | 145 | 152 | 157 | 6 | 282 |
| 7 | Garnik Cholakyan (ARM) | B | 120 | 125 | 130 | | 150 | 155 | 155 | 7 | 280 |
| 8 | Hashem Al-Khadrawi (KSA) | B | 111 | 115 | 118 | 11 | 138 | 142 | 144 | 8 | 262 |
| 9 | Pavlo Zalipskyi (UKR) | B | 120 | 120 | 123 | 10 | 138 | 141 | 144 | 9 | 261 |
| 10 | Deniz Danev (BUL) | B | 100 | 105 | 110 | 13 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 10 | 245 |
| 11 | Mohammad bin Haji Abu Bakar (BRU) | B | 98 | 101 | 104 | 14 | 128 | 128 | 132 | 12 | 232 |
| 12 | Ricardo Mendonça (POR) | B | 95 | 95 | 100 | 15 | 115 | 118 | 130 | 13 | 213 |
| 13 | Fahad Al-Otaibi (KUW) | B | 88 | 93 | 93 | 16 | 117 | 117 | 123 | 14 | 205 |
| — | Ricko Saputra (INA) | A | 127 | 127 | 131 | 6 | 157 | 157 | 160 | — | — |
| — | Trịnh Văn Vinh (VIE) | A | 123 | 123 | 126 | 7 | 161 | 161 | 161 | — | — |
| — | Arley Calderón (CUB) | A | 116 | 121 | 121 | 12 | 158 | 158 | 158 | — | — |
| — | Lee Hye-seong (KOR) | A | 127 | 129 | 130 | — | 140 | — | — | 11 | — |
| — | Lamin Kamara (SLE) | B | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | Elsayed Aly (EGY) | B | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | Morea Baru (PNG) | B | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |