# 2021 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 11 and 12 December 2021.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 11 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group C |
| 12 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 12 December 2021 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Marin Robu (MDA) | 168 kg | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 166 kg | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 163 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 208 kg | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 204 kg | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | 196 kg |
| Total | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 374 kg | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | 367 kg | Marin Robu (MDA) | 363 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Dayin (CHN) | 175 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 21 April 2021 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 207 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 September 2019 |
| World Record | Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 378 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 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 |
| | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | A | 163 | 166 | 169 | | 200 | 205 | 208 | | 374 |
| | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | A | 155 | 159 | 163 | | 193 | 198 | 204 | | 367 |
| | Marin Robu (MDA) | A | 161 | 165 | 168 | | 190 | 195 | 198 | 5 | 363 |
| 4 | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | A | 159 | 162 | 164 | 4 | 191 | 196 | 202 | | 358 |
| 5 | Brayan Rodallegas (COL) | A | 158 | 158 | 162 | 5 | 191 | 195 | 200 | 6 | 357 |
| 6 | Viacheslav Iarkin (RWF) | A | 155 | 160 | 163 | 8 | 188 | 193 | 196 | 4 | 356 |
| 7 | Şatlyk Şöhradow (TKM) | A | 157 | 161 | 164 | 6 | 190 | 190 | 194 | 9 | 351 |
| 8 | Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | A | 153 | 158 | 161 | 9 | 191 | 196 | 201 | 8 | 349 |
| 9 | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | A | 157 | 162 | 164 | 10 | 180 | 192 | 192 | 7 | 349 |
| 10 | Andrés Mata (ESP) | B | 150 | 154 | 155 | 12 | 182 | 186 | 189 | 10 | 344 |
| 11 | Nonthaphat Thaneewan (THA) | B | 149 | 154 | 156 | 11 | 181 | 184 | 187 | 11 | 343 |
| 12 | Iván Escudero (ECU) | B | 143 | 147 | 150 | 14 | 177 | 180 | — | 12 | 327 |
| 13 | Ajay Singh (IND) | C | 138 | 143 | 147 | 13 | 167 | 167 | 175 | 16 | 322 |
| 14 | Natthawut Suepsuan (THA) | B | 145 | 148 | 148 | 15 | 176 | 180 | 180 | 14 | 321 |
| 15 | Kyle Bruce (AUS) | B | 140 | 140 | 145 | 17 | 175 | 176 | 183 | 15 | 316 |
| 16 | Seán Brown (IRL) | B | 139 | 140 | 140 | 18 | 166 | 171 | 175 | 17 | 311 |
| 17 | Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) | C | 127 | 132 | 134 | 19 | 160 | 166 | 170 | 18 | 300 |
| 18 | Michel Ngongang (CMR) | C | 127 | 130 | 130 | 21 | 157 | 162 | 166 | 19 | 289 |
| 19 | Amar Musić (CRO) | C | 125 | 130 | 130 | 20 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 20 | 285 |
| 20 | Goran Ćetković (CRO) | C | 115 | 120 | 126 | 24 | 145 | 145 | 151 | 21 | 271 |
| 21 | Omarie Mears (JAM) | C | 115 | 120 | 125 | 22 | 140 | 141 | 145 | 23 | 266 |
| 22 | Vincentas Skirka (LTU) | C | 115 | 120 | 123 | 23 | 136 | 141 | 143 | 22 | 263 |
| 23 | Anton Micallef (MLT) | C | 114 | 114 | 114 | 26 | 136 | 141 | 142 | 24 | 250 |
| 24 | Maurice Oduor (KEN) | C | 105 | 110 | 114 | 25 | 135 | 135 | 142 | 25 | 249 |
| 25 | Geoffrey Oduor (KEN) | C | 90 | 90 | 95 | 27 | 120 | 125 | 126 | 26 | 215 |
| — | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | A | 160 | 164 | 164 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Hsieh Meng-en (TPE) | B | 140 | 145 | 150 | 16 | 180 | 180 | 180 | — | — |
| — | Vitalii Smochek (UKR) | B | 146 | 146 | 146 | — | 175 | 180 | 180 | 13 | — |
| — | Morteza Biglari (IRI) | B | 146 | 146 | 146 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 208 kg | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | WR |