# 2021 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg

The men's 96 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 13 and 14 December 2021.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 13 December 2021 | 21:30 | Group D |
| 14 December 2021 | 08:30 | Group C |
| 14 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 14 December 2021 | 16:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Lesman Paredes (COL) | 187 kg | Boady Santavy (CAN) | 178 kg | Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN) | 177 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | 222 kg | Artyom Antropov (KAZ) | 221 kg | Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN) | 214 kg |
| Total | Lesman Paredes (COL) | 400 kg | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | 394 kg | Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN) | 391 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 186 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao (CHN) | 231 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 7 July 2019 |
| World Record | Total | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 416 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 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 |
| | Lesman Paredes (COL) | A | 180 | 187 | 190 | | 208 | 208 | 213 | 4 | 400 |
| | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | A | 172 | 175 | 175 | 6 | 217 | 222 | 229 | | 394 |
| | Keydomar Vallenilla (VEN) | A | 172 | 175 | 177 | | 210 | 214 | 214 | | 391 |
| 4 | Artyom Antropov (KAZ) | A | 160 | 164 | 167 | 13 | 216 | 221 | 224 | | 385 |
| 5 | Boady Santavy (CAN) | A | 172 | 176 | 178 | | 201 | 206 | 207 | 13 | 379 |
| 6 | Reza Dehdar (IRI) | A | 168 | 168 | 172 | 7 | 207 | 216 | 217 | 9 | 379 |
| 7 | Georgi Kuptsov (RWF) | A | 164 | 169 | 174 | 4 | 204 | 209 | 210 | 11 | 378 |
| 8 | Ahmed Sayed Ali (EGY) | B | 165 | 165 | 171 | 11 | 207 | 212 | 217 | 5 | 377 |
| 9 | Romain Imadouchène (FRA) | B | 155 | 160 | 163 | 17 | 205 | 210 | 212 | 6 | 372 |
| 10 | Andrés Serna (COL) | B | 153 | 158 | 163 | 15 | 198 | 203 | 208 | 7 | 371 |
| 11 | Davit Hovhannisyan (ARM) | B | 165 | 170 | 170 | 9 | 200 | 205 | 210 | 10 | 370 |
| 12 | Hakob Mkrtchyan (ARM) | A | 163 | 167 | 167 | 16 | 207 | 212 | 212 | 8 | 370 |
| 13 | Petr Asayonak (BLR) | B | 165 | 170 | 170 | 10 | 196 | 202 | 206 | 12 | 367 |
| 14 | Artur Babayan (RWF) | A | 165 | 170 | 173 | 12 | 200 | 205 | 207 | 14 | 365 |
| 15 | Anton Pliesnoi (GEO) | B | 170 | 170 | 177 | 8 | 190 | — | — | 19 | 360 |
| 16 | Ali Al-Khazal (KSA) | C | 154 | 159 | 163 | 14 | 194 | 202 | 202 | 16 | 357 |
| 17 | Irakli Gobejishvili (GEO) | C | 154 | 154 | 158 | 18 | 183 | 188 | 188 | 22 | 346 |
| 18 | Antonis Martasidis (CYP) | C | 145 | 152 | 153 | 21 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 18 | 343 |
| 19 | Khojiakbar Olimov (UZB) | C | 148 | 152 | 152 | 23 | 180 | 186 | 191 | 17 | 343 |
| 20 | Saddam Messaoui (ALG) | C | 155 | 155 | 160 | 19 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 24 | 340 |
| 21 | Vikas Thakur (IND) | C | 150 | 150 | 154 | 24 | 183 | 189 | 194 | 21 | 339 |
| 22 | Wilmer Contreras (ECU) | C | 147 | 150 | 152 | 22 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 25 | 335 |
| 23 | Jagdish Vishwakarma (IND) | D | 137 | 142 | 145 | 26 | 180 | 186 | 191 | 23 | 328 |
| 24 | Weeraphat Boonlang (THA) | D | 140 | 140 | 146 | 25 | 160 | 173 | 181 | 26 | 327 |
| 25 | Yannick Tschan (SUI) | D | 138 | 142 | 145 | 27 | 175 | 179 | 184 | 28 | 321 |
| 26 | Joël Essama (CMR) | D | 130 | 138 | 145 | 28 | 170 | 170 | 175 | 29 | 313 |
| 27 | John Tabique (PHI) | D | 130 | 137 | 140 | 29 | 167 | 172 | 172 | 30 | 304 |
| 28 | Cédric Coret (MRI) | D | 130 | 130 | 137 | 32 | 166 | 166 | 171 | 31 | 296 |
| 29 | Shanaka Peters (SRI) | D | 125 | 130 | 133 | 31 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 32 | 295 |
| 30 | Jiarul Islam (BAN) | D | 117 | 123 | 129 | 33 | 143 | 153 | 160 | 33 | 276 |
| — | Chen Po-jen (TPE) | A | 170 | 173 | 177 | 5 | 195 | 195 | 195 | — | — |
| — | Leho Pent (EST) | C | 153 | 157 | 158 | 20 | 187 | 187 | 190 | — | — |
| — | John Cheah (SGP) | D | 132 | 134 | 137 | 30 | 165 | 166 | 166 | — | — |
| — | Abdalla Galal Mostafa (EGY) | B | 155 | 155 | 155 | — | 195 | 200 | 200 | 15 | — |
| — | Gerasimos Galiatsatos (GRE) | B | 176 | 176 | 177 | — | 190 | 190 | 190 | 20 | — |
| — | Forrester Osei (GHA) | C | 150 | 150 | 150 | — | 175 | 181 | 186 | 27 | — |
| — | Marco Gregório (BRA) | B | 166 | 166 | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jang Yeon-hak (KOR) | A | 171 | 176 | 176 | — | 201 | 201 | 201 | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 187 kg | Lesman Paredes (COL) | WR |