# Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

The men's 77 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 22.
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 22 September 2000 | 10:30 | Group B |
| 22 September 2000 | 18:30 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | 170.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 25 November 1999 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 207.5 kg | Sofia, Bulgaria | 28 April 2000 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 372.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Olympic Standard | 167.5 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 202.5 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Olympic Standard | 370.0 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |

## 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 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Zhan Xugang (CHN) | A | 76.20 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 160.0 | 202.5 | 207.5 | — | 207.5 | 367.5 |
| | Viktor Mitrou (GRE) | A | 76.48 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 165.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 367.5 |
| | Arsen Melikyan (ARM) | A | 76.68 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 197.5 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 197.5 | 365.0 |
| 4 | Sergey Filimonov (KAZ) | B | 76.90 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 195.0 | 362.5 |
| 5 | Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | A | 76.66 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 162.5 | 192.5 | 200.0 | — | 192.5 | 355.0 |
| 6 | Jon Chol-ho (PRK) | B | 76.58 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 190.0 | 352.5 |
| 7 | Ingo Steinhöfel (GER) | B | 76.58 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 190.0 | 350.0 |
| 8 | Dmytro Hnidenko (UKR) | A | 76.58 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 160.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | — | 190.0 | 350.0 |
| 9 | Idalberto Aranda (CUB) | B | 76.86 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 150.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 208.0 | 200.0 | 350.0 |
| 10 | Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR) | B | 76.60 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 187.5 | 347.5 |
| 11 | Ruslan Savchenko (UKR) | B | 76.90 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 157.5 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 180.0 | 337.5 |
| 12 | Oscar Chaplin (USA) | B | 76.84 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 180.0 | 335.0 |
| 13 | Ayhan Çiçek (TUR) | B | 76.88 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 145.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 180.0 | 325.0 |
| 14 | Damian Brown (AUS) | B | 76.80 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 145.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 320.0 |
| 15 | Carlos Saurí (PUR) | B | 76.92 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 140.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 305.0 |
| 16 | Joseph Bellon (SLE) | B | 76.48 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 200.0 |
| — | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI) | A | 76.16 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 160.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Adrián Popa (HUN) | B | 76.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 207.5 kg | Zhan Xugang (CHN) | OR |