# 2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1–3 November 2018.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 1 November 2018 | 19:00 | Group C |
| 2 November 2018 | 14:25 | Group B |
| 3 November 2018 | 17:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 143 kg | Li Fabin (CHN) | 142 kg | Qin Fulin (CHN) | 139 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 174 kg | Qin Fulin (CHN) | 169 kg | Francisco Mosquera (COL) | 169 kg |
| Total | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 317 kg | Li Fabin (CHN) | 310 kg | Qin Fulin (CHN) | 308 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 144 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 173 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 312 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 |
| | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 137 | 141 | 143 | | 165 | 170 | 174 | | 317 |
| | Li Fabin (CHN) | A | 133 | 138 | 142 | | 160 | 165 | 168 | 4 | 310 |
| | Qin Fulin (CHN) | A | 135 | 135 | 139 | | 165 | 169 | 172 | | 308 |
| 4 | Francisco Mosquera (COL) | A | 130 | 135 AM | 137 | 6 | 167 | 169 | 172 | | 304 AM |
| 5 | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | A | 135 | 139 | 139 | 5 | 163 | 163 | 167 | 6 | 298 |
| 6 | Adkhamjon Ergashev (UZB) | A | 132 | 133 | 136 | 4 | 157 | 160 | 166 | 10 | 293 |
| 7 | Shota Mishvelidze (GEO) | A | 130 | 135 | 139 | 7 | 155 | 155 | 158 | 9 | 293 |
| 8 | Yoichi Itokazu (JPN) | B | 125 | 129 | 132 | 9 | 155 | 160 | 162 | 8 | 292 |
| 9 | Antonio Vázquez (MEX) | A | 120 | 120 | 120 | 19 | 166 | 169 | 170 | 5 | 286 |
| 10 | Henadz Laptseu (BLR) | A | 128 | 132 | 132 | 10 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 16 | 283 |
| 11 | Han Myeong-mok (KOR) | B | 132 | 136 | 136 | 8 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 18 | 282 |
| 12 | Cristhian Zurita (ECU) | B | 125 | 130 | 130 | 11 | 147 | 151 | 153 | 15 | 281 |
| 13 | Nestor Colonia (PHI) | B | 120 | 125 | 125 | 16 | 153 | 160 | 162 | 7 | 280 |
| 14 | Surahmat Wijoyo (INA) | B | 117 | 121 | 124 | 13 | 150 | 150 | 154 | 11 | 278 |
| 15 | Kao Chan-hung (TPE) | B | 120 | 123 | 126 | 14 | 147 | 150 | 153 | 13 | 276 |
| 16 | Bünyamin Sezer (TUR) | A | 129 | 134 | 136 | 12 | 145 | 145 | 145 | 20 | 274 |
| 17 | Luis García (DOM) | B | 120 | 120 | 124 | 18 | 153 | 157 | 157 | 12 | 273 |
| 18 | Hiroaki Takao (JPN) | C | 118 | 122 | 125 | 15 | 147 | 150 | 150 | 17 | 272 |
| 19 | José Montes (MEX) | B | 117 | 120 | 123 | 17 | 152 | 155 | 155 | 14 | 272 |
| 20 | Davide Ruiu (ITA) | B | 113 | 117 | 120 | 21 | 144 | 147 | 147 | 23 | 261 |
| 21 | Patiphan Bupphamala (THA) | C | 113 | 117 | 117 | 20 | 135 | 140 | 143 | 24 | 260 |
| 22 | Wilkeinner Lugo (VEN) | B | 115 | 118 | 121 | 23 | 145 | 145 | 150 | 19 | 260 |
| 23 | Mahammad Mammadli (AZE) | C | 112 | 116 | 120 | 22 | 139 | 142 | 145 | 25 | 258 |
| 24 | Jon Luke Mau (GER) | C | 108 | 108 | 112 | 24 | 138 | 141 | 144 | 22 | 256 |
| 25 | Julio Acosta (CHI) | C | 111 | 115 | 115 | 26 | 140 | 144 | 147 | 21 | 255 |
| 26 | Chiang Nien-en (TPE) | C | 108 | 112 | 112 | 25 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 26 | 252 |
| — | Ferdi Hardal (TUR) | B | 120 | 120 | 120 | — | 140 | 140 | 140 | 27 | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 174 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | WR |
| Total | 313 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | WR |
| Total | 317 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | WR |