# 2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 and 22 September 2019.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 21 September 2019 | 08:00 | Group D |
| 22 September 2019 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 22 September 2019 | 14:25 | Group B |
| 22 September 2019 | 17:55 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 171 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 171 kg | Andranik Karapetyan (ARM) | 168 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 207 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 206 kg | Yunder Beytula (BUL) | 201 kg |
| Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 378 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 377 kg | Brayan Rodallegas (COL) | 363 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows. Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | 173 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 5 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 206 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | Li Dayin (CHN) | 375 kg | Fuzhou, China | 24 February 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 |
| | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | A | 165 | 165 | 171 | | 191 | 205 | 207 | | 378 |
| | Li Dayin (CHN) | A | 166 | 166 | 171 | | 198 | 206 | 206 | | 377 |
| | Brayan Rodallegas (COL) | A | 159 | 165 | 167 | 4 | 196 | 202 | 203 | 6 | 363 |
| 4 | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | A | 164 | 168 | 169 | 5 | 190 | 199 | 199 | 4 | 363 |
| 5 | Yunder Beytula (BUL) | B | 150 | 155 | 157 | 14 | 192 | 198 | 201 | | 358 |
| 6 | Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) | A | 155 | 160 | 163 | 7 | 195 | 195 | 201 | 9 | 358 |
| 7 | Andrés Mata (ESP) | C | 152 | 158 | 162 | 9 | 189 | 194 | 200 | 10 | 356 |
| 8 | Zacarías Bonnat (DOM) | A | 155 | 160 | 163 | 10 | 195 | 201 | 201 | 7 | 355 |
| 9 | Harrison Maurus (USA) | B | 152 | 152 | 152 | 18 | 191 | 198 | 205 | 5 | 350 |
| 10 | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | B | 155 | 159 | 162 | 11 | 185 | 185 | 189 | 14 | 348 |
| 11 | Nico Müller (GER) | B | 150 | 154 | 157 | 13 | 186 | 191 | 191 | 12 | 348 |
| 12 | Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) | B | 154 | 158 | 160 | 16 | 188 | 192 | 200 | 11 | 346 |
| 13 | Viktor Getts (RUS) | B | 154 | 158 | 158 | 12 | 186 | 190 | 191 | 16 | 344 |
| 14 | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | B | 155 | 160 | 163 | 15 | 185 | 190 | — | 18 | 340 |
| 15 | Juan Solís (COL) | B | 150 | 150 | 155 | 23 | 189 | 195 | 195 | 13 | 339 |
| 16 | Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) | B | 150 | 153 | 153 | 22 | 182 | 185 | 189 | 19 | 335 |
| 17 | Emil Moldodosov (KGZ) | C | 145 | 150 | 153 | 17 | 175 | 180 | 182 | 23 | 333 |
| 18 | Ajay Singh (IND) | C | 140 | 144 | 146 | 26 | 175 | 181 | 187 | 15 | 333 |
| 19 | Ahmed Farooq (IRQ) | C | 142 | 142 | 147 | 25 | 181 | 185 | 188 | 17 | 332 |
| 20 | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | B | 151 | 151 | — | 20 | 181 | — | — | 21 | 332 |
| 21 | Alex Bellemarre (CAN) | C | 151 | 151 | 155 | 19 | 174 | 178 | 184 | 25 | 329 |
| 22 | Christian Rodriguez Ocasio (USA) | C | 145 | 147 | 153 | 24 | 180 | 180 | 190 | 24 | 327 |
| 23 | Arley Méndez (CHI) | D | 140 | 145 | 150 | 21 | 166 | 175 | — | 27 | 325 |
| 24 | Şatlyk Şöhradow (TKM) | C | 145 | 145 | 150 | 28 | 180 | 185 | 185 | 22 | 325 |
| 25 | Chuang Sheng-min (TPE) | C | 145 | 145 | 145 | 29 | 170 | 170 | 177 | 26 | 322 |
| 26 | Nicolas Vachon (CAN) | C | 137 | 137 | 142 | 30 | 170 | 181 | 184 | 20 | 318 |
| 27 | Seán Brown (IRL) | D | 142 | 142 | 145 | 27 | 168 | 172 | 175 | 28 | 317 |
| 28 | Richard Tkáč (SVK) | D | 133 | 137 | 137 | 31 | 160 | 166 | 172 | 29 | 299 |
| 29 | Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) | D | 128 | 132 | 133 | 32 | 165 | 171 | 171 | 30 | 298 |
| 30 | Kabuati Bob (MHL) | D | 120 | 120 | 125 | 33 | 156 | 161 | 167 | 31 | 286 |
| 31 | Tuau Lapua Lapua (TUV) | D | 116 | 121 | 126 | 35 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 32 | 276 |
| 32 | Ika Aliklik (NRU) | D | 117 | 120 | 124 | 34 | 145 | 150 | 158 | 33 | 274 |
| — | Andranik Karapetyan (ARM) | A | 168 | 172 | 172 | | 195 | 195 | 195 | — | — |
| — | Choe Jon-wi (PRK) | A | 158 | 163 | 166 | 6 | 190 | 190 | 190 | — | — |
| — | Ri Chong-song (PRK) | A | 155 | 160 | 163 | 8 | 195 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Petr Asayonak (BLR) | A | 165 | 165 | 165 | — | 190 | 195 | 202 | 8 | — |
| — | Ihar Lozka (BLR) | B | 155 | 155 | 155 | — | 188 | 188 | — | — | — |
| — | Aidar Kazov (KAZ) | C | 140 | 140 | 140 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Alexander Hernández (PUR) | D | 135 | 135 | 135 | — | 170 | 170 | 170 | — | — |
| — | Lyle du Plooy (RSA) | D | 118 | 119 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Nijat Rahimov (KAZ) | C | 140 | 145 | 150 | — | 180 | 185 | 189 | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 207 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 376 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 377 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 378 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | WR |