# 2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The men's 85 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 24 and 25 November 2015 in Houston, United States.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 24 November 2015 | 09:00 | Group D |
| 24 November 2015 | 11:30 | Group C |
| 24 November 2015 | 19:25 | Group B |
| 25 November 2015 | 14:55 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Tian Tao (CHN) | 178 kg | Artem Okulov (RUS) | 176 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 173 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Artem Okulov (RUS) | 215 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 214 kg | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | 212 kg |
| Total | Artem Okulov (RUS) | 391 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 387 kg | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | 380 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 187 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 22 September 2007 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 |
| World Record | Total | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) Lu Yong (CHN) | 394 kg 394 kg | Beijing, China Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 15 August 2008 |
* Andrei Rybakou's world record was rescinded in 2016.

## 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 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Artem Okulov (RUS) | A | 84.63 | 168 | 174 | 176 | | 205 | 211 | 215 | | 391 |
| | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | A | 84.37 | 173 | 178 | 178 | | 214 | 218 | 219 | | 387 |
| | Apti Aukhadov (RUS) | A | 84.84 | 168 | 172 | 173 | 4 | 205 | 212 | 216 | | 380 |
| 4 | Oleksandr Pielieshenko (UKR) | A | 84.54 | 167 | 173 | 173 | 7 | 201 | 201 | 210 | 7 | 368 |
| 5 | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU) | A | 84.35 | 163 | 167 | 167 | 6 | 196 | 200 | 203 | 8 | 367 |
| 6 | Petr Asayonak (BLR) | A | 83.43 | 167 | 173 | 173 | 5 | 196 | 202 | 202 | 11 | 363 |
| 7 | Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) | B | 84.85 | 155 | 159 | 161 | 10 | 194 | 198 | 202 | 5 | 363 |
| 8 | Ulugbek Alimov (UZB) | B | 84.27 | 150 | 155 | 158 | 11 | 192 | 197 | 202 | 4 | 360 |
| 9 | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | B | 84.84 | 160 | 163 | 163 | 8 | 187 | 192 | 197 | 10 | 360 |
| 10 | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | A | 84.49 | 155 | 155 | 160 | 17 | 195 | 201 | 201 | 6 | 356 |
| 11 | Yu Dong-ju (KOR) | B | 84.39 | 151 | 157 | 161 | 14 | 193 | 198 | 200 | 9 | 355 |
| 12 | Gheorghe Cernei (ROU) | A | 84.14 | 162 | 166 | 166 | 9 | 190 | 196 | — | 13 | 352 |
| 13 | Tarek Yehia (EGY) | C | 84.68 | 151 | 156 | 158 | 12 | 181 | 188 | 192 | 12 | 350 |
| 14 | Giovanni Bardis (FRA) | B | 84.80 | 158 | 162 | 162 | 13 | 187 | 193 | 193 | 16 | 345 |
| 15 | Muhammad Begaliev (UZB) | C | 83.91 | 152 | 156 | 160 | 16 | 184 | 188 | 190 | 14 | 344 |
| 16 | Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) | B | 83.78 | 153 | 158 | 158 | 19 | 187 | 190 | — | 15 | 340 |
| 17 | Ammar Hassan (EGY) | C | 84.58 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 23 | 180 | 185 | — | 17 | 335 |
| 18 | Pascal Plamondon (CAN) | C | 84.53 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 22 | 184 | 189 | 189 | 19 | 334 |
| 19 | Baýmyrat Orazdurdyýew (TKM) | D | 83.69 | 140 | 140 | 146 | 26 | 175 | 181 | 185 | 21 | 327 |
| 20 | Manuel Sánchez (ESP) | C | 84.25 | 147 | 152 | 152 | 25 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 23 | 327 |
| 21 | Welisson Silva (BRA) | C | 84.50 | 145 | 152 | 152 | 28 | 182 | 182 | 187 | 20 | 327 |
| 22 | Hoàng Tấn Tài (VIE) | D | 84.34 | 135 | 141 | 146 | 31 | 172 | 180 | 184 | 18 | 325 |
| 23 | Donatas Anuškevičius (LTU) | C | 84.51 | 145 | 152 | 152 | 29 | 180 | 180 | 184 | 24 | 325 |
| 24 | Imam Jamaludin (INA) | C | 83.91 | 137 | 142 | 142 | 30 | 181 | 187 | 187 | 22 | 323 |
| 25 | Boady Santavy (CAN) | D | 84.19 | 143 | 148 | 152 | 24 | 175 | 179 | 179 | 25 | 323 |
| 26 | Amar Musić (CRO) | D | 84.43 | 140 | 146 | 146 | 27 | 175 | 180 | 180 | 26 | 321 |
| 27 | Dany Termignone (SUI) | D | 83.77 | 129 | 134 | 134 | 32 | 158 | 163 | 167 | 27 | 297 |
| 28 | Christian Amoah (GHA) | D | 82.96 | 122 | 125 | 128 | 33 | 146 | 150 | 154 | 29 | 279 |
| 29 | Kabuati Bob (MHL) | D | 83.56 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 34 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 28 | 275 |
| — | Tian Tao (CHN) | A | 84.59 | 173 | 178 | 178 | | 211 | 211 | 211 | — | — |
| — | Daýanç Aşyrow (TKM) | B | 84.97 | 155 | 155 | 157 | 15 | 185 | 185 | 185 | — | — |
| — | Renson Balza (VEN) | C | 83.19 | 152 | 155 | 155 | 20 | 184 | 184 | 184 | — | — |
| — | Lim Young-chul (KOR) | B | 84.84 | 155 | 160 | 162 | 18 | 193 | 193 | 193 | — | — |
| — | Irmantas Kačinskas (LTU) | D | 84.01 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 21 | 175 | 175 | 175 | — | — |
| — | János Baranyai (HUN) | C | 83.94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Iurie Bulat (MDA) | B | 84.58 | 165 | 172 | 176 | — | 175 | 185 | 190 | — | — |
| DQ | Yermek Omirtay (KAZ) | A | 84.26 | 160 | 160 | 165 | — | 200 | 200 | 200 | — | — |