# 2017 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The Men's 85 kg competition at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 3 December 2017.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 2 December 2017 | 08:55 | Group C |
| 2 December 2017 | 17:55 | Group B |
| 3 December 2017 | 11:55 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Arley Méndez (CHI) | 175 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 174 kg | Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) | 162 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Arley Méndez (CHI) | 203 kg | Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) | 197 kg | Romain Imadouchène (FRA) | 196 kg |
| Total | Arley Méndez (CHI) | 378 kg | Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) | 359 kg | Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) | 358 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 | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 220 kg | Tehran, Iran | 31 May 2016 |
| World Record | Total | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | 396 kg | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |

## 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 |
| | Arley Méndez (CHI) | A | 163 | 171 | 175 | | 203 | 214 | 221 | | 378 |
| | Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) | A | 158 | 162 | 162 | 4 | 194 | 197 | 202 | | 359 |
| | Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) | A | 155 | 159 | 162 | | 195 | 196 | 196 | 4 | 358 |
| 4 | Yu Dong-ju (KOR) | A | 158 | 162 | 163 | 6 | 194 | 194 | 200 | 5 | 352 |
| 5 | Revaz Davitadze (GEO) | A | 160 | 160 | 160 | 5 | 182 | 190 | 191 | 11 | 351 |
| 6 | Romain Imadouchène (FRA) | A | 153 | 157 | 157 | 8 | 191 | 196 | 202 | | 349 |
| 7 | Ali Miri (IRI) | A | 155 | 155 | 155 | 7 | 193 | 201 | 201 | 6 | 348 |
| 8 | Tom Schwarzbach (GER) | A | 151 | 154 | 154 | 11 | 190 | 194 | 194 | 12 | 341 |
| 9 | Ragala Venkat Rahul (IND) | B | 150 | 154 | 157 | 12 | 187 | 191 | — | 9 | 341 |
| 10 | Toshiki Yamamoto (JPN) | A | 148 | 153 | 153 | 14 | 192 | 193 | 202 | 7 | 341 |
| 11 | Karol Samko (SVK) | B | 140 | 143 | 146 | 15 | 188 | 192 | 196 | 8 | 338 |
| 12 | Brandon Vautard (FRA) | B | 141 | 145 | 148 | 18 | 186 | 186 | 191 | 10 | 336 |
| 13 | Diego Betancur (COL) | B | 150 | 150 | 155 | 13 | 185 | 191 | 192 | 13 | 335 |
| 14 | Alex Bellemarre (CAN) | C | 145 | 149 | 153 | 9 | 172 | 175 | 182 | 19 | 328 |
| 15 | Amar Musić (CRO) | B | 145 | 148 | 148 | 16 | 181 | 185 | 187 | 14 | 326 |
| 16 | Khalil Al-Hamqan (KSA) | B | 144 | 148 | 149 | 21 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 15 | 322 |
| 17 | Josué Ferreira (BRA) | B | 145 | 145 | 152 | 19 | 170 | 180 | 180 | 20 | 315 |
| 18 | Welisson Silva (BRA) | C | 140 | 140 | 140 | 22 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 17 | 315 |
| 19 | Phacharamethi Tharaphan (THA) | C | 135 | 139 | 140 | 27 | 176 | 176 | 181 | 16 | 311 |
| 20 | Daniel Chertkov (ISR) | C | 135 | 140 | 140 | 25 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 18 | 310 |
| 21 | Christian Amoah (GHA) | C | 132 | 136 | 139 | 23 | 165 | 169 | 173 | 26 | 308 |
| 22 | Donald Nkoh (CMR) | C | 135 | 143 | 143 | 24 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 21 | 305 |
| 23 | Mathieu Marineau (CAN) | C | 135 | 139 | 140 | 26 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 23 | 305 |
| 24 | Roger Myrholt (NOR) | C | 127 | 131 | 134 | 28 | 165 | 170 | 175 | 25 | 304 |
| 25 | Hoàng Tấn Tài (VIE) | C | 130 | 137 | 140 | 29 | 170 | 178 | 178 | 22 | 300 |
| — | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | A | 170 | 174 | 174 | | 212 | 212 | 215 | — | — |
| — | Jhor Moreno (COL) | A | 152 | 156 | 156 | 10 | 190 | 190 | 190 | — | — |
| — | Krenar Shoraj (ALB) | B | 145 | 150 | 152 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Seán Brown (IRL) | C | 137 | 142 | 145 | 20 | 166 | 170 | 170 | — | — |
| — | Michael Müller (GER) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Daýanç Aşyrow (TKM) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ulugbek Alimov (UZB) | A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Banyat Tawnok (THA) | B | 150 | 150 | 150 | — | 170 | 179 | 179 | 24 | — |