# 2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 23 November 2002.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 23 November 2002 | 09:00 | Group C |
| 23 November 2002 | 11:00 | Group B |
| 23 November 2002 | 17:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 177.5 kg | Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | 175.0 kg | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 172.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 217.5 kg | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 207.5 kg | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 207.5 kg |
| Total | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | 385.0 kg | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 385.0 kg | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | 380.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 182.5 kg | Havířov, Czech Republic | 2 June 2002 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 395.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## 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 |
| | Zlatan Vanev (BUL) | A | 83.45 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 8 | 212.5 | 217.5 | 220.0 | | 385.0 |
| | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | A | 84.90 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | | 202.5 | 205.0 | 207.5 | 4 | 385.0 |
| | Ruslan Novikau (BLR) | A | 84.35 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | | 200.0 | 205.0 | 207.5 | | 380.0 |
| 4 | Ilirjan Suli (ALB) | A | 84.65 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 175.0 | | 197.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 7 | 380.0 |
| 5 | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | A | 84.35 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 5 | 205.0 | 207.5 | 207.5 | | 377.5 |
| 6 | Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | A | 84.60 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 4 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 6 | 377.5 |
| 7 | Yuan Aijun (CHN) | B | 84.65 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 6 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 207.5 | 11 | 370.0 |
| 8 | Ilir Kafarani (ALB) | B | 84.40 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 15 | 195.0 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 5 | 367.5 |
| 9 | Hadi Panzvan (IRI) | A | 84.90 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 13 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 8 | 367.5 |
| 10 | Ayhan Çiçek (TUR) | B | 83.45 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 10 | 365.0 |
| 11 | Oscar Chaplin (USA) | B | 84.35 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 18 | 190.0 | 197.5 | 197.5 | 12 | 357.5 |
| 12 | György Ehrlich (HUN) | B | 84.50 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 12 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 14 | 357.5 |
| 13 | Jiang Hairong (CHN) | B | 82.75 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 175.0 | 9 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 15 | 355.0 |
| 14 | Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | C | 83.30 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 20 | 192.5 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 9 | 355.0 |
| 15 | Anatoliy Mushyk (UKR) | B | 83.45 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 14 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 16 | 352.5 |
| 16 | Volodymyr Bondar (UKR) | B | 83.50 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 17 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 17 | 350.0 |
| 17 | José Llerena (ECU) | C | 84.65 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 23 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 18 | 340.0 |
| 18 | Francesco De Tommaso (ITA) | C | 84.90 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 24 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 19 | 340.0 |
| 19 | Kazumi Suzuki (JPN) | C | 83.75 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 22 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 20 | 335.0 |
| 20 | Pavol Trojčák (SVK) | C | 84.80 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 25 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 180.0 | 21 | 310.0 |
| 21 | Deniss Žuļins (LAT) | C | 81.90 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 26 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 22 | 300.0 |
| 22 | Yuki Hiraoka (JPN) | C | 85.00 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 27 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 23 | 300.0 |
| 23 | Carl Dumas (CAN) | C | 81.20 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 28 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 24 | 285.0 |
| — | Karol Gorczyczewski (POL) | B | 83.35 | 147.5 | 147.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Iraklis Psomiadis (GRE) | A | 84.35 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 11 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | — | — |
| — | Ondrej Kutlík (SVK) | A | 84.35 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 21 | 195.0 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Tigran Kamalyan (ARM) | B | 84.55 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | — | 195.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 13 | — |
| — | Georgios Markoulas (GRE) | B | 84.85 | 157.5 | 162.5 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | A | 84.85 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 7 | 202.5 | 202.5 | 202.5 | — | — |
| — | Natig Hasanov (AZE) | B | 85.00 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 16 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 192.5 | — | — |