# 2009 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The men's competition in the light-heavyweight (– 85 kg) division was staged on November 26, 2009.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 26 November 2009 | 13:00 | Group C |
| 26 November 2009 | 16:00 | Group B |
| 26 November 2009 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Lu Yong (CHN) | 175 kg | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | 172 kg | Siarhei Lahun (BLR) | 171 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Siarhei Lahun (BLR) | 209 kg | Lu Yong (CHN) | 208 kg | Gevorik Poghosyan (ARM) | 208 kg |
| Total | Lu Yong (CHN) | 383 kg | Siarhei Lahun (BLR) | 380 kg | Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ) | 376 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* Andrei Rybakou's world record was rescinded in 2016.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 |
| | Lu Yong (CHN) | A | 84.68 | 170 | 175 | 175 | | 206 | 208 | 211 | | 383 |
| | Siarhei Lahun (BLR) | A | 83.90 | 163 | 168 | 171 | | 200 | 205 | 209 | | 380 |
| | Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ) | A | 83.93 | 165 | 170 | 172 | 5 | 200 | 202 | 206 | 4 | 376 |
| 4 | Gevorik Poghosyan (ARM) | A | 84.85 | 162 | 166 | 168 | 7 | 201 | 208 | 211 | | 374 |
| 5 | Intigam Zairov (AZE) | A | 84.53 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 6 | 200 | 202 | 203 | 7 | 373 |
| 6 | Adrian Zieliński (POL) | A | 84.94 | 167 | 171 | 173 | 4 | 197 | 201 | 206 | 8 | 372 |
| 7 | Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) | B | 83.93 | 153 | 158 | 162 | 8 | 195 | 201 | 205 | 5 | 367 |
| 8 | Roman Khamatshin (RUS) | A | 84.62 | 161 | 165 | 165 | 10 | 200 | 207 | 207 | 9 | 361 |
| 9 | Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB) | B | 81.10 | 148 | 152 | 155 | 13 | 192 | 196 | 203 | 6 | 358 |
| 10 | Jadier Valladares (CUB) | B | 84.71 | 156 | 162 | 165 | 9 | 193 | 198 | 200 | 11 | 355 |
| 11 | Tom Schwarzbach (GER) | B | 84.92 | 145 | 150 | 153 | 15 | 190 | 196 | 201 | 10 | 346 |
| 12 | Kendrick Farris (USA) | B | 84.92 | 154 | 154 | 157 | 14 | 191 | 191 | 198 | 13 | 345 |
| 13 | Matt Bruce (USA) | B | 84.32 | 142 | 147 | 152 | 16 | 182 | 188 | 191 | 12 | 338 |
| 14 | Richard Tkáč (SVK) | B | 84.92 | 153 | 154 | 158 | 12 | 180 | 184 | 184 | 16 | 338 |
| 15 | Simplice Ribouem (AUS) | B | 84.62 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 17 | 180 | 187 | 195 | 14 | 333 |
| 16 | Inoýat Jumaýew (TKM) | C | 82.74 | 135 | 142 | 148 | 19 | 170 | 180 | 183 | 15 | 325 |
| 17 | Richie Patterson (NZL) | C | 84.09 | 140 | 144 | 147 | 18 | 178 | 184 | 184 | 17 | 322 |
| 18 | Paul Dumais (CAN) | C | 83.90 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 20 | 165 | 165 | 173 | 18 | 305 |
| 19 | Ahmed Al-Ijla (PLE) | C | 84.72 | 105 | 112 | 118 | 22 | 130 | 140 | 148 | 19 | 252 |
| 20 | Hansley Gaya (MRI) | C | 84.45 | 102 | 106 | 110 | 23 | 138 | 138 | 147 | 20 | 248 |
| 21 | Ismail Abdullah Ismail (UAE) | C | 78.95 | 90 | 90 | 95 | 24 | 110 | 127 | 127 | 21 | 200 |
| — | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 84.72 | 172 | 176 | 176 | | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | A | 84.04 | 160 | 160 | 165 | 11 | 202 | 202 | 202 | — | — |
| — | Majeti Fetrie (GHA) | C | 83.21 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 21 | 165 | 165 | 165 | — | — |
| — | Mansurbek Chashemov (UZB) | A | 84.16 | 160 | — | — | — | 200 | — | — | — | — |