# 2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 4–5 November 2018.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 4 November 2018 | 08:00 | Group D |
| 5 November 2018 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 5 November 2018 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 5 November 2018 | 17:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | 173 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 172 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 168 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Dayin (CHN) | 204 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 202 kg | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | 200 kg |
| Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 374 kg | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | 373 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 372 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 170 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 206 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 368 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |

## 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 | 170 | 172 | | 197 | 202 | 205 | | 374 |
| | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | A | 165 | 170 | 173 | | 196 | 200 | 203 | | 373 |
| | Li Dayin (CHN) | A | 163 | 168 | 172 | | 193 | 198 | 204 | | 372 |
| 4 | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | A | 160 | 166 | 166 | 5 | 196 | 197 | 203 | 5 | 363 |
| 5 | Petr Asayonak (BLR) | A | 161 | 166 | 167 | 4 | 190 | 190 | 197 | 10 | 357 |
| 6 | Harrison Maurus (USA) | A | 150 | 154 | 157 | 7 | 191 | 195 | 200 | 4 | 357 |
| 7 | Nico Müller (GER) | B | 148 | 153 | 156 | 9 | 187 | 192 | 196 | 6 | 348 |
| 8 | Safaa Rashed (IRQ) | A | 150 | 155 | 155 | 11 | 191 | 196 | 201 | 9 | 346 |
| 9 | Hugo Montes (COL) | B | 154 | 154 | 157 | 15 | 185 | 191 | 196 | 7 | 345 |
| 10 | Andrés Mata (ESP) | B | 150 | 154 | 156 | 12 | 184 | 187 | 191 | 8 | 345 |
| 11 | Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) | B | 153 | 156 | 159 | 6 | 184 | 185 | 191 | 15 | 344 |
| 12 | Max Lang (GER) | B | 150 | 154 | 157 | 14 | 180 | 185 | 190 | 14 | 339 |
| 13 | Addriel La O (CUB) | B | 148 | 153 | 156 | 16 | 180 | 180 | 185 | 16 | 338 |
| 14 | Ihar Lozka (BLR) | C | 140 | 145 | 148 | 25 | 180 | 188 | 191 | 11 | 336 |
| 15 | Renson Balza (VEN) | B | 150 | 154 | 156 | 13 | 182 | 185 | 185 | 20 | 336 |
| 16 | Yunder Beytula (BUL) | B | 143 | 148 | 149 | 23 | 183 | 188 | 189 | 17 | 332 |
| 17 | Razmik Unanyan (RUS) | C | 143 | 147 | 150 | 20 | 175 | 181 | 187 | 21 | 331 |
| 18 | Olfides Sáez (CUB) | B | 148 | 148 | 153 | 27 | 183 | 183 | 183 | 18 | 331 |
| 19 | Aidar Kazov (KAZ) | B | 145 | 150 | 150 | 31 | 186 | 190 | 190 | 12 | 331 |
| 20 | Alex Bellemarre (CAN) | D | 148 | 152 | 156 | 17 | 174 | 178 | 184 | 26 | 330 |
| 21 | Ahmed Farooq (IRQ) | C | 141 | 145 | 145 | 30 | 180 | 185 | 187 | 13 | 330 |
| 22 | Viktor Getts (RUS) | B | 150 | 155 | 155 | 21 | 180 | — | — | 23 | 330 |
| 23 | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | B | 150 | 150 | — | 22 | 180 | — | — | 24 | 330 |
| 24 | Ihor Konotop (UKR) | C | 145 | 145 | 148 | 26 | 179 | 184 | 184 | 25 | 327 |
| 25 | You Jae-sik (KOR) | C | 145 | 150 | 157 | 19 | 175 | 182 | 182 | 29 | 325 |
| 26 | Ajay Singh (IND) | D | 143 | 148 | 148 | 24 | 174 | 174 | 183 | 31 | 322 |
| 27 | Takehiro Kasai (JPN) | C | 140 | 140 | 145 | 38 | 180 | 180 | 181 | 22 | 321 |
| 28 | Richard Tkáč (SVK) | C | 138 | 142 | 145 | 29 | 171 | 175 | 175 | 30 | 320 |
| 29 | Jack Oliver (GBR) | D | 138 | 142 | 143 | 33 | 168 | 172 | 176 | 28 | 319 |
| 30 | Karol Samko (SVK) | C | 137 | 140 | 140 | 40 | 182 | 182 | — | 19 | 319 |
| 31 | Bastián López (CHI) | D | 132 | 136 | 140 | 37 | 170 | 177 | 180 | 27 | 317 |
| 32 | Daýanç Aşyrow (TKM) | C | 142 | 146 | 147 | 28 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 36 | 317 |
| 33 | Pornchai Lobsi (THA) | D | 135 | 140 | 143 | 32 | 165 | 170 | 173 | 33 | 316 |
| 34 | Chiang Tsung-han (TPE) | C | 139 | 142 | 145 | 35 | 173 | 178 | 178 | 34 | 315 |
| 35 | Omed Alam (DEN) | C | 135 | 139 | 141 | 36 | 165 | 170 | 174 | 32 | 315 |
| 36 | Seán Brown (IRL) | D | 138 | 142 | 142 | 39 | 160 | 167 | 173 | 37 | 305 |
| 37 | Kanan Aliguliyev (AZE) | D | 125 | 130 | 130 | 43 | 160 | 165 | 170 | 35 | 300 |
| 38 | Sami Köngäs (FIN) | D | 125 | 128 | 130 | 44 | 160 | 163 | 168 | 38 | 291 |
| 39 | Lyle du Plooy (RSA) | D | 120 | 125 | 125 | 45 | 140 | 147 | 147 | 40 | 260 |
| 40 | Einar Jónsson (ISL) | D | 107 | 111 | 120 | 46 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 39 | 251 |
| 41 | Arbnor Krasniqi (KOS) | D | 102 | 105 | 107 | 47 | 130 | 134 | 137 | 41 | 235 |
| 42 | Hamad Al-Breiki (UAE) | D | 60 | 65 | 70 | 48 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 42 | 150 |
| — | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | B | 155 | 156 | 163 | 8 | 190 | 190 | 190 | — | — |
| — | Daniel Godelli (ALB) | A | 156 | 162 | 162 | 10 | 186 | 186 | 186 | — | — |
| — | Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) | A | 152 | 156 | 156 | 18 | 190 | 190 | 191 | — | — |
| — | Alberto Fernández (ESP) | C | 143 | 148 | 148 | 34 | 172 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Amar Musić (CRO) | D | 135 | 135 | 140 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Daniel Chertkov (ISR) | C | 135 | 140 | 140 | 42 | 175 | 175 | 175 | — | — |
| — | Andranik Karapetyan (ARM) | A | 171 | 171 | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ivan Markov (BUL) | A | 161 | 161 | 161 | — | 192 | 193 | 195 | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 172 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | WR |
| Snatch | 173 kg | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | WR |
| Total | 369 kg | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | WR |
| Total | 373 kg | Mohamed Ehab (EGY) | WR |
| Total | 374 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | WR |