# 2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg

The men's 96 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 12 and 13 September 2023.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 12 September 2023 | 20:30 | Group C |
| 13 September 2023 | 14:00 | Group B |
| 13 September 2023 | 16:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Qasim Al-Lami (IRQ) | 175 kg | Karim Abokahla (EGY) | 174 kg | Won Jong-beom (KOR) | 172 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Karim Abokahla (EGY) | 213 kg | Won Jong-beom (KOR) | 212 kg | Mahmoud Hassan (EGY) | 209 kg |
| Total | Karim Abokahla (EGY) | 387 kg | Won Jong-beom (KOR) | 384 kg | Qasim Al-Lami (IRQ) | 379 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Lesman Paredes (COL) | 187 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 14 December 2021 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao (CHN) | 231 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 7 July 2019 |
| World Record | Total | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 416 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 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 |
| | Karim Abokahla (EGY) | A | 169 | 172 | 174 | | 208 | 208 | 213 | | 387 |
| | Won Jong-beom (KOR) | A | 167 | 172 | 172 | | 209 | 211 | 212 | | 384 |
| | Qasim Al-Lami (IRQ) | A | 170 | 173 | 175 | | 201 | 204 | 206 | 7 | 379 |
| 4 | Mahmoud Hassan (EGY) | A | 161 | 161 | 165 | 13 | 201 | 207 | 209 | | 374 |
| 5 | Amir Hoghoughi (IRI) | A | 166 | 169 | 170 | 11 | 206 | 210 | 212 | 5 | 372 |
| 6 | Hakob Mkrtchyan (ARM) | A | 164 | 168 | 168 | 14 | 208 | 208 | 216 | 4 | 372 |
| 7 | Yeison López (COL) | B | 160 | 167 | 171 | 4 | 200 | 200 | 205 | 11 | 371 |
| 8 | Jhor Moreno (COL) | A | 165 | 170 | 173 | 6 | 201 | 205 | 205 | 10 | 371 |
| 9 | Pavel Khadasevich (AIN) | A | 167 | 171 | 171 | 8 | 202 | 205 | 205 | 9 | 369 |
| 10 | Davit Hovhannisyan (ARM) | A | 168 | 172 | 172 | 7 | 200 | 200 | 212 | 12 | 368 |
| 11 | Assylzhan Bektay (KAZ) | A | 160 | 165 | 169 | 12 | 195 | 201 | 203 | 8 | 368 |
| 12 | Boady Santavy (CAN) | B | 160 | 166 | 169 | 10 | 186 | 192 | 196 | 13 | 362 |
| 13 | Mohammad Zarei (IRI) | A | 160 | 166 | 167 | 9 | 193 | 201 | 201 | 15 | 360 |
| 14 | Sunnatilla Usarov (UZB) | B | 163 | 163 | 171 | 15 | 190 | 190 | 196 | 17 | 353 |
| 15 | Brandon Vautard (FRA) | B | 142 | 147 | 147 | 23 | 200 | 205 | 205 | 6 | 352 |
| 16 | Redon Manushi (FRA) | B | 158 | 162 | 162 | 16 | 181 | 185 | 188 | 19 | 350 |
| 17 | Amel Atencia (PER) | C | 150 | 155 | 155 | 20 | 180 | 186 | 192 | 16 | 342 |
| 18 | Cyrille Tchatchet (GBR) | B | 150 | 154 | 154 | 21 | 189 | 195 | 198 | 18 | 339 |
| 19 | Forrester Osei (GHA) | C | 140 | 145 | 151 | 18 | 180 | 186 | 193 | 20 | 337 |
| 20 | Lukas Kordušas (LTU) | C | 141 | 146 | 150 | 24 | 173 | 178 | 182 | 21 | 328 |
| 21 | Asem Al-Sallaj (JOR) | C | 137 | 137 | 145 | 25 | 177 | 183 | 185 | 22 | 314 |
| 22 | Vishal Sing Bist (NEP) | C | 120 | 126 | 133 | 26 | 155 | 162 | 165 | 23 | 291 |
| 23 | James Daley (JAM) | C | 104 | 108 | 110 | 27 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 24 | 243 |
| — | Şahzadbek Mätýakubow (TKM) | B | 163 | 163 | 164 | — | 187 | 193 | 201 | 14 | — |
| — | Sarat Sumpradit (THA) | B | 170 | 175 | 180 | 5 | 205 | — | — | — | — |
| — | José López (MEX) | B | 147 | 152 | 155 | 17 | 195 | 195 | 196 | — | — |
| — | Theodoros Iakovidis (GRE) | B | 151 | 151 | 155 | 19 | 180 | 181 | 185 | — | — |
| — | Alisher Seitkazy (KAZ) | B | 150 | 150 | 157 | 22 | 190 | 190 | — | — | — |
| — | Nathan Damron (USA) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |