# 2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 and 11 September 2023.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 10 September 2023 | 14:00 | Group C |
| 11 September 2023 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 11 September 2023 | 16:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | 164 kg | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | 163 kg | Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | 162 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 209 kg | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | 195 kg | Gaýgysyz Töräýew (TKM) | 193 kg |
| Total | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | 356 kg | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 354 kg | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | 352 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Dayin (CHN) | 175 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 21 April 2021 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 208 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 12 December 2021 |
| World Record | Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 378 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 September 2019 |

## 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 |
| | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | A | 156 | 161 | 163 | | 192 | 193 | 193 | 4 | 356 |
| | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | B | 145 | — | — | 14 | 190 | 200 | 209 CWR | | 354 |
| | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | A | 157 | 161 | 164 | | 188 | 191 | 191 | 6 | 352 |
| 4 | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | A | 154 | 158 | 159 | 6 | 190 | 195 | 195 | | 349 |
| 5 | Yelaman Seitkazy (KAZ) | A | 150 | 154 | 154 | 7 | 182 | 187 | 191 | 5 | 345 |
| 6 | Gaýgysyz Töräýew (TKM) | A | 145 | 148 | 150 | 11 | 183 | 188 | 193 | | 343 |
| 7 | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | A | 153 | 156 | 156 | 5 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 8 | 338 |
| 8 | Briken Calja (ALB) | B | 150 | 150 | 154 | 10 | 182 | 187 | 191 | 7 | 337 |
| 9 | Petr Mareček (CZE) | B | 143 | 146 | 151 | 9 | 173 | 177 | 179 | 9 | 330 |
| 10 | Alberto Fernández (ESP) | B | 148 | 155 | 155 | 12 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 15 | 323 |
| 11 | Sebastián Cabala (SVK) | B | 143 | 146 | 146 | 13 | 172 | 175 | 175 | 16 | 321 |
| 12 | Javier González (ESP) | B | 140 | 145 | 145 | 15 | 165 | 170 | 175 | 14 | 320 |
| 13 | Mahmoud Al-Humayd (KSA) | B | 140 | 140 | 144 | 16 | 165 | 174 | 177 | 17 | 318 |
| 14 | Chris Murray (GBR) | B | 138 | 142 | 145 | 18 | 171 | 177 | 182 | 12 | 319 |
| 15 | Maksat Meredow (TKM) | B | 135 | 141 | 145 | 19 | 171 | 178 | 181 | 10 | 319 |
| 16 | Samuel Guertin (CAN) | C | 140 | 140 | 145 | 20 | 170 | 177 | 177 | 11 | 317 |
| 17 | Darvin Castro (VEN) | B | 142 | 146 | 146 | 17 | 175 | 178 | 179 | 13 | 317 |
| 18 | Ruben Katoatau (KIR) | C | 128 | 132 | 136 | 22 | 166 | 172 | 177 | 18 | 308 |
| 19 | Žilvinas Žilinskas (LTU) | C | 133 | 137 | 140 | 21 | 160 | 166 | 171 | 19 | 306 |
| 20 | Jeremie Ngouanom Nzali (CMR) | C | 128 | 132 | 135 | 23 | 162 | 162 | 166 | 20 | 301 |
| 21 | Bikash Bhatt (NEP) | C | 115 | 124 | 128 | 24 | 141 | 148 | — | 21 | 272 |
| 22 | Omarie Mears (JAM) | C | 117 | 121 | 123 | 25 | 142 | 146 | 150 | 24 | 267 |
| 23 | Anthony Libasia Masinde (KEN) | C | 111 | 116 | 122 | 26 | 141 | 146 | 147 | 22 | 263 |
| 24 | Md Shohag Mia (BAN) | C | 105 | 105 | 111 | 28 | 140 | 146 | 150 | 23 | 257 |
| 25 | Sood Al-Mutairi (KUW) | C | 100 | 110 | 115 | 27 | 120 | — | — | 25 | 235 |
| — | Andrés Caicedo (COL) | A | 150 | 155 | 158 | 4 | 192 | 193 | 194 | — | — |
| — | Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM) | A | 155 | 160 | 162 | | 190 | 190 | 193 | — | — |
| — | Hossein Soltani (IRI) | A | 152 | 153 | 159 | 8 | 186 | 187 | 188 | — | — |
| — | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Denis Ulanov (KAZ) | B | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | Kalilu Bangura (SLE) | C | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| — | Adriel La O (WRT) | C | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |