# 2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held between 4 and 6 September 2023.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 4 September 2023 | 21:30 | Group D |
| 5 September 2023 | 11:00 | Group C |
| 6 September 2023 | 11:00 | Group B |
| 6 September 2023 | 16:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Li Fabin (CHN) | 141 kg | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | 137 kg | Shota Mishvelidze (GEO) | 136 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Hampton Morris (USA) | 168 kg | Li Fabin (CHN) | 167 kg | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | 166 kg |
| Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 308 kg | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | 302 kg | Ding Hongjie (CHN) | 301 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Fabin (CHN) | 145 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Li Fabin (CHN) | 175 kg | Bogota, Colombia | 7 December 2022 |
| World Record | Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 318 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 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 |
| | Li Fabin (CHN) | A | 137 | 141 | 146 | | 167 | 167 | 169 | | 308 |
| | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | A | 135 | 137 | 139 | | 163 | 165 | 165 | 7 | 302 |
| | Ding Hongjie (CHN) | B | 135 | 139 | 139 | 4 | 166 | 171 | 171 | 4 | 301 |
| 4 | Shota Mishvelidze (GEO) | A | 132 | 136 | 136 | | 156 | 161 | 161 | 13 | 297 |
| 5 | John Ceniza (PHI) | B | 128 | 131 | 133 | 8 | 165 | 165 | 170 | 5 | 296 |
| 6 | Ivan Dimov (BUL) | A | 133 | 136 | 137 | 7 | 152 | 160 | 164 | 14 | 293 |
| 7 | Teerapat Chomchuen (THA) | A | 130 | 133 | 133 | 10 | 162 | 163 | 167 | 9 | 293 |
| 8 | Trịnh Văn Vinh (VIE) | A | 126 | 130 | 132 | 11 | 162 | 166 | 166 | 10 | 292 |
| 9 | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | C | 122 | 125 | 127 | 18 | 160 | 166 | 167 | | 291 |
| 10 | Arley Calderón (CUB) | B | 121 | 126 | 126 | 14 | 156 | 162 | 165 | 6 | 291 |
| 11 | Aznil Bidin (MAS) | D | 125 | 125 | 129 | 12 | 155 | 161 | 163 | 11 | 290 |
| 12 | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 129 | 133 | 133 | 13 | 157 | 161 | 164 | 12 | 290 |
| 13 | Simon Brandhuber (GER) | B | 130 | 133 | 135 | 6 | 149 | 154 | 157 | 20 | 287 |
| 14 | Adkhamjon Ergashev (UZB) | A | 126 | 130 | 130 | 15 | 157 | 160 | 160 | 15 | 286 |
| 15 | Gabriel Marinov (BUL) | B | 120 | 123 | 124 | 23 | 155 | 161 | 163 | 8 | 283 |
| 16 | Shin Rok (KOR) | D | 120 | 125 | 130 | 16 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 18 | 280 |
| 17 | Goderdzi Berdelidze (GEO) | B | 123 | 126 | 130 | 9 | 150 | 156 | 156 | 26 | 280 |
| 18 | Kao Chan-hung (TPE) | C | 122 | 125 | 127 | 17 | 151 | 151 | 154 | 19 | 279 |
| 19 | Morea Baru (PNG) | C | 120 | 123 | 123 | 21 | 153 | 156 | 156 | 16 | 276 |
| 20 | Víctor Güémez (MEX) | B | 120 | 124 | 124 | 24 | 152 | 156 | 160 | 17 | 276 |
| 21 | Wilkeinner Lugo (VEN) | B | 120 | 124 | 124 | 20 | 150 | 154 | — | 25 | 274 |
| 22 | Shubham Todkar (IND) | D | 115 | 115 | 119 | 25 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 24 | 269 |
| 23 | Luis Bardalez (PER) | C | 118 | 118 | 121 | 26 | 147 | 151 | 155 | 21 | 269 |
| 24 | Kaito Hirai (JPN) | B | 115 | 120 | 121 | 31 | 151 | 156 | 156 | 22 | 266 |
| 25 | Theerapong Silachai (THA) | D | 110 | 115 | 120 | 28 | 140 | 150 | — | 23 | 265 |
| 26 | Daniel Lungu (MDA) | C | 120 | 124 | 126 | 19 | 140 | 144 | 144 | 30 | 264 |
| 27 | Seýitjan Mirzaýew (TKM) | C | 120 | 120 | 120 | 22 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 31 | 260 |
| 28 | Cosmin Isofache (ROU) | C | 115 | 118 | 118 | 30 | 145 | — | — | 27 | 260 |
| 29 | Youri Simard (CAN) | D | 110 | 115 | 115 | 29 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 28 | 258 |
| 30 | Víctor Garrido (ECU) | C | 113 | 118 | 118 | 32 | 142 | 147 | 147 | 29 | 255 |
| 31 | Ulaantsetsegiin Amarbayar (MGL) | D | 110 | 110 | 115 | 33 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 32 | 240 |
| 32 | Hashem Al-Khadrawi (KSA) | D | 97 | 102 | 105 | 34 | 122 | 122 | 128 | 34 | 233 |
| 33 | Valentin Iancu (ROU) | D | 90 | 95 | 100 | 36 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 33 | 230 |
| 34 | Davis Niyoyita (UGA) | D | 95 | 100 | 100 | 37 | 120 | 125 | 127 | 35 | 222 |
| 35 | Mohammad Al-Sawagh (KUW) | D | 91 | 100 | 103 | 35 | 110 | 120 | 123 | 36 | 220 |
| 36 | Mohammed Al-Mulla (KUW) | D | 80 | 85 | 90 | 38 | 100 | 105 | — | 37 | 190 |
| 37 | Joshua Amunga (KEN) | D | 75 | 80 | 85 | 39 | 90 | 97 | 98 | 38 | 178 |
| — | Ricko Saputra (INA) | A | 129 | 134 | 134 | 5 | 160 | 167 | 167 | — | — |
| — | Hampton Morris (USA) | A | 123 | 123 | 123 | — | 163 | 168 | 168 JWR | | — |
| — | Henadz Laptseu (AIN) | A | 132 | 132 | 132 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Amine Bouhijbha (TUN) | B | 116 | 120 | 120 | 27 | 145 | 145 | 146 | — | — |
| — | Elyas Al-Busaidi (OMA) | B | 118 | 118 | 120 | — | 152 | 152 | — | — | — |
| — | Brian Reisenauer (USA) | C | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mustafa Eliş (TUR) | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |