# 2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 and 9 September 2023.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 8 September 2023 | 14:00 | Group D |
| 9 September 2023 | 11:30 | Group C |
| 9 September 2023 | 16:30 | Group B |
| 9 September 2023 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Wei Yinting (CHN) | 157 kg | Weeraphon Wichuma (THA) | 154 kg | Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) | 154 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Weeraphon Wichuma (THA) | 195 kg | Bak Joo-hyo (KOR) | 187 kg | Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR) | 187 kg |
| Total | Weeraphon Wichuma (THA) | 349 kg | Wei Yinting (CHN) | 337 kg | Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR) | 334 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 169 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 20 April 2021 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | 200 kg | Bogota, Colombia | 9 December 2022 |
| World Record | Total | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 364 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 28 July 2021 |

## 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 |
| | Weeraphon Wichuma (THA) | C | 145 | 150 | 154 | | 190 | 190 | 195 JWR | | 349 |
| | Wei Yinting (CHN) | A | 155 | 155 | 157 | | 180 | 180 | 180 | 9 | 337 |
| | Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR) | A | 143 | 146 | 147 | 11 | 185 | 187 | 191 | | 334 |
| 4 | Julio Mayora (VEN) | A | 147 | 150 | 150 | 7 | 183 | 187 | 187 | 6 | 333 |
| 5 | David Sánchez (ESP) | D | 145 | 145 | 148 | 8 | 184 | 188 | 188 | 5 | 332 |
| 6 | Karem Ben Hnia (TUN) | A | 146 | 146 | 149 | 13 | 180 | 186 | 188 | 4 | 332 |
| 7 | Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina (MAD) | D | 146 | 151 | 153 | 4 | 178 | 182 | 182 | 11 | 331 |
| 8 | Masanori Miyamoto (JPN) | A | 147 | 147 | 151 | 10 | 178 | 183 | 188 | 7 | 330 |
| 9 | Bak Joo-hyo (KOR) | A | 143 | 143 | 147 | 17 | 180 | 187 | 192 | | 330 |
| 10 | Ryan Grimsland (USA) | B | 140 | 145 | 148 | 14 | 181 | 188 | 188 | 8 | 326 |
| 11 | Luis Javier Mosquera (COL) | B | 145 | 150 | 150 | 6 | 175 | 175 | 175 | 14 | 325 |
| 12 | Roberto Gutu (GER) | C | 144 | 148 | 151 | 5 | 168 | 173 | 178 | 16 | 324 |
| 13 | Bernardin Matam (FRA) | C | 133 | 136 | 139 | 22 | 172 | 176 | 179 | 10 | 318 |
| 14 | Samir Fardjallah (ALG) | B | 140 | 146 | 148 | 12 | 171 | 171 | 176 | 19 | 317 |
| 15 | Jorge Cárdenas (MEX) | C | 140 | 145 | 145 | 19 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 13 | 315 |
| 16 | Ajith Narayan (IND) | C | 136 | 136 | 140 | 21 | 164 | 169 | 172 | 18 | 312 |
| 17 | Ismail Jamali (ESP) | D | 138 | 143 | 147 | 16 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 23 | 310 |
| 18 | Edidiong Umoafia (NGR) | D | 140 | 140 | 140 | 18 | 160 | 170 | 177 | 21 | 310 |
| 19 | Caden Cahoy (USA) | C | 133 | 137 | 141 | 23 | 173 | 173 | 173 | 17 | 310 |
| 20 | Sergio Cares (CHI) | C | 128 | 132 | 135 | 24 | 158 | 163 | 166 | 25 | 301 |
| 21 | Abdulrahman Al-Beladi (KSA) | C | 125 | 125 | 129 | 29 | 160 | 167 | 173 | 24 | 296 |
| 22 | Jonathan Chin (GBR) | D | 125 | 129 | 130 | 30 | 162 | 167 | 170 | 22 | 292 |
| 23 | Ahsaan Shabi (LBA) | D | 130 | 130 | 136 | 27 | 155 | 160 | — | 27 | 290 |
| 24 | Jorge Hernández (HON) | D | 120 | 125 | 131 | 31 | 155 | 161 | 161 | 26 | 286 |
| 25 | Achinta Sheuli (IND) | D | 130 | 130 | 130 | 28 | 150 | 155 | 160 | 29 | 285 |
| 26 | Manuila Raobu (TUV) | D | 120 | 125 | 125 | 32 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 30 | 275 |
| 27 | Rafael Candeias (POR) | D | 109 | 115 | 120 | 33 | 133 | 139 | 145 | 31 | 260 |
| 28 | Zubair Nazari (AFG) | D | 100 | 105 | 110 | 34 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 32 | 240 |
| 29 | Geoffrey Otieno Oduor (KEN) | D | 90 | 95 | 101 | 35 | 120 | 120 | 125 | 33 | 220 |
| — | Mitsunori Konnai (JPN) | A | 145 | 145 | 145 | — | 175 | 181 | 187 | 15 | — |
| — | Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) | A | 150 | 154 | 156 | | 178 | 178 | 181 | — | — |
| — | Yusuf Fehmi Genç (TUR) | A | 145 | 148 | 150 | 9 | 185 | 186 | 187 | — | — |
| — | Suttipong Jeeram (THA) | A | 145 | 150 | 151 | 15 | 180 | 180 | 180 | — | — |
| — | Bektimur Reýimow (TKM) | B | 143 | 145 | 145 | — | 170 | 170 | 171 | 20 | — |
| — | Max Lang (GER) | B | 145 | 146 | 146 | — | 176 | 176 | — | 12 | — |
| — | Piotr Kudłaszyk (POL) | B | 135 | 137 | 137 | 25 | 175 | 175 | 175 | — | — |
| — | Julio Cedeño (DOM) | C | 136 | 140 | 143 | 20 | 166 | 166 | 166 | — | — |
| — | Nicolas Vachon (CAN) | C | 133 | 137 | 137 | 26 | 172 | 172 | 172 | — | — |
| — | Omar Javadov (AZE) | C | 145 | 145 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Indika Dissanayake (SRI) | D | 130 | 130 | 130 | — | 155 | 160 | 161 | 28 | — |
| — | Mirko Zanni (ITA) | A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Rizki Juniansyah (INA) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jair Reyes (ECU) | B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jon-Antohein Phillips (RSA) | D | 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 |