# 2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 15 and 16 November 2003.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 15 November 2003 | 11:00 | Group D |
| 15 November 2003 | 16:00 | Group C |
| 16 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 16 November 2003 | 12:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 152.5 kg | Arkadiusz Smółka (POL) | 152.5 kg | Lee Bae-young (KOR) | 150.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 192.5 kg | Lee Bae-young (KOR) | 190.0 kg | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | 180.0 kg |
| Total | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 345.0 kg | Lee Bae-young (KOR) | 340.0 kg | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | 327.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 165.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 197.5 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 11 September 2003 |
| World Record | Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 24 November 1999 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | A | 68.76 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | | 187.5 | 192.5 | 195.0 | | 345.0 |
| | Lee Bae-young (KOR) | A | 68.67 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | | 185.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | | 340.0 |
| | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | A | 68.71 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 6 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 6 | 327.5 |
| 4 | Ferit Şen (TUR) | A | 68.76 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 9 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 7 | 325.0 |
| 5 | Arkadiusz Smółka (POL) | A | 68.77 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 15 | 325.0 |
| 6 | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | A | 68.05 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 13 | 320.0 |
| 7 | Erwin Abdullah (INA) | A | 68.45 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 12 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 5 | 320.0 |
| 8 | Zoltán Kecskés (HUN) | A | 68.75 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 8 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 320.0 |
| 9 | Siarhei Laurenau (BLR) | C | 68.82 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 150.0 | 4 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 20 | 320.0 |
| 10 | Mehdi Panzvan (IRI) | B | 68.17 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 7 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 14 | 317.5 |
| 11 | Lucian Maxinianu (ROM) | B | 68.53 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 10 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 9 | 317.5 |
| 12 | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | B | 67.91 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 19 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | | 315.0 |
| 13 | Vencelas Dabaya (CMR) | B | 68.33 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 21 | 175.0 | 180.0 | — | 4 | 315.0 |
| 14 | Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY) | A | 68.62 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 15 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 10 | 315.0 |
| 15 | Miroslav Janíček (SVK) | B | 68.90 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 18 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 16 | 310.0 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Ficco (ITA) | B | 68.98 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 23 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 12 | 310.0 |
| 17 | Zoltán Farkas (HUN) | B | 68.65 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 16 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 22 | 307.5 |
| 18 | Artur Danielyan (ARM) | B | 67.80 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 24 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 8 | 305.0 |
| 19 | Yoshito Shintani (JPN) | C | 68.30 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 20 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 17 | 305.0 |
| 20 | Amílcar Pernía (VEN) | C | 68.83 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 22 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 21 | 305.0 |
| 21 | Romuald Ernault (FRA) | C | 68.14 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 17 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 23 | 302.5 |
| 22 | Jafar Al-Bagir (KSA) | C | 68.38 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 25 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 18 | 300.0 |
| 23 | Maurizio Bombaci (ITA) | C | 68.42 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 26 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 19 | 300.0 |
| 24 | Ali Hidaiel (IRQ) | C | 68.76 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 27 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 26 | 292.5 |
| 25 | Yukio Peter (NRU) | D | 68.92 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 132.5 | 29 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 24 | 290.0 |
| 26 | Manuel Martín (ESP) | D | 68.23 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 30 | 157.5 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 25 | 282.5 |
| 27 | Sébastien Groulx (CAN) | D | 67.51 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 32 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 27 | 270.0 |
| 28 | Marco Dumberry (CAN) | D | 68.51 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 28 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 29 | 270.0 |
| 29 | Ben Turner (AUS) | D | 68.96 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 31 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 28 | 267.5 |
| 30 | Wayne Healy (IRL) | D | 66.99 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 33 | 122.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 30 | 240.0 |
| — | Cho Hyo-won (KOR) | B | 67.75 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | — | 170.0 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sukhrob Raupov (UZB) | B | 68.21 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Abdulmohsen Al-Bagir (KSA) | A | 68.23 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 11 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | — | — |
| — | Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN) | B | 68.56 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 13 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | — | — |
| — | Fadel Nasser Sarouf (QAT) | C | 68.58 | 130.0 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Alexandr Okhremenko (KAZ) | B | 68.91 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ) | C | 67.92 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | — | 160.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | — | — |
| DQ | Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) | A | 68.59 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | — | 182.5 | 187.5 | 192.5 | — | — |