# 2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kilograms competition at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 and 7 December 2022.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 6 December 2022 | 11:30 | Group C |
| 7 December 2022 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 7 December 2022 | 16:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Li Fabin (CHN) | 137 kg | He Yueji (CHN) | 136 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 135 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Fabin (CHN) | 175 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 165 kg | Jhon Serna (COL) | 164 kg |
| Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 312 kg | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 300 kg | He Yueji (CHN) | 296 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 | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 174 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3 November 2018 |
| 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 | 140 | 140 | | 167 | 175 | 175 CWR | | 312 |
| | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 135 | 139 | 139 | | 165 | 170 | 171 | | 300 |
| | He Yueji (CHN) | A | 132 | 136 | 138 | | 155 | 160 | 163 | 7 | 296 |
| 4 | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | A | 130 | 133 | 135 | 4 | 158 | 162 | 164 | 8 | 293 |
| 5 | Ricko Saputra (INA) | A | 128 | 128 | 132 | 5 | 161 | 166 | 166 | 5 | 293 |
| 6 | Teerapat Chomchuen (THA) | B | 125 | 128 | 128 | 7 | 155 | 160 | 164 | 4 | 292 |
| 7 | Jhon Serna (COL) | B | 120 | 125 | 127 | 10 | 160 | 164 | 166 | | 289 |
| 8 | Shota Mishvelidze (GEO) | A | 130 | 135 | 136 | 6 | 155 | 165 | 165 | 11 | 285 |
| 9 | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 126 | 129 | 131 | 9 | 155 | 162 | 162 | 12 | 281 |
| 10 | John Ceniza (PHI) | B | 119 | 122 | 125 | 11 | 155 | 160 | 161 | 10 | 280 |
| 11 | Arley Calderón (CUB) | B | 120 | 120 | 123 | 14 | 155 | 160 | 162 | 6 | 280 |
| 12 | Gabriel Marinov (BUL) | A | 121 | 124 | 126 | 12 | 155 | 159 | 161 | 13 | 279 |
| 13 | Goderdzi Berdelidze (GEO) | B | 120 | 124 | 126 | 15 | 144 | 149 | 151 | 18 | 277 |
| 14 | Seraj Al-Saleem (KSA) | A | 121 | 124 | 124 | 13 | 155 | 155 | 160 | 14 | 276 |
| 15 | Hampton Morris (USA) | B | 118 | 118 | 124 | 16 | 157 | 163 | 164 | 9 | 275 |
| 16 | Wilkeinner Lugo (VEN) | C | 117 | 120 | 123 | 17 | 146 | 151 | 153 | 16 | 274 |
| 17 | Ferdi Hardal (TUR) | B | 123 | 126 | 127 | 18 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 20 | 273 |
| 18 | Víctor Güémez (MEX) | B | 115 | 120 | 123 | 19 | 145 | 151 | 155 | 17 | 271 |
| 19 | Luis Bardalez (PER) | B | 113 | 117 | 120 | 20 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 15 | 271 |
| 20 | Thiago Silva (BRA) | B | 120 | 120 | 120 | 21 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 21 | 270 |
| 21 | Kazuma Motoki (JPN) | B | 125 | 125 | 129 | 22 | 142 | 150 | 151 | 26 | 267 |
| 22 | Chanambam Rishikanta Singh (IND) | C | 113 | 117 | 117 | 23 | 143 | 148 | 151 | 22 | 265 |
| 23 | Víctor Garrido (ECU) | C | 117 | 118 | 123 | 24 | 138 | 143 | 145 | 25 | 261 |
| 24 | Youri Simard (CAN) | C | 110 | 110 | 114 | 25 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 19 | 260 |
| 25 | Morea Baru (PNG) | C | 110 | 115 | 118 | 26 | 143 | 148 | 150 | 24 | 258 |
| 26 | Valentin Iancu (ROU) | C | 105 | 108 | 111 | 27 | 135 | 140 | 144 | 23 | 252 |
| 27 | Tan Chi-chung (TPE) | C | 105 | 110 | 110 | 28 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 27 | 250 |
| 28 | Yoichi Itokazu (JPN) | C | 105 | 108 | 110 | 29 | 130 | 134 | 136 | 28 | 246 |
| 29 | Marian Luca (ROU) | C | 105 | 110 | 110 | 30 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 29 | 235 |
| 30 | Davis Niyoyita (UGA) | C | 85 | 90 | 95 | 31 | 120 | 125 | 127 | 30 | 220 |
| 31 | Joshua Amunga (KEN) | C | 65 | 70 | 73 | 32 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 31 | 159 |
| — | Shin Rok (KOR) | A | 127 | 127 | 127 | 8 | 156 | 156 | 159 | — | — |
| — | Simon Brandhuber (GER) | A | 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 |