# 2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 10 and 11 December 2022.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 10 December 2022 | 14:30 | Group C |
| 11 December 2022 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 11 December 2022 | 16:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Li Dayin (CHN) | 171 kg | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | 164 kg | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | 162 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | 202 kg | Li Dayin (CHN) | 201 kg | Andrés Caicedo (COL) | 197 kg |
| Total | Li Dayin (CHN) | 372 kg | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | 366 kg | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | 357 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 |
| | Li Dayin (CHN) | A | 167 | 171 | 174 | | 196 | 201 | 201 | | 372 |
| | Rejepbaý Rejepow (TKM) | A | 164 | 168 | 169 | | 195 | 202 | 209 | | 366 |
| | Kim Woo-jae (KOR) | A | 155 | 160 | 162 | | 190 | 194 | 195 | 5 | 357 |
| 4 | Marin Robu (MDA) | A | 161 | 165 | 165 | 4 | 190 | 197 | 197 | 7 | 351 |
| 5 | Oscar Reyes (ITA) | A | 155 | 160 | 160 | 7 | 187 | 192 | 196 | 4 | 351 |
| 6 | Andrés Caicedo (COL) | A | 148 | 153 | 155 | 10 | 188 | 193 | 197 | | 345 |
| 7 | Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB) | A | 156 | 160 | 163 | 5 | 186 | 186 | 187 | 9 | 343 |
| 8 | Yelaman Seitkazy (KAZ) | A | 151 | 156 | 160 | 6 | 186 | 186 | 191 | 10 | 342 |
| 9 | Gustavo Maldonado (COL) | A | 148 | 148 | 152 | 11 | 185 | 188 | 191 | 6 | 339 |
| 10 | Iván Escudero (ECU) | B | 145 | 150 | 153 | 9 | 183 | 190 | 191 | 11 | 336 |
| 11 | Ogabek Tukhtaev (UZB) | B | 139 | 144 | 146 | 12 | 180 | 186 | 191 | 13 | 326 |
| 12 | Darvin Castro (VEN) | B | 140 | 145 | 145 | 14 | 180 | 186 | 186 | 12 | 325 |
| 13 | Travis Cooper (USA) | B | 140 | 144 | 146 | 15 | 175 | 180 | 185 | 14 | 324 |
| 14 | Chris Murray (GBR) | B | 140 | 140 | 145 | 13 | 175 | 179 | 180 | 17 | 320 |
| 15 | Irmantas Kačinskas (LTU) | B | 138 | 142 | 143 | 16 | 165 | 169 | 172 | 20 | 312 |
| 16 | Javier González (ESP) | B | 138 | 143 | 145 | 17 | 166 | 171 | 174 | 18 | 312 |
| 17 | Samuel Guertin (CAN) | B | 135 | 140 | 140 | 18 | 168 | 172 | 176 | 16 | 311 |
| 18 | Dante Pizzuti (ARG) | B | 130 | 135 | 135 | 19 | 168 | 171 | 171 | 21 | 303 |
| 19 | Josué Aguilar (MEX) | C | 127 | 131 | 131 | 22 | 166 | 171 | 175 | 19 | 298 |
| 20 | Matthew McCullough (USA) | C | 130 | 130 | 130 | 21 | 156 | 160 | 165 | 22 | 290 |
| 21 | Žilvinas Žilinskas (LTU) | C | 125 | 130 | 133 | 20 | 155 | 159 | 160 | 23 | 288 |
| 22 | Goran Ćetković (CRO) | C | 120 | 126 | 126 | 24 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 24 | 275 |
| 23 | Omarie Mears (JAM) | C | 120 | 124 | 127 | 23 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 25 | 274 |
| 24 | Shammah Noel (GUY) | C | 85 | 90 | 90 | 25 | 105 | 112 | 118 | 26 | 202 |
| — | Andrés Mata (ESP) | A | 153 | 153 | 153 | — | 185 | 190 | 195 | 8 | — |
| — | Nicolas Vachon (CAN) | B | 138 | 138 | 138 | — | 171 | 179 | 185 | 15 | — |
| — | Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI) | A | 155 | 161 | 162 | 8 | 196 | 197 | 198 | — | — |
| — | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 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 | — |
| — | Chuang Sheng-min (TPE) | 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 | — |