# 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the light heavyweight (85 kg) division was staged on 8 November 2001.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 180.0 kg | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 177.5 kg | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 175.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 210.0 kg | Ernesto Quiroga (CUB) | 210.0 kg | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 207.5 kg |
| Total | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 390.0 kg | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 385.0 kg | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 382.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 181.0 kg | Sofia, Bulgaria | 29 April 2000 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Yong (CHN) | 218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 395.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | 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 | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 84.74 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | | 207.5 | 210.0 | 215.0 | | 390.0 |
| | Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) | 84.52 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | | 202.5 | 207.5 | 212.5 | | 385.0 |
| | Milen Dobrev (BUL) | 84.58 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | | 195.0 | 207.5 | 212.5 | 4 | 382.5 |
| 4 | Valeriu Calancea (ROM) | 83.96 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 6 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 6 | 372.5 |
| 5 | Ernesto Quiroga (CUB) | 84.82 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | | 370.0 |
| 6 | Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) | 84.28 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 9 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 7 | 367.5 |
| 7 | Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) | 84.36 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 7 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 8 | 367.5 |
| 8 | Song Jong-shik (KOR) | 83.70 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 13 | 190.0 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 5 | 360.0 |
| 9 | Christos Christoforidis (GRE) | 82.64 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 9 | 350.0 |
| 10 | Natig Hasanov (AZE) | 84.78 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 12 | 350.0 |
| 11 | Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE) | 84.12 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 162.5 | 14 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 11 | 345.0 |
| 12 | José Moreno (COL) | 84.46 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 15 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 14 | 337.5 |
| 13 | Jairo Cossio (COL) | 84.58 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 13 | 337.5 |
| 14 | Julien Galipeau (CAN) | 84.78 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 18 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 16 | 317.5 |
| 15 | Anthony Arthur (GBR) | 83.98 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 17 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 17 | 310.0 |
| 16 | Gabriel Prongué (SUI) | 84.62 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 19 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 18 | 282.5 |
| — | Shahin Nassirinia (IRI) | 84.68 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 4 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | — | — |
| — | Marc Huster (GER) | 83.96 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Georgi Gardev (BUL) | 84.18 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | David Matam (CMR) | 84.76 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | — | 185.0 | 192.5 | 200.0 | 10 | — |
| — | Stephen Ward (GBR) | 84.90 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | — | 175.0 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 15 | — |
| DQ | Gagik Khachatryan (ARM) | 84.52 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | — | 205.0 | 207.5 | 210.0 | — | — |