2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 September 2019.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
21 September 2019	10:00	Group C
	14:25	Group B
	20:25	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	166 kg	Bozhidar Andreev (BUL)	157 kg	Briken Calja (ALB)	156 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	197 kg	O Kang-chol (PRK)	193 kg	Bozhidar Andreev (BUL)	189 kg
Total	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	363 kg	O Kang-chol (PRK)	347 kg	Bozhidar Andreev (BUL)	346 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	168 kg	Ningbo, China	22 April 2019
	Clean & Jerk	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	196 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	4 November 2018
	Total	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	362 kg	Ningbo, China	21 April 2019

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	A	160	163	166		190	197	—		363
	O Kang-chol (PRK)	A	150	154	~~156~~	5	185	191	193		347
	Bozhidar Andreev (BUL)	A	149	154	157		185	189	~~192~~		346
4	Vadzim Likharad (BLR)	A	154	~~157~~	~~158~~	4	184	~~189~~	~~189~~	7	338
5	Briken Calja (ALB)	A	151	156	—		181	~~190~~	~~190~~	13	337
6	Julio Mayora (VEN)	A	147	152	~~157~~	8	185	~~191~~	~~192~~	6	337
7	Bak Joo-hyo (KOR)	A	147	151	~~155~~	9	~~186~~	186	~~191~~	5	337
8	Won Jeong-sik (KOR)	A	146	150	153	7	~~183~~	183	~~188~~	11	336
9	Clarence Cummings (USA)	A	145	150	~~155~~	10	~~183~~	183	~~191~~	10	333
10	Yuan Chengfei (CHN)	A	146	~~151~~	~~155~~	13	181	~~185~~	187	4	333
11	David Sánchez (ESP)	B	140	~~145~~	145	16	175	180	183	8	328
12	Masanori Miyamoto (JPN)	B	140	145	~~148~~	14	175	180	183	9	328
13	Sergey Petrov (RUS)	B	144	150	153	6	174	~~179~~	~~179~~	17	327
14	Max Lang (GER)	B	143	~~147~~	147	12	175	~~180~~	180	15	327
15	Triyatno (INA)	B	138	143	145	15	177	181	~~185~~	12	326
16	Doston Yokubov (UZB)	B	136	141	~~146~~	19	~~180~~	180	~~187~~	14	321
17	Marin Robu (MDA)	B	143	149	~~152~~	11	170	~~178~~	~~178~~	21	319
18	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA)	B	138	142	144	17	168	172	174	18	318
19	Maksat Meredow (TKM)	B	~~135~~	137	~~142~~	22	172	178	~~182~~	16	315
20	Archil Malakmadze (GEO)	B	137	142	~~145~~	18	163	168	~~172~~	23	310
21	Kakhi Asanidze (GEO)	B	133	137	140	21	162	167	~~171~~	24	307
22	Kevin Sandoval (COL)	B	136	140	~~144~~	20	162	167	~~170~~	25	307
23	Masakazu Ioroi (JPN)	B	135	~~140~~	~~140~~	24	160	170	~~177~~	22	305
24	Jorge Sánchez (PUR)	C	128	133	~~136~~	27	168	171	~~175~~	19	304
25	Achinta Sheuli (IND)	C	130	~~135~~	135	23	162	166	~~170~~	26	301
26	Tim Kring (DEN)	B	~~135~~	135	~~139~~	25	165	~~169~~	~~170~~	27	300
27	Indika Dissanayake (SRI)	C	~~131~~	131	134	26	160	164	~~168~~	28	298
28	Sudesh Peiris (SRI)	C	~~130~~	130	~~134~~	29	160	~~165~~	—	30	290
29	Mahmoud Al-Humayd (KSA)	C	125	130	~~135~~	28	150	160	~~169~~	31	290
30	Taretiita Tabaroua (KIR)	C	120	~~124~~	124	31	~~158~~	158	~~162~~	32	282
31	Brandon Wakeling (AUS)	C	115	119	~~122~~	34	154	158	162	29	281
32	Jonathan Chin (GBR)	C	116	120	124	30	147	~~152~~	~~154~~	35	271
33	Larko Doguape (NRU)	C	116	121	~~124~~	32	145	~~150~~	150	34	271
34	Jeffrey Garcia (PHI)	C	120	~~125~~	~~125~~	33	~~150~~	150	~~160~~	33	270
35	Einar Jónsson (ISL)	C	113	~~116~~	~~117~~	35	140	~~145~~	—	36	253
—	Erry Hidayat (MAS)	C	~~135~~	~~135~~	~~135~~	—	163	168	170	20	—
—	Karem Ben Hnia (TUN)	A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Gareth Evans (GBR)	C	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—