2021 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 81 kg

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The men's 81 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 11 and 12 December 2021.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
11 December 2021	13:00	Group C
12 December 2021	13:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Marin Robu (MDA)	168 kg	Karlos Nasar (BUL)	166 kg	Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)	163 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karlos Nasar (BUL)	208 kg	Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)	204 kg	Kim Woo-jae (KOR)	196 kg
Total	Karlos Nasar (BUL)	374 kg	Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)	367 kg	Marin Robu (MDA)	363 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
	Clean & Jerk	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	207 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	22 September 2019
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	378 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	22 September 2019

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Karlos Nasar (BUL)	A	163	166	169		200	205	208		374
	Mirmostafa Javadi (IRI)	A	155	159	163		193	198	204		367
	Marin Robu (MDA)	A	161	165	168		190	195	198	5	363
4	Kim Woo-jae (KOR)	A	159	162	164	4	191	196	202		358
5	Brayan Rodallegas (COL)	A	158	158	162	5	191	195	200	6	357
6	Viacheslav Iarkin (RWF)	A	155	160	163	8	188	193	196	4	356
7	Şatlyk Şöhradow (TKM)	A	157	161	164	6	190	190	194	9	351
8	Rafik Harutyunyan (ARM)	A	153	158	161	9	191	196	201	8	349
9	Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov (UZB)	A	157	162	164	10	180	192	192	7	349
10	Andrés Mata (ESP)	B	150	154	155	12	182	186	189	10	344
11	Nonthaphat Thaneewan (THA)	B	149	154	156	11	181	184	187	11	343
12	Iván Escudero (ECU)	B	143	147	150	14	177	180	—	12	327
13	Ajay Singh (IND)	C	138	143	147	13	167	167	175	16	322
14	Natthawut Suepsuan (THA)	B	145	148	148	15	176	180	180	14	321
15	Kyle Bruce (AUS)	B	140	140	145	17	175	176	183	15	316
16	Seán Brown (IRL)	B	139	140	140	18	166	171	175	17	311
17	Chinthana Vidanage (SRI)	C	127	132	134	19	160	166	170	18	300
18	Michel Ngongang (CMR)	C	127	130	130	21	157	162	166	19	289
19	Amar Musić (CRO)	C	125	130	130	20	150	155	155	20	285
20	Goran Ćetković (CRO)	C	115	120	126	24	145	145	151	21	271
21	Omarie Mears (JAM)	C	115	120	125	22	140	141	145	23	266
22	Vincentas Skirka (LTU)	C	115	120	123	23	136	141	143	22	263
23	Anton Micallef (MLT)	C	114	114	114	26	136	141	142	24	250
24	Maurice Oduor (KEN)	C	105	110	114	25	135	135	142	25	249
25	Geoffrey Oduor (KEN)	C	90	90	95	27	120	125	126	26	215
—	Mohamed Ehab (EGY)	A	160	164	164	7	—	—	—	—	—
—	Hsieh Meng-en (TPE)	B	140	145	150	16	180	180	180	—	—
—	Vitalii Smochek (UKR)	B	146	146	146	—	175	180	180	13	—
—	Morteza Biglari (IRI)	B	146	146	146	—	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

208 kg

Karlos Nasar (BUL)

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