The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the lightweight (69 kg) division was staged on 6 November 2001.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (TUR) |
155.0 kg | Yasin Arslan (TUR) |
150.0 kg |  Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) |
150.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Galabin Boevski (BUL) |
190.0 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) |
185.0 kg |  Andrey Matveyev (RUS) |
182.5 kg |
| Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) |
340.0 kg | Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) |
335.0 kg | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (TUR) |
335.0 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Georgi Markov (BUL) |
165.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk | Galabin Boevski (BUL) |
196.5 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 | |
| Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) |
357.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 24 November 1999 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Galabin Boevski (BUL) |
68.78 | 150.0 | 6 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 190.0 | |
340.0 | ||
 |
Georgios Tzelilis (GRE) |
68.42 | 145.0 | 150.0 |  |
180.0 | 185.0 | |
335.0 | ||
| |
Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (TUR) |
68.62 | 150.0 | 155.0 | |
180.0 | 5 | 335.0 | |||
| 4 | Andrey Matveyev (RUS) |
68.68 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 11 | 177.5 | 182.5 | |
327.5 | ||
| 5 | Yasin Arslan (TUR) |
68.24 | 145.0 | 150.0 | |
175.0 | 8 | 325.0 | |||
| 6 |  Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY) |
68.52 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 9 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 4 | 325.0 | ||
| 7 |  Turan Mirzayev (AZE) |
68.70 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 7 | 177.5 | 7 | 325.0 | |||
| 8 |  Wu Jinxing (CHN) |
68.50 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 4 | 165.0 | 172.5 | 11 | 322.5 | ||
| 9 |  Rudik Petrosyan (ARM) |
68.84 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 8 | 175.0 | 10 | 322.5 | |||
| 10 | Varazdat Vasilyan (ARM) |
68.54 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 10 | 175.0 | 9 | 320.0 | ||
| 11 |  Fadel Nasser Sarouf (QAT) |
68.62 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 5 | 170.0 | 13 | 320.0 | |||
| 12 |  Vencelas Dabaya (CMR) |
67.96 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 12 | 172.5 | 177.5 | — | 6 | 315.0 | |
| 13 |  Rudolf Lukáč (SVK) |
68.90 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 13 | 172.5 | 12 | 310.0 | |||
| 14 |  Samson Matam (FRA) |
68.52 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 15 | 167.5 | 14 | 302.5 | |||
| 15 |  Felix Ekpo (NGR) |
68.44 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 14 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 15 | 300.0 | ||
| 16 |  Beiman Palacios (COL) |
68.44 | 127.5 | 17 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 16 | 292.5 | |||
| 17 |  Renato Sulkja (ALB) |
68.28 | 130.0 | 16 | 160.0 | 17 | 290.0 | ||||
| 18 |  Sébastien Groulx (CAN) |
67.62 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 18 | 155.0 | 18 | 280.0 | |||
| 19 |  Stewart Cruickshank (GBR) |
68.84 | 125.0 | 19 | 150.0 | 19 | 275.0 | ||||
| 20 | John Lubin (GBR) |
68.94 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 20 | 137.5 | 20 | 250.0 | |||
| — |  Fouad Bouzenada (ALG) |
68.86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Zoltán Farkas (HUN) |
68.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |