The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the super heavyweight (+105 kg) division was staged on 11 November 2001.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) |
210.0 kg |  Roman Meshcheryakov (RUS) |
205.0 kg | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
200.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) |
250.0 kg |  Paweł Najdek (POL) |
250.0 kg | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
242.5 kg |
| Total | Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) |
460.0 kg | Roman Meshcheryakov (RUS) |
445.0 kg | Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
442.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) |
212.5 kg | Sydney, Australia | 26 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 262.5 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) |
472.5 kg | Sydney, Australia | 26 September 2000 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) |
125.74 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 210.0 | |
245.0 | 250.0 | |
460.0 | |
 |
Roman Meshcheryakov (RUS) |
152.30 | 192.5 | 200.0 | 205.0 | |
232.5 | 240.0 | 4 | 445.0 | |
 |
Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) |
176.90 | 190.0 | 200.0 | |
242.5 | |
442.5 | |||
| 4 | Paweł Najdek (POL) |
134.48 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 5 | 235.0 | 245.0 | 250.0 | |
435.0 | |
| 5 |  Tibor Stark (HUN) |
139.42 | 180.0 | 187.5 | 190.0 | 4 | 220.0 | 225.0 | 7 | 415.0 | |
| 6 |  Aleko Nozadze (GEO) |
116.38 | 180.0 | 7 | 220.0 | 225.0 | 5 | 405.0 | |||
| 7 |  Axel Franz (GER) |
139.36 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 6 | 215.0 | 222.5 | 8 | 405.0 | |
| 8 | Giorgi Kobaladze (GEO) |
122.40 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 8 | 225.0 | 6 | 402.5 | |||
| 9 |  Nigel Avery (NZL) |
123.30 | 170.0 | 9 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 217.5 | 10 | 387.5 | ||
| 10 |  Hildegar Morillo (VEN) |
130.42 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 200.0 | 212.5 | 220.0 | 9 | 385.0 | |
| 11 |  Petr Sobotka (CZE) |
145.58 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 190.0 | 12 | 355.0 | |||
| 12 |  Cristián Escalante (CHI) |
117.82 | 152.5 | 162.5 | 12 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 11 | 352.5 | ||