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 edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | 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 edit
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 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zhang Yong (CHN) |
218.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 25 April 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 395.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) |
84.74 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | |
207.5 | 210.0 | |
390.0 | |
 |
Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR) |
84.52 | 172.5 | 177.5 | |
202.5 | 207.5 |  |
385.0 | ||
| |
Milen Dobrev (BUL) |
84.58 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | |
195.0 | 207.5 | 4 | 382.5 | |
| 4 |  Valeriu Calancea (ROM) |
83.96 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 167.5 | 6 | 205.0 | 6 | 372.5 | ||
| 5 | Ernesto Quiroga (CUB) |
84.82 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 11 | 205.0 | 210.0 | |
370.0 | ||
| 6 |  Mariusz Rytkowski (POL) |
84.28 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 9 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 7 | 367.5 | |
| 7 |  Aslanbek Ediev (RUS) |
84.36 | 167.5 | 7 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 8 | 367.5 | |||
| 8 |  Song Jong-shik (KOR) |
83.70 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 190.0 | 205.0 | 5 | 360.0 | ||
| 9 |  Christos Christoforidis (GRE) |
82.64 | 155.0 | 12 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 9 | 350.0 | |||
| 10 |  Natig Hasanov (AZE) |
84.78 | 160.0 | 10 | 190.0 | 12 | 350.0 | ||||
| 11 | Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE) |
84.12 | 155.0 | 14 | 190.0 | 11 | 345.0 | ||||
| 12 |  José Moreno (COL) |
84.46 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 15 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 14 | 337.5 | |
| 13 | Jairo Cossio (COL) |
84.58 | 150.0 | 16 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 13 | 337.5 | ||
| 14 |  Julien Galipeau (CAN) |
84.78 | 140.0 | 18 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 16 | 317.5 | |||
| 15 |  Anthony Arthur (GBR) |
83.98 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 17 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 17 | 310.0 | ||
| 16 |  Gabriel Prongué (SUI) |
84.62 | 122.5 | 19 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 18 | 282.5 | |||
| — |  Shahin Nassirinia (IRI) |
84.68 | 172.5 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Marc Huster (GER) |
83.96 | 167.5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | Georgi Gardev (BUL) |
84.18 | 165.0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  David Matam (CMR) |
84.76 | — | 185.0 | 192.5 | 10 | — | ||||
| — | Stephen Ward (GBR) |
84.90 | — | 175.0 | 180.0 | 15 | — | ||||
| DQ |  Gagik Khachatryan (ARM) |
84.52 | 175.0 | 180.0 | — | 205.0 | 207.5 | — | — | ||