The Men's 85 kg weightlifting event took place on 8 October.[1] The gold medal winner from Australia had represented Cameroon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Country | Group | B.weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Simplice Ribouem |  Australia |
A | 84.69 | 150 | 183 | 333 |
 |
Richie Patterson |  New Zealand |
A | 84.13 | 150 | 181 | 331 |
 |
Mathieu Marineau |  Canada |
A | 84.46 | 145 | 180 | 325 |
| 4 | Chandrakant Mali |  India |
A | 84.87 | 145 | 180 | 325 |
| 5 | Paul Dumais | Canada |
A | 84.31 | 145 | 170 | 315 |
| 6 | Abd Rahim |  Malaysia |
A | 82.50 | 140 | 173 | 313 |
| 7 | Khurram Shahzad |  Pakistan |
A | 84.19 | 140 | 166 | 306 |
| 8 | Terence Dixie |  Seychelles |
A | 84.56 | 130 | 150 | 280 |
| 9 | R. Ranathunga |  Sri Lanka |
A | 84.88 | 120 | 155 | 275 |
| 10 | Duke Machaka |  Kenya |
B | 83.20 | 115 | 150 | 265 |
| 11 | Val-John Starr |  Nauru |
A | 84.08 | 115 | 150 | 265 |
| 12 | Godfrey Baligeya |  Uganda |
B | 84.12 | 115 | 145 | 260 |
| 13 | Petunu Opeloge |  Samoa |
A | 84.39 | 115 | 140 | 255 |
| 14 | Linda Matsebula |  Swaziland |
B | 84.20 | 105 | 147 | 252 |
| 15 | Beru Karianako |  Kiribati |
B | 84.32 | 112 | 140 | 252 |
| 16 | Abdullah Al Mumin |  Bangladesh |
B | 84.89 | 110 | 140 | 250 |
| 17 | Mohamed Kamara |  Sierra Leone |
B | 83.25 | 110 | 135 | 245 |
| 18 | Pala Molisa |  Vanuatu |
B | 83.85 | 107 | 130 | 237 |
| 19 | Joe Aboagye |  Ghana |
B | 83.13 | 100 | 135 | 235 |
| 20 | Michael Francois |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
B | 84.90 | 70 | 95 | 165 |