2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	68.78	150.0	~~155.0~~	~~157.5~~	6	180.0	187.5	190.0		340.0
	Georgios Tzelilis (GRE)	68.42	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~		180.0	185.0	~~187.5~~		335.0
	Reyhan Arabacıoğlu (TUR)	68.62	150.0	155.0	~~157.5~~		180.0	~~185.0~~	~~185.0~~	5	335.0
4	Andrey Matveyev (RUS)	68.68	140.0	145.0	~~150.0~~	11	177.5	182.5	~~187.5~~		327.5
5	Yasin Arslan (TUR)	68.24	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~		~~175.0~~	175.0	~~180.0~~	8	325.0
6	Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY)	68.52	140.0	145.0	~~147.5~~	9	175.0	~~180.0~~	180.0	4	325.0
7	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	68.70	142.5	147.5	~~152.5~~	7	177.5	~~185.0~~	~~185.0~~	7	325.0
8	Wu Jinxing (CHN)	68.50	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	4	165.0	~~172.5~~	172.5	11	322.5
9	Rudik Petrosyan (ARM)	68.84	142.5	147.5	~~152.5~~	8	175.0	~~182.5~~	~~185.0~~	10	322.5
10	Varazdat Vasilyan (ARM)	68.54	135.0	142.5	145.0	10	175.0	~~182.5~~	~~185.0~~	9	320.0
11	Fadel Nasser Sarouf (QAT)	68.62	140.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	5	170.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	13	320.0
12	Vencelas Dabaya (CMR)	67.96	132.5	137.5	~~140.0~~	12	172.5	177.5	—	6	315.0
13	Rudolf Lukáč (SVK)	68.90	~~132.5~~	132.5	137.5	13	~~167.5~~	~~167.5~~	172.5	12	310.0
14	Samson Matam (FRA)	68.52	130.0	~~135.0~~	135.0	15	~~167.5~~	167.5	~~172.5~~	14	302.5
15	Felix Ekpo (NGR)	68.44	130.0	~~135.0~~	135.0	14	160.0	165.0	~~170.0~~	15	300.0
16	Beiman Palacios (COL)	68.44	~~127.5~~	127.5	~~132.5~~	17	160.0	165.0	~~170.0~~	16	292.5
17	Renato Sulkja (ALB)	68.28	130.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	16	160.0	~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~	17	290.0
18	Sébastien Groulx (CAN)	67.62	120.0	125.0	~~127.5~~	18	155.0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	18	280.0
19	Stewart Cruickshank (GBR)	68.84	~~125.0~~	125.0	~~130.0~~	19	150.0	~~155.0~~	~~155.0~~	19	275.0
20	John Lubin (GBR)	68.94	107.5	~~112.5~~	112.5	20	137.5	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	20	250.0
—	Fouad Bouzenada (ALG)	68.86	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	68.36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—