2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 15 and 16 November 2003.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
15 November 2003	11:00	Group D
15 November 2003	16:00	Group C
16 November 2003	10:00	Group B
16 November 2003	12:30	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	152.5 kg	Arkadiusz Smółka (POL)	152.5 kg	Lee Bae-young (KOR)	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	192.5 kg	Lee Bae-young (KOR)	190.0 kg	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	180.0 kg
Total	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	345.0 kg	Lee Bae-young (KOR)	340.0 kg	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	327.5 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	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	197.5 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	11 September 2003
	Total	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	357.5 kg	Athens, Greece	24 November 1999

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	A	68.76	~~152.5~~	~~152.5~~	152.5		187.5	192.5	~~195.0~~		345.0
	Lee Bae-young (KOR)	A	68.67	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~		~~185.0~~	185.0	190.0		340.0
	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	A	68.71	147.5	~~152.5~~	~~152.5~~	6	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	180.0	6	327.5
4	Ferit Şen (TUR)	A	68.76	~~145.0~~	145.0	~~150.0~~	9	175.0	~~180.0~~	180.0	7	325.0
5	Arkadiusz Smółka (POL)	A	68.77	147.5	~~152.5~~	152.5		172.5	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~	15	325.0
6	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	A	68.05	~~142.5~~	142.5	147.5	5	172.5	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~	13	320.0
7	Erwin Abdullah (INA)	A	68.45	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~147.5~~	12	~~180.0~~	180.0	~~187.5~~	5	320.0
8	Zoltán Kecskés (HUN)	A	68.75	~~145.0~~	145.0	~~150.0~~	8	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	11	320.0
9	Siarhei Laurenau (BLR)	C	68.82	135.0	142.5	150.0	4	160.0	~~170.0~~	170.0	20	320.0
10	Mehdi Panzvan (IRI)	B	68.17	135.0	140.0	145.0	7	167.5	~~172.5~~	172.5	14	317.5
11	Lucian Maxinianu (ROM)	B	68.53	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	142.5	10	170.0	175.0	~~177.5~~	9	317.5
12	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	B	67.91	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~140.0~~	19	170.0	175.0	180.0		315.0
13	Vencelas Dabaya (CMR)	B	68.33	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	21	175.0	180.0	—	4	315.0
14	Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY)	A	68.62	~~140.0~~	140.0	~~145.0~~	15	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	175.0	10	315.0
15	Miroslav Janíček (SVK)	B	68.90	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	137.5	18	~~172.5~~	172.5	~~177.5~~	16	310.0
16	Giuseppe Ficco (ITA)	B	68.98	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~140.0~~	23	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	12	310.0
17	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	B	68.65	135.0	140.0	~~142.5~~	16	~~165.0~~	165.0	167.5	22	307.5
18	Artur Danielyan (ARM)	B	67.80	~~130.0~~	130.0	~~137.5~~	24	170.0	~~175.0~~	175.0	8	305.0
19	Yoshito Shintani (JPN)	C	68.30	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~137.5~~	20	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	17	305.0
20	Amílcar Pernía (VEN)	C	68.83	130.0	135.0	~~137.5~~	22	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	21	305.0
21	Romuald Ernault (FRA)	C	68.14	~~137.5~~	137.5	~~142.5~~	17	160.0	165.0	~~170.0~~	23	302.5
22	Jafar Al-Bagir (KSA)	C	68.38	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	130.0	25	165.0	~~170.0~~	170.0	18	300.0
23	Maurizio Bombaci (ITA)	C	68.42	125.0	130.0	~~132.5~~	26	165.0	~~170.0~~	170.0	19	300.0
24	Ali Hidaiel (IRQ)	C	68.76	130.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	27	155.0	162.5	~~167.5~~	26	292.5
25	Yukio Peter (NRU)	D	68.92	~~125.0~~	125.0	~~132.5~~	29	~~160.0~~	160.0	165.0	24	290.0
26	Manuel Martín (ESP)	D	68.23	120.0	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	30	157.5	160.0	162.5	25	282.5
27	Sébastien Groulx (CAN)	D	67.51	115.0	~~120.0~~	~~120.0~~	32	145.0	150.0	155.0	27	270.0
28	Marco Dumberry (CAN)	D	68.51	117.5	122.5	125.0	28	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	29	270.0
29	Ben Turner (AUS)	D	68.96	117.5	~~122.5~~	~~122.5~~	31	~~150.0~~	150.0	~~155.0~~	28	267.5
30	Wayne Healy (IRL)	D	66.99	95.0	100.0	105.0	33	122.5	130.0	135.0	30	240.0
—	Cho Hyo-won (KOR)	B	67.75	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	—	~~170.0~~	—	—	—	—
—	Sukhrob Raupov (UZB)	B	68.21	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Abdulmohsen Al-Bagir (KSA)	A	68.23	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	11	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	—	—
—	Yoshihisa Miyaji (JPN)	B	68.56	~~140.0~~	140.0	~~142.5~~	13	~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~	~~167.5~~	—	—
—	Fadel Nasser Sarouf (QAT)	C	68.58	130.0	140.0	~~150.0~~	14	—	—	—	—	—
—	Alexandr Okhremenko (KAZ)	B	68.91	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ)	C	67.92	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	135.0	—	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	160.0	—	—
DQ	Vladislav Lukanin (RUS)	A	68.59	142.5	147.5	~~150.0~~	—	182.5	187.5	192.5	—	—