2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The men's competition in the –69 kg division was held on 23 October 2013 in Centennial Hall, Wrocław, Poland.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
23 October 2013	10:00	Group B
23 October 2013	19:55	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Liao Hui (CHN)	160 kg	Oleg Chen (RUS)	160 kg	Kim Myong-hyok (PRK)	152 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liao Hui (CHN)	198 kg	Kim Myong-hyok (PRK)	185 kg	Liang Chenxi (CHN)	183 kg
Total	Liao Hui (CHN)	358 kg	Oleg Chen (RUS)	340 kg	Kim Myong-hyok (PRK)	337 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Georgi Markov (BUL)	165 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	197 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	11 September 2003
	Total	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	357 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
	Liao Hui (CHN)	A	68.52	155	160	~~166~~		186	195	198		358
	Oleg Chen (RUS)	A	68.81	151	156	160		175	180	~~184~~	5	340
	Kim Myong-hyok (PRK)	A	68.85	145	150	152		180	185	~~190~~		337
4	Jaber Behrouzi (IRI)	A	68.68	144	~~147~~	147	5	176	183	~~186~~	4	330
5	Liang Chenxi (CHN)	A	68.61	~~145~~	~~145~~	145	7	175	180	183		328
6	Junior Sánchez (VEN)	A	69.00	~~147~~	~~147~~	147	6	171	178	~~179~~	6	325
7	Daniel Godelli (ALB)	A	68.56	~~145~~	147	~~151~~	4	~~175~~	175	~~182~~	7	322
8	Bernardin Matam (FRA)	A	68.58	139	~~142~~	~~142~~	9	168	171	~~173~~	8	310
9	Sajjad Behrouzi (IRI)	A	68.42	140	~~145~~	~~145~~	8	168	~~175~~	~~175~~	11	308
10	Robert Joachim (GER)	B	68.64	132	135	137	10	165	170	~~173~~	9	307
11	Vanik Avetisyan (ARM)	A	68.85	132	~~137~~	137	11	170	~~175~~	~~175~~	10	307
12	Enrique Valencia (ECU)	B	67.77	127	132	135	12	161	165	~~168~~	13	300
13	José Gavino Mena (COL)	A	68.64	135	~~140~~	~~140~~	13	165	~~173~~	~~173~~	14	300
14	Doston Yokubov (UZB)	B	68.80	~~125~~	125	129	17	160	166	~~172~~	12	295
15	Francis Luna-Grenier (CAN)	B	68.76	126	130	~~133~~	16	158	162	~~165~~	15	292
16	Albert Linder (KAZ)	B	66.78	125	~~130~~	130	15	145	150	160	16	290
17	Caleb Williams (USA)	B	68.98	122	~~126~~	~~126~~	18	160	~~167~~	~~168~~	17	282
18	Ekrem Ağıllı (TUR)	B	68.65	125	130	133	14	145	~~152~~	~~155~~	18	278
19	Natthawut Suepsuan (THA)	B	68.65	~~120~~	120	~~126~~	19	~~140~~	140	145	19	265
20	Thiraphat Sophalai (THA)	B	66.52	105	110	~~115~~	20	130	135	~~140~~	20	245
21	Ian Rose (SEY)	B	69.00	97	103	107	21	130	135	~~138~~	21	242
22	Ahmad Sabbagh (LIB)	B	68.16	92	92	97	22	118	122	127	22	224
DQ	Firidun Guliyev (AZE)	A	68.29	140	~~143~~	143	—	185	~~194~~	194	—	—