2003 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 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.

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	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	—	—

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 48 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine