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 +105 kilograms division was staged on 21 and 22 November 2003.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT)	210.0 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	207.5 kg	Evgeny Chigishev (RUS)	205.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	250.0 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT)	245.0 kg	Velichko Cholakov (BUL)	242.5 kg
Total	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	457.5 kg	Velichko Cholakov (BUL)	447.5 kg	Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT)	445.0 kg

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

World Record	Snatch	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	213.0 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	14 September 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	263.0 kg	Warsaw, Poland	26 November 2002
	Total	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	472.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	26 September 2000

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	A	155.90	200.0	207.5	213.5		250.0	263.5	—		457.5
	Velichko Cholakov (BUL)	A	157.65	192.5	200.0	205.0	4	232.5	242.5	247.5		447.5
	Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT)	A	135.62	200.0	200.0	205.0	5	245.0	252.5	252.5		445.0
4	Evgeny Chigishev (RUS)	A	115.68	197.5	205.0	205.0		230.0	—	—	9	435.0
5	Oleksiy Kolokoltsev (UKR)	A	121.19	190.0	195.0	195.0	6	240.0	247.5	250.0	4	435.0
6	Ashot Danielyan (ARM)	A	159.76	190.0	190.0	200.0	9	240.0	—	—	6	430.0
7	Paweł Najdek (POL)	A	138.54	182.5	187.5	187.5	10	240.0	245.0	250.0	5	427.5
8	Shane Hamman (USA)	A	157.99	192.5	200.0	200.0	7	230.0	230.0	230.0	10	422.5
9	Grzegorz Kleszcz (POL)	B	128.17	180.0	185.0	185.0	12	225.0	230.0	235.0	7	420.0
10	Igor Khalilov (UZB)	B	141.52	177.5	182.5	185.0	14	227.5	232.5	237.5	8	417.5
11	Damyan Damyanov (BUL)	B	140.40	180.0	190.0	195.0	8	200.0	220.0	225.0	12	415.0
12	Mohamed Ihsan (EGY)	B	135.92	175.0	180.0	185.0	17	220.0	232.5	232.5	14	400.0
13	Jeon Sang-guen (KOR)	B	148.45	170.0	175.0	175.0	25	210.0	220.0	227.5	11	397.5
14	Alan Naniyev (AZE)	B	115.03	180.0	180.0	—	15	215.0	—	—	15	395.0
15	Abdesattar Habassi (TUN)	C	118.12	170.0	180.0	185.0	11	210.0	210.0	215.0	17	395.0
16	Tibor Stark (HUN)	B	135.78	180.5	185.0	—	13	210.0	—	—	20	395.0
17	Petr Sobotka (CZE)	B	150.84	175.0	180.0	185.0	18	215.0	220.0	220.0	16	395.0
18	Marius Alecu (ROM)	B	124.10	170.0	175.0	175.0	23	220.0	220.0	220.0	13	390.0
19	Apolosio Tokotuu (FRA)	C	122.83	165.0	170.0	170.0	22	205.0	205.0	210.0	18	380.0
20	Andrey Martemyanov (UZB)	C	136.57	165.0	165.0	170.0	24	207.5	207.5	212.5	22	377.5
21	Corran Hocking (AUS)	C	146.78	170.0	175.0	177.5	21	202.5	202.5	207.5	24	377.5
22	Hildegar Morillo (VEN)	C	131.62	160.0	160.0	160.0	29	210.0	220.0	220.0	19	370.0
23	Anthony Martin (AUS)	D	144.82	162.5	162.5	167.5	27	200.0	207.5	212.5	23	370.0
24	Aurimas Bulauskas (LTU)	C	142.25	155.0	165.0	165.0	30	205.0	210.0	217.5	21	365.0
25	Lorenzo Carrió (ESP)	D	114.70	155.0	160.0	160.0	28	190.0	197.5	—	26	350.0
26	Itte Detenamo (NRU)	D	133.06	150.0	150.0	155.0	31	190.0	195.0	202.5	25	345.0
27	Ahmed Keroui (ALG)	D	138.15	150.0	160.0	160.0	32	190.0	195.0	195.0	27	340.0
—	Jordi Simón (ESP)	D	105.53	140.0	140.0	140.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Siarhei Karasiou (BLR)	B	123.91	175.0	180.0	185.0	16	220.0	220.0	220.0	—	—
—	Takanobu Iwazaki (JPN)	C	124.89	165.0	170.0	170.0	26	207.5	207.5	207.5	—	—
—	Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT)	A	127.44	200.0	205.0	210.0		—	—	—	—	—
—	Haidar Dakhil (IRQ)	B	129.40	175.0	175.0	180.0	19	205.0	205.0	205.0	—	—
—	Dimitri Wolf (GER)	B	130.81	175.0	180.0	180.0	20	207.5	207.5	210.0	—	—
—	Ronny Weller (GER)	A	144.49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Artem Udachyn (UKR)	A	134.99	200.0	205.0	210.0	—	240.0	250.0	250.0	—	—

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 52 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine