The men's 81 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum. Lü Xiaojun won the gold, with a combined lift of 374 kg.[1][2]

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Li Dayin (CHN) 175 kg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 21 April 2021
Clean & Jerk  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) 207 kg Pattaya, Thailand 22 September 2019
Total  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) 378 kg Pattaya, Thailand 22 September 2019
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 168 kg 1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 201 kg 1 November 2018
Total Olympic Standard 365 kg 1 November 2018

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight[3]
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total[4]
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lü Xiaojun  China A 80.75 165 165 170 170 OR 197 204 210 204 OR 374 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zacarías Bonnat  Dominican Republic A 80.90 158 163 163 163 198 202 204 204 367
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antonino Pizzolato  Italy A 80.90 165 165 168 165 200 203 210 200 365
4 Harrison Maurus  United States A 80.95 153 158 161 161 195 200 205 200 361
5 Brayan Rodallegas  Colombia A 80.80 163 168 168 163 195 196 200 196 359
6 Ritvars Suharevs  Latvia A 80.90 158 158 163 163 190 195 198 195 358
7 Nico Müller  Germany A 80.90 155 159 161 159 190 195 195 195 354
8 Andrés Mata  Spain A 80.70 154 158 161 158 189 189 189 189 347
9 Erkand Qerimaj  Albania B 80.55 151 155 157 157 181 185 187 181 338
10 Amur Salim Al-Khanjari  Oman B 81.00 130 137 140 140 170 176 177 177 317
11 Cameron McTaggart  New Zealand B 80.80 135 140 145 140 170 175 178 175 315
12 Ramzi Bahloul  Tunisia B 136 140 140 136 164 171 164 300
Rejepbaý Rejepow  Turkmenistan A 80.95 160 164 167 164 195 195 198
Arley Méndez  Chile A 81.00 160 163 165 160 190 190 190

New records

Snatch 170 kg  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) OR
Clean & Jerk 204 kg OR
Total 367 kg OR
374 kg OR

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Schedule – Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 81kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 81kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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