2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
# 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 7 November 2001.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 165.0 kg | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 162.5 kg | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI) | 162.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 202.5 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 200.0 kg | Attila Feri (HUN) | 200.0 kg |
| Total | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 365.0 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 360.0 kg | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI) | 360.0 kg |

## Records

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

| World Record | Snatch | Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM) | 170.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 25 November 1999 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 210.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 27 April 2001 |
| World Record | Total | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 375.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 27 April 2001 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Nader Sufyan Abbas (QAT) | 76.36 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | | 195.0 | 202.5 | 202.5 | | 365.0 |
| | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 76.28 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 4 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | | 360.0 |
| | Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI) | 76.42 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | | 197.5 | 202.5 | 205.0 | 4 | 360.0 |
| 4 | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 76.56 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | | 195.0 | 195.0 | 195.0 | 5 | 360.0 |
| 5 | Attila Feri (HUN) | 76.60 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 6 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | | 360.0 |
| 6 | Andrzej Kozłowski (POL) | 76.58 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 5 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 6 | 355.0 |
| 7 | Adrián Popa (HUN) | 76.34 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 7 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 197.5 | 7 | 347.5 |
| 8 | Vasile Hegheduş (ROM) | 76.20 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 8 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 10 | 330.0 |
| 9 | Héctor Ballesteros (COL) | 76.46 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 10 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 8 | 330.0 |
| 10 | Jugnevis Campos (VEN) | 76.52 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 9 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 187.5 | 9 | 330.0 |
| 11 | Satheesha Rai (IND) | 76.68 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 11 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 320.0 |
| 12 | José Juan Navarro (ESP) | 76.82 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 12 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 12 | 307.5 |
| 13 | Pavel Kolosovski (ISR) | 76.02 | 120.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 13 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 13 | 270.0 |
| — | Artan Suli (ALB) | 76.38 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | — | 180.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | — | — |
| DQ | Arsen Melikyan (ARM) | 76.70 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 171.0 | — | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | — | — |
