2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg
# 2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 21 September 2019.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 21 September 2019 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 21 September 2019 | 14:25 | Group B |
| 21 September 2019 | 20:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 166 kg | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | 157 kg | Briken Calja (ALB) | 156 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 197 kg | O Kang-chol (PRK) | 193 kg | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | 189 kg |
| Total | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 363 kg | O Kang-chol (PRK) | 347 kg | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | 346 kg |

## Records

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

| World Record | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 168 kg | Ningbo, China | 22 April 2019 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 196 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 4 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 362 kg | Ningbo, China | 21 April 2019 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | A | 160 | 163 | 166 | | 190 | 197 | — | | 363 |
| | O Kang-chol (PRK) | A | 150 | 154 | 156 | 5 | 185 | 191 | 193 | | 347 |
| | Bozhidar Andreev (BUL) | A | 149 | 154 | 157 | | 185 | 189 | 192 | | 346 |
| 4 | Vadzim Likharad (BLR) | A | 154 | 157 | 158 | 4 | 184 | 189 | 189 | 7 | 338 |
| 5 | Briken Calja (ALB) | A | 151 | 156 | — | | 181 | 190 | 190 | 13 | 337 |
| 6 | Julio Mayora (VEN) | A | 147 | 152 | 157 | 8 | 185 | 191 | 192 | 6 | 337 |
| 7 | Bak Joo-hyo (KOR) | A | 147 | 151 | 155 | 9 | 186 | 186 | 191 | 5 | 337 |
| 8 | Won Jeong-sik (KOR) | A | 146 | 150 | 153 | 7 | 183 | 183 | 188 | 11 | 336 |
| 9 | Clarence Cummings (USA) | A | 145 | 150 | 155 | 10 | 183 | 183 | 191 | 10 | 333 |
| 10 | Yuan Chengfei (CHN) | A | 146 | 151 | 155 | 13 | 181 | 185 | 187 | 4 | 333 |
| 11 | David Sánchez (ESP) | B | 140 | 145 | 145 | 16 | 175 | 180 | 183 | 8 | 328 |
| 12 | Masanori Miyamoto (JPN) | B | 140 | 145 | 148 | 14 | 175 | 180 | 183 | 9 | 328 |
| 13 | Sergey Petrov (RUS) | B | 144 | 150 | 153 | 6 | 174 | 179 | 179 | 17 | 327 |
| 14 | Max Lang (GER) | B | 143 | 147 | 147 | 12 | 175 | 180 | 180 | 15 | 327 |
| 15 | Triyatno (INA) | B | 138 | 143 | 145 | 15 | 177 | 181 | 185 | 12 | 326 |
| 16 | Doston Yokubov (UZB) | B | 136 | 141 | 146 | 19 | 180 | 180 | 187 | 14 | 321 |
| 17 | Marin Robu (MDA) | B | 143 | 149 | 152 | 11 | 170 | 178 | 178 | 21 | 319 |
| 18 | Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) | B | 138 | 142 | 144 | 17 | 168 | 172 | 174 | 18 | 318 |
| 19 | Maksat Meredow (TKM) | B | 135 | 137 | 142 | 22 | 172 | 178 | 182 | 16 | 315 |
| 20 | Archil Malakmadze (GEO) | B | 137 | 142 | 145 | 18 | 163 | 168 | 172 | 23 | 310 |
| 21 | Kakhi Asanidze (GEO) | B | 133 | 137 | 140 | 21 | 162 | 167 | 171 | 24 | 307 |
| 22 | Kevin Sandoval (COL) | B | 136 | 140 | 144 | 20 | 162 | 167 | 170 | 25 | 307 |
| 23 | Masakazu Ioroi (JPN) | B | 135 | 140 | 140 | 24 | 160 | 170 | 177 | 22 | 305 |
| 24 | Jorge Sánchez (PUR) | C | 128 | 133 | 136 | 27 | 168 | 171 | 175 | 19 | 304 |
| 25 | Achinta Sheuli (IND) | C | 130 | 135 | 135 | 23 | 162 | 166 | 170 | 26 | 301 |
| 26 | Tim Kring (DEN) | B | 135 | 135 | 139 | 25 | 165 | 169 | 170 | 27 | 300 |
| 27 | Indika Dissanayake (SRI) | C | 131 | 131 | 134 | 26 | 160 | 164 | 168 | 28 | 298 |
| 28 | Sudesh Peiris (SRI) | C | 130 | 130 | 134 | 29 | 160 | 165 | — | 30 | 290 |
| 29 | Mahmoud Al-Humayd (KSA) | C | 125 | 130 | 135 | 28 | 150 | 160 | 169 | 31 | 290 |
| 30 | Taretiita Tabaroua (KIR) | C | 120 | 124 | 124 | 31 | 158 | 158 | 162 | 32 | 282 |
| 31 | Brandon Wakeling (AUS) | C | 115 | 119 | 122 | 34 | 154 | 158 | 162 | 29 | 281 |
| 32 | Jonathan Chin (GBR) | C | 116 | 120 | 124 | 30 | 147 | 152 | 154 | 35 | 271 |
| 33 | Larko Doguape (NRU) | C | 116 | 121 | 124 | 32 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 34 | 271 |
| 34 | Jeffrey Garcia (PHI) | C | 120 | 125 | 125 | 33 | 150 | 150 | 160 | 33 | 270 |
| 35 | Einar Jónsson (ISL) | C | 113 | 116 | 117 | 35 | 140 | 145 | — | 36 | 253 |
| — | Erry Hidayat (MAS) | C | 135 | 135 | 135 | — | 163 | 168 | 170 | 20 | — |
| — | Karem Ben Hnia (TUN) | A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Gareth Evans (GBR) | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 197 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | WR |
| - | - | - | - |
| Total | 363 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | WR |
