2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg
# 2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg

The men's 96 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 and 24 September 2019.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 23 September 2019 | 22:30 | Group D |
| 24 September 2019 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 24 September 2019 | 14:25 | Group B |
| 24 September 2019 | 17:55 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | Anton Pliesnoi (GEO) | 181 kg | Tian Tao (CHN) | 180 kg | Jhonatan Rivas (COL) | 179 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao (CHN) | 230 kg | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | 224 kg | Ayoub Mousavi (IRI) | 214 kg |
| Total | Tian Tao (CHN) | 410 kg | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | 402 kg | Anton Pliesnoi (GEO) | 394 kg |

## Records

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

| World Record | Snatch | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 186 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 November 2018 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Tian Tao (CHN) | 231 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 7 July 2019 |
| World Record | Total | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 416 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 November 2018 |

## 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 |
| | Tian Tao (CHN) | A | 175 | 175 | 180 | | 218 | 225 | 230 | | 410 |
| | Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | A | 174 | 178 | 181 | 4 | 217 | 224 | 230 | | 402 |
| | Anton Pliesnoi (GEO) | A | 172 | 177 | 181 | | 203 | 209 | 213 | 4 | 394 |
| 4 | Jhonatan Rivas (COL) | A | 175 | 179 | 182 | | 206 | 212 | 212 | 5 | 391 |
| 5 | Ayoub Mousavi (IRI) | A | 167 | 168 | 173 | 9 | 205 | 206 | 214 | | 382 |
| 6 | Boady Santavy (CAN) | A | 170 | 175 | 175 | 5 | 203 | 203 | 210 | 6 | 380 |
| 7 | Khetag Khugaev (RUS) | A | 165 | 165 | 170 | 7 | 201 | 206 | 212 | 8 | 376 |
| 8 | Jeyson Arias (VEN) | B | 160 | 164 | 164 | 12 | 200 | 203 | 205 | 9 | 369 |
| 9 | Jang Yeon-hak (KOR) | B | 164 | 164 | 169 | 11 | 197 | 203 | 206 | 10 | 367 |
| 10 | Bekdoolot Rasulbekov (KGZ) | A | 165 | 170 | 176 | 6 | 197 | 203 | 203 | 18 | 367 |
| 11 | Ángel Luna (VEN) | B | 161 | 168 | 168 | 17 | 203 | 203 | — | 11 | 364 |
| 12 | Vadims Koževņikovs (LAT) | B | 153 | 158 | 161 | 24 | 201 | 206 | 210 | 7 | 364 |
| 13 | Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) | A | 165 | 168 | 171 | 8 | 195 | 200 | 200 | 20 | 363 |
| 14 | Illia Kulikov (UKR) | B | 155 | 160 | 160 | 20 | 195 | 200 | 205 | 14 | 360 |
| 15 | Jürgen Spieß (GER) | B | 155 | 160 | 163 | 19 | 190 | 195 | 200 | 15 | 360 |
| 16 | İbrahim Arat (TUR) | A | 160 | 165 | 165 | 21 | 200 | 205 | 206 | 16 | 360 |
| 17 | Chen Po-jen (TPE) | B | 160 | 165 | 170 | 10 | 193 | 198 | 200 | 21 | 358 |
| 18 | Wilmer Contreras (ECU) | C | 154 | 158 | 160 | 23 | 190 | 195 | 197 | 19 | 353 |
| 19 | Kyryl Pyrohov (UKR) | B | 162 | 167 | 167 | 14 | 185 | 191 | 195 | 24 | 353 |
| 20 | Nathan Damron (USA) | B | 155 | 160 | 161 | 28 | 190 | 197 | 202 | 17 | 352 |
| 21 | Don Opeloge (SAM) | C | 151 | 156 | 156 | 31 | 190 | 200 | 205 | 13 | 351 |
| 22 | Marco Gregório (BRA) | C | 160 | 164 | 164 | 18 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 25 | 350 |
| 23 | Łukasz Grela (POL) | B | 161 | 162 | 162 | 15 | 187 | 192 | 193 | 27 | 349 |
| 24 | Tudor Ciobanu (MDA) | D | 150 | 155 | 160 | 26 | 182 | 190 | 192 | 22 | 347 |
| 25 | Jason Bonnick (USA) | C | 152 | 157 | 157 | 25 | 183 | 183 | 190 | 26 | 347 |
| 26 | Steven Kari (PNG) | D | 135 | 145 | 155 | 33 | 185 | 196 | 200 | 12 | 345 |
| 27 | Artur Babayan (RUS) | C | 155 | 159 | 161 | 16 | 184 | 190 | 190 | 32 | 345 |
| 28 | Zaynobiddin Makhamadaminov (UZB) | C | 155 | 155 | 159 | 22 | 185 | 189 | — | 29 | 344 |
| 29 | Nailkhan Nabiyev (AZE) | D | 140 | 145 | 147 | 32 | 182 | 191 | 196 | 23 | 338 |
| 30 | Saddam Messaoui (ALG) | C | 152 | 152 | 157 | 29 | 186 | 191 | 191 | 28 | 338 |
| 31 | Israël Kaikilekofe (FRA) | C | 151 | 156 | 156 | 30 | 180 | 180 | 185 | 31 | 336 |
| 32 | Nicolae Onică (ROU) | C | 145 | 155 | 155 | 34 | 185 | 185 | 190 | 30 | 330 |
| 33 | Edmon Avetisyan (GBR) | D | 143 | 147 | 147 | 36 | 180 | 185 | 185 | 33 | 323 |
| 34 | Luis Lamenza (PUR) | D | 143 | 148 | 148 | 35 | 175 | 181 | 182 | 34 | 318 |
| 35 | Keven Morales (PUR) | D | 132 | 136 | 138 | 38 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 35 | 302 |
| 36 | John Cheah (SGP) | D | 130 | 133 | 136 | 37 | 162 | 165 | 165 | 36 | 295 |
| — | Serafim Veli (BRA) | C | 163 | 168 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Izzatbek Meredow (TKM) | C | 155 | 155 | 159 | 27 | 185 | 185 | 185 | — | — |
| — | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | A | 180 | 180 | 180 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
