Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 28 July at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 364 kg.[1][2]

Men's 73 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo International Forum
Date28 July 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total364 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shi Zhiyong  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julio Mayora  Venezuela
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia
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Records

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

World Record Snatch   Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 169 kg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 20 April 2021
Clean & Jerk   Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 198 kg Tianjin, China 10 December 2019
Total   Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 363 kg Pattaya, Thailand 21 September 2019
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 158 kg 1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 190 kg 1 November 2018
Total Olympic Standard 345 kg 1 November 2018

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight[3]
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total[4]
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
  Shi Zhiyong   China A 72.85 158 163 166 166 OR 188 192 198 198 OR 364 WR, OR
  Julio Mayora   Venezuela A 72.60 150 154 156 156 186 190 199 190 346
  Rahmat Erwin Abdullah   Indonesia B 72.41 142 147 152 152 180 190 190 190 342
4 Briken Calja   Albania A 72.85 151 151 155 151 184 188 190 190 341
5 Bozhidar Andreev   Bulgaria A 72.75 150 154 154 154 184 189 190 184 338
6 Karem Ben Hnia   Tunisia A 72.80 148 151 153 153 185 190 190 185 338
7 Masanori Miyamoto   Japan A 72.80 143 147 151 147 183 188 196 188 335
8 Marin Robu   Moldova A 72.95 150 155 159 155 175 182 182 175 330
9 Clarence Cummings   United States A 72.90 145 145 150 145 180 190 198 180 325
10 David Sánchez   Spain A 72.90 142 146 150 146 177 177 180 177 323
11 Jorge Cárdenas   Mexico B 72.65 140 140 145 145 170 175 175 175 320
12 Mahmoud Al-Humayd   Saudi Arabia B 72.50 135 141 145 141 165 175 175 165 306
13 Brandon Wakeling   Australia B 72.40 115 120 125 125 158 162 166 166 291
14 Abderrahim Moum   Morocco B 71.95 120 127 127 127 142 142 151 151 278

New records

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Snatch 163 kg   Shi Zhiyong (CHN) OR
166 kg OR
Clean & Jerk 198 kg =WR, OR
Total 354 kg OR
364 kg WR, OR

References

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  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 73kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 73kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.