Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg

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]

Men's 81 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo International Forum
Date31 July 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total374 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lü Xiaojun
 China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zacarías Bonnat
 Dominican Republic
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Antonino Pizzolato
 Italy
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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   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

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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
  Lü Xiaojun   China A 80.75 165 165 170 170 OR 197 204 210 204 OR 374 OR
  Zacarías Bonnat   Dominican Republic A 80.90 158 163 163 163 198 202 204 204 367
  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

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