2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

The men's competition in the light-heavyweight (– 85 kg) division was held on 10–11 November 2011.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
10 November 2011	21:30	Group C
11 November 2011	14:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	178 kg	Adrian Zieliński (POL)	174 kg	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	173 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	209 kg	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	208 kg	Yoelmis Hernández (CUB)	205 kg
Total	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	382 kg	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	378 kg	Adrian Zieliński (POL)	376 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	187 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	218 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	25 April 1998
	Total	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)  Lu Yong (CHN)	394 kg 394 kg	Beijing, China Beijing, China	15 August 2008 15 August 2008

• Andrei Rybakou's world record was rescinded in 2016.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	A	84.53	169	173	176		209	219	219		382
	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	A	84.69	162	167	170	4	203	208	210		378
	Adrian Zieliński (POL)	A	84.62	170	174	176		202	208	208	8	376
4	Rinat Kireev (RUS)	A	84.96	165	170	173	6	204	209	209	5	374
5	Apti Aukhadov (RUS)	A	84.36	168	173	173	8	202	208	210	7	370
6	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU)	A	84.72	169	175	176	7	201	210	210	9	370
7	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	B	84.46	170	175	178		182	190	195	18	368
8	Ragab Abdelhay (EGY)	A	84.62	155	161	163	14	195	200	203	6	364
9	Yoelmis Hernández (CUB)	A	82.49	155	160	160	22	205	210	210		360
10	Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ)	B	84.38	152	157	160	16	190	195	200	10	360
11	Iurii Chykyda (UKR)	A	84.65	165	170	170	9	195	195	195	14	360
12	Tom Schwarzbach (GER)	B	84.61	148	152	154	23	195	199	205	4	359
13	Vadzim Straltsou (BLR)	B	84.89	155	160	163	11	190	196	200	11	359
14	Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB)	B	83.66	154	158	163	10	195	205	210	12	358
15	Ilirjan Suli (ALB)	A	84.97	163	163	167	12	193	193	193	15	356
16	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	B	84.10	153	153	157	18	187	191	195	13	352
17	Mansur Rejepow (TKM)	B	84.70	158	162	165	13	185	190	193	19	352
18	Namig Jamilov (AZE)	B	84.42	157	160	160	19	187	192	196	16	349
19	Kendrick Farris (USA)	B	84.84	153	157	160	20	192	198	204	17	349
20	Giovanni Bardis (FRA)	C	84.42	153	158	160	17	180	185	188	21	348
21	Inoýat Jumaýew (TKM)	B	84.84	152	152	157	21	190	190	196	20	347
22	Marius Mickevičius (LTU)	C	84.00	155	160	166	15	181	186	190	22	346
23	Nailkhan Nabiyev (AZE)	B	84.66	148	153	156	24	186	186	191	23	339
24	Donatas Anuškevičius (LTU)	C	84.24	150	155	155	26	180	185	191	25	335
25	Zach Krych (USA)	C	83.65	145	145	150	29	185	185	190	24	330
26	Brice Batchaya (CMR)	C	83.56	145	148	150	25	175	175	180	28	325
27	Julio Idrovo (ECU)	C	84.37	150	150	155	27	175	180	180	29	325
28	Steven Kari (PNG)	C	84.21	132	137	141	34	175	180	184	26	317
29	Bolotbek Shamshiev (KGZ)	C	83.42	130	136	140	30	166	171	175	27	315
30	Paul Dumais (CAN)	C	84.14	140	144	146	31	165	169	172	30	312
31	Malek Chamoun (AUS)	C	83.76	135	140	140	35	170	170	170	31	305
32	Yannick Sautebin (SUI)	C	79.78	125	130	130	36	145	145	150	32	275
—	Lu Yong (CHN)	A	84.78	170	175	175	5	205	205	205	—	—
—	Amar Musić (CRO)	B	84.64	150	154	154	28	190	—	—	—	—
—	Clemente Mannella (ITA)	C	84.94	135	140	142	32	166	166	166	—	—
—	Mathieu Marineau (CAN)	C	83.18	138	142	142	33	172	172	172	—	—

References

• (Pages 46, 49 & 51) Start List
• 2011 IWF World Championships Results Book Pages 41–43
• Results