2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg

2001 World Championships
in Turkey Antalya, Turkey
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the super heavyweight (+105 kg) division was staged on 11 November 2001.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) 210.0 kg  Roman Mesheryakov (RUS) 205.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) 200.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) 250.0 kg  Paweł Najdek (POL) 250.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) 242.5 kg
Total  Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) 460.0 kg  Roman Mesheryakov (RUS) 445.0 kg  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) 442.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 212.5 kg Sydney, Australia 26 September 2000
Clean & Jerk World Standard 262.5 kg 1 January 1998
Total  Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 472.5 kg Sydney, Australia 26 September 2000

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT) 125.74 200.0 205.0 210.0 1st 245.0 250.0 263.0 1st 460.0
2nd  Roman Mesheryakov (RUS) 152.30 192.5 200.0 205.0 2nd 232.5 240.0 240.0 4 445.0
3rd  Andrey Chemerkin (RUS) 176.90 190.0 200.0 205.0 3rd 242.5 247.5 247.5 3rd 442.5
4  Paweł Najdek (POL) 134.48 180.0 185.0 185.0 5 235.0 245.0 250.0 2nd 435.0
5  Tibor Stark (HUN) 139.42 180.0 187.5 190.0 4 220.0 220.0 225.0 7 415.0
6  Aleko Nozadze (GEO) 116.38 180.0 187.5 187.5 7 220.0 225.0 230.0 5 405.0
7  Axel Franz (GER) 139.36 175.0 182.5 187.5 6 215.0 222.5 227.5 8 405.0
8  Giorgi Kobaladze (GEO) 122.40 172.5 177.5 180.0 8 225.0 225.0 232.5 6 402.5
9  Nigel Avery (NZL) 123.30 170.0 170.0 170.0 9 205.0 210.0 217.5 10 387.5
10  Hidelgar Morillo (VEN) 130.42 160.0 160.0 165.0 10 200.0 212.5 220.0 9 385.0
11  Petr Sobotka (CZE) 145.58 160.0 165.0 165.0 11 190.0 202.5 202.5 12 355.0
12  Cristián Escalante (CHI) 117.82 152.5 162.5 167.5 12 185.0 190.0 190.0 11 352.5

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