2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 73 kg

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The men's 73 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 and 9 September 2023.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
8 September 2023	14:00	Group D
9 September 2023	11:30	Group C
	16:30	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Wei Yinting (CHN)	157 kg	Weeraphon Wichuma (THA)	154 kg	Ritvars Suharevs (LAT)	154 kg
Clean & Jerk	Weeraphon Wichuma (THA)	195 kg	Bak Joo-hyo (KOR)	187 kg	Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR)	187 kg
Total	Weeraphon Wichuma (THA)	349 kg	Wei Yinting (CHN)	337 kg	Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR)	334 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	169 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	20 April 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA)	200 kg	Bogota, Colombia	9 December 2022
	Total	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	364 kg	Tokyo, Japan	28 July 2021

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Weeraphon Wichuma (THA)	C	145	150	154		190	190	195 JWR		349
	Wei Yinting (CHN)	A	155	155	157		180	180	180	9	337
	Muhammed Furkan Özbek (TUR)	A	143	146	147	11	185	187	191		334
4	Julio Mayora (VEN)	A	147	150	150	7	183	187	187	6	333
5	David Sánchez (ESP)	D	145	145	148	8	184	188	188	5	332
6	Karem Ben Hnia (TUN)	A	146	146	149	13	180	186	188	4	332
7	Tojonirina Andriantsitohaina (MAD)	D	146	151	153	4	178	182	182	11	331
8	Masanori Miyamoto (JPN)	A	147	147	151	10	178	183	188	7	330
9	Bak Joo-hyo (KOR)	A	143	143	147	17	180	187	192		330
10	Ryan Grimsland (USA)	B	140	145	148	14	181	188	188	8	326
11	Luis Javier Mosquera (COL)	B	145	150	150	6	175	175	175	14	325
12	Roberto Gutu (GER)	C	144	148	151	5	168	173	178	16	324
13	Bernardin Matam (FRA)	C	133	136	139	22	172	176	179	10	318
14	Samir Fardjallah (ALG)	B	140	146	148	12	171	171	176	19	317
15	Jorge Cárdenas (MEX)	C	140	145	145	19	170	175	180	13	315
16	Ajith Narayan (IND)	C	136	136	140	21	164	169	172	18	312
17	Ismail Jamali (ESP)	D	138	143	147	16	167	167	167	23	310
18	Edidiong Umoafia (NGR)	D	140	140	140	18	160	170	177	21	310
19	Caden Cahoy (USA)	C	133	137	141	23	173	173	173	17	310
20	Sergio Cares (CHI)	C	128	132	135	24	158	163	166	25	301
21	Abdulrahman Al-Beladi (KSA)	C	125	125	129	29	160	167	173	24	296
22	Jonathan Chin (GBR)	D	125	129	130	30	162	167	170	22	292
23	Ahsaan Shabi (LBA)	D	130	130	136	27	155	160	—	27	290
24	Jorge Hernández (HON)	D	120	125	131	31	155	161	161	26	286
25	Achinta Sheuli (IND)	D	130	130	130	28	150	155	160	29	285
26	Manuila Raobu (TUV)	D	120	125	125	32	145	150	155	30	275
27	Rafael Candeias (POR)	D	109	115	120	33	133	139	145	31	260
28	Zubair Nazari (AFG)	D	100	105	110	34	125	130	135	32	240
29	Geoffrey Otieno Oduor (KEN)	D	90	95	101	35	120	120	125	33	220
—	Mitsunori Konnai (JPN)	A	145	145	145	—	175	181	187	15	—
—	Ritvars Suharevs (LAT)	A	150	154	156		178	178	181	—	—
—	Yusuf Fehmi Genç (TUR)	A	145	148	150	9	185	186	187	—	—
—	Suttipong Jeeram (THA)	A	145	150	151	15	180	180	180	—	—
—	Bektimur Reýimow (TKM)	B	143	145	145	—	170	170	171	20	—
—	Max Lang (GER)	B	145	146	146	—	176	176	—	12	—
—	Piotr Kudłaszyk (POL)	B	135	137	137	25	175	175	175	—	—
—	Julio Cedeño (DOM)	C	136	140	143	20	166	166	166	—	—
—	Nicolas Vachon (CAN)	C	133	137	137	26	172	172	172	—	—
—	Omar Javadov (AZE)	C	145	145	145	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Indika Dissanayake (SRI)	D	130	130	130	—	155	160	161	28	—
—	Mirko Zanni (ITA)	A	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Rizki Juniansyah (INA)	B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Jair Reyes (ECU)	B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Jon-Antohein Phillips (RSA)	D	Did not start

References

1. "Start Book" (PDF). IWF. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.