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 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | |||||||||
| Date | 31 July 2021 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total | 374 kg OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior 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
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight[3] |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
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Lü Xiaojun |  China |
A | 80.75 | 165 | 170 | 170 OR | 197 | 204 | 204 OR | 374 OR | ||
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Zacarías Bonnat |  Dominican Republic |
A | 80.90 | 158 | 163 | 163 | 198 | 202 | 204 | 204 | 367 | |
 |
Antonino Pizzolato |  Italy |
A | 80.90 | 165 | 165 | 200 | 200 | 365 | ||||
| 4 | Harrison Maurus |  United States |
A | 80.95 | 153 | 158 | 161 | 161 | 195 | 200 | 200 | 361 | |
| 5 | Brayan Rodallegas |  Colombia |
A | 80.80 | 163 | 163 | 196 | 196 | 359 | ||||
| 6 | Ritvars Suharevs |  Latvia |
A | 80.90 | 158 | 163 | 163 | 190 | 195 | 195 | 358 | ||
| 7 | Nico Müller |  Germany |
A | 80.90 | 155 | 159 | 159 | 190 | 195 | 195 | 354 | ||
| 8 | Andrés Mata |  Spain |
A | 80.70 | 154 | 158 | 158 | 189 | 189 | 347 | |||
| 9 | Erkand Qerimaj |  Albania |
B | 80.55 | 151 | 155 | 157 | 157 | 181 | 181 | 338 | ||
| 10 | Amur Salim Al-Khanjari |  Oman |
B | 81.00 | 130 | 140 | 140 | 170 | 177 | 177 | 317 | ||
| 11 | Cameron McTaggart |  New Zealand |
B | 80.80 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 315 | ||
| 12 | Ramzi Bahloul |  Tunisia |
B | 136 | 136 | 164 | — | 164 | 300 | ||||
| — | Rejepbaý Rejepow |  Turkmenistan |
A | 80.95 | 160 | 164 | 164 | — | — | ||||
| — | Arley Méndez |  Chile |
A | 81.00 | 160 | 160 | — | — | |||||
New records
edit| Snatch | 170 kg | Lü Xiaojun (CHN)
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OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 204 kg | OR | |
| Total | 367 kg | OR | |
| 374 kg | OR |
References
edit- ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Schedule – Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Men's 81kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.