Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	20 March 2006
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning total weight	343
Medalists
Shujauddin Malik    Pakistan   Brice Batchaya    Cameroon   Simplice Ribouem    Cameroon

Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
	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 Men's 85 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 20 March 2006. Shujauddin Malik, from Pakistan, won the gold, lifting a total weight of 343 kg.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	185 kg	Doha, Qatar	14 November 2005
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	218 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	25 April 1998
	Total	World Standard	395 kg	–	1 January 1998
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	182 kg	Moscow, Russia	27 September 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	210 kg	Moscow, Russia	27 September 2003
	Total	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	392 kg	Moscow, Russia	27 September 2003
Games record	Snatch	Stephen Ward (ENG)	157 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	18 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Leon Griffin (ENG)	192 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	18 September 1998
	Total	Leon Griffin (ENG)	347 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	18 September 1998

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk

193 kg

Shujauddin Malik (PAK)

GR

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Shujauddin Malik	Pakistan	A	84.64	145	150	150	150	180	187	193	193	343
	Brice Batchaya	Cameroon	A	84.13	141	146	151	151	171	180	186	180	331
	Simplice Ribouem	Cameroon	A	84.08	140	145	150	145	180	187	187	180	325
4	Satheesha Rai	India	A	83.90	140	144	146	146	176	185	186	176	322
5	Darryn Anthony	South Africa	A	84.11	140	140	140	140	170	170	180	170	310
6	Peter Kirkbride	Scotland	A	84.35	120	126	131	131	155	166	172	166	297
7	David Obiero	Kenya	A	84.85	111	113	115	113	141	145	150	150	263
8	Teataua Tiito	Kiribati	A	84.32	111	111	114	111	141	145	146	146	257
9	Abu-Bakarr Kabia	Sierra Leone	A	83.89	105	110	112	110	135	135	140	140	250

References