Men's 61 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo International Forum
Date25 July 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total313 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Fabin  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Son  Kazakhstan

The Men's 61 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 25 July at the Tokyo International Forum.[1][2]

Li Fabin from China, Eko Yuli Irawan from Indonesia and Igor Son from Kazakhstan won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. Dominican Luis García, German Simon Brandhuber, Papua New Guinean Morea Baru, Malagasy Eric Andriantsitohaina, and Peruvian Marcos Rojas earning their spots in total lifting.

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Li Fabin (CHN)145 kgPattaya, Thailand19 September 2019
Clean & Jerk Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)174 kgAshgabat, Turkmenistan3 November 2018
Total Li Fabin (CHN)318 kgPattaya, Thailand19 September 2019
Olympic RecordSnatchOlympic Standard142 kg1 November 2018
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard171 kg1 November 2018
TotalOlympic Standard310 kg1 November 2018

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight[3]
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total[4]
123Result 123Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)Li Fabin ChinaA60.90 137137141141 166172178172 OR 313 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Eko Yuli Irawan IndonesiaA60.80 137141141137 165177177165 302
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Igor Son KazakhstanA60.25 126131134131 156162163163 294
4Yoichi Itokazu JapanA60.85 130130133133 158159162159 292
5Seraj Al-Saleem Saudi ArabiaA60.90 124127129129 159166166159 288
6Davide Ruiu ItalyA60.90 123127131127 153159159159 286
7Shota Mishvelidze GeorgiaA60.95 130134135130 155163165155 285
8Luis García Dominican RepublicB60.95 120120124120 154154154154 274
9Simon Brandhuber GermanyB61.00 123127127123 142142145145 268
10Morea Baru Papua New GuineaB61.00 113118118118 147153153147 265
11Eric Andriantsitohaina MadagascarB60.10 105110114114 140150154150 264
12Marcos Rojas PeruB60.90 100105107105 130130135135 240
Thạch Kim Tuấn VietnamA60.80 126126130126 150150153
Kao Chan-hung Chinese TaipeiA60.70 125128130125 147147147

New records

Clean and Jerk 172 kg  Li Fabin (CHN) OR
Total 313 kg OR

References

  1. "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Weightlifting | Men's 61kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "Weightlifting | Men's 61kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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