Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg

Men's 73 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Date	28 July 2021
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Shi Zhiyong  China Julio Mayora  Venezuela Rahmat Erwin Abdullah  Indonesia
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Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Men	Women
	61 kg	49 kg
	67 kg	55 kg
	73 kg	59 kg
	81 kg	64 kg
	96 kg	76 kg
	109 kg	87 kg
	+109 kg	+87 kg
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The Men's 73 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 28 July at the Tokyo International Forum.^[1][2]

Records[]

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

World Record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	169 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	20 April 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	198 kg	Tianjin, China	10 December 2019
	Total	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	363 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	21 September 2019
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	158 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	190 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Total	Olympic Standard	345 kg	—	1 November 2018

Results[]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Shi Zhiyong	China	A	72.85	158	163	166	166 OR	188	192	198	198 OR	364 WR, OR
	Julio Mayora	Venezuela	A	72.60	150	154	156	156	186	190	199	190	346
	Rahmat Erwin Abdullah	Indonesia	B	72.41	142	147	152	152	180	190	190	190	342
4	Briken Calja	Albania	A	72.85	151	151	155	151	184	188	190	190	341
5	Bozhidar Andreev	Bulgaria	A	72.75	150	154	154	154	184	189	190	184	338
6	Karem Ben Hnia	Tunisia	A	72.80	148	151	153	153	185	190	190	185	338
7	Masanori Miyamoto	Japan	A	72.80	143	147	151	147	183	188	196	188	335
8	Marin Robu	Moldova	A	72.95	150	155	159	155	175	182	182	175	330
9	Clarence Cummings	United States	A	72.90	145	145	150	145	180	190	198	180	325
10	David Sánchez	Spain	A	72.90	142	146	150	146	177	177	180	177	323
11	Jorge Cárdenas	Mexico	B	72.65	140	140	145	145	170	175	175	175	320
12	Mahmoud Al-Humayd	Saudi Arabia	B	72.50	135	141	145	141	165	175	175	165	306
13	Brandon Wakeling	Australia	B	72.40	115	120	125	125	158	162	166	166	291
14	Abderrahim Moum	Morocco	B	71.95	120	127	127	127	142	142	151	151	278

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