2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg

The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 21 November 2002.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
21 November 2002	10:00	Group C
	14:00	Group B
	17:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Chen Chufu (CHN)	157.5 kg	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	155.0 kg	Youssef Sbai (TUN)	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	192.5 kg	Chen Chufu (CHN)	187.5 kg	Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY)	187.5 kg
Total	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	347.5 kg	Chen Chufu (CHN)	345.0 kg	Youssef Sbai (TUN)	335.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Georgi Markov (BUL)	165.0 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	196.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Total	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	357.5 kg	Athens, Greece	24 November 1999

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	A	68.80	150.0	155.0	~~157.5~~		185.0	~~192.5~~	192.5		347.5
	Chen Chufu (CHN)	A	68.05	150.0	155.0	157.5		177.5	182.5	187.5		345.0
	Youssef Sbai (TUN)	A	68.40	147.5	~~152.5~~	152.5		~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	182.5	5	335.0
4	Ekrem Celil (TUR)	A	68.45	142.5	~~147.5~~	147.5	7	185.0	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~	4	332.5
5	Mohamed El-Tantawy (EGY)	B	68.80	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0	8	177.5	182.5	187.5		332.5
6	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	A	68.90	147.5	~~152.5~~	152.5	4	180.0	~~185.0~~	~~185.0~~	9	332.5
7	Ferit Şen (TUR)	A	68.95	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	5	175.0	180.0	~~182.5~~	10	330.0
8	Andrey Matveyev (RUS)	A	68.90	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	9	180.0	~~185.0~~	~~185.0~~	8	325.0
9	Vencelas Dabaya (CMR)	B	67.60	~~137.5~~	137.5	142.5	10	175.0	~~182.5~~	~~182.5~~	11	317.5
10	Georgios Tzelilis (GRE)	A	68.75	142.5	~~147.5~~	~~147.5~~	11	175.0	~~182.5~~	~~182.5~~	12	317.5
11	Giuseppe Ficco (ITA)	B	68.80	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	16	175.0	180.0	~~182.5~~	7	315.0
12	Lucian Maxinianu (ROM)	B	68.05	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	13	160.0	165.0	167.5	16	307.5
13	Romuald Ernault (FRA)	B	68.90	140.0	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	14	157.5	162.5	~~165.0~~	17	302.5
14	Yoshito Shintani (JPN)	B	68.15	125.0	130.0	~~132.5~~	18	165.0	~~170.0~~	170.0	13	300.0
15	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	B	68.45	~~130.0~~	130.0	~~135.0~~	19	160.0	167.5	170.0	14	300.0
16	Maurizio Bombaci (ITA)	B	68.65	125.0	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	23	~~165.0~~	165.0	170.0	15	295.0
17	Julio Idrovo (ECU)	C	68.20	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	135.0	15	152.5	157.5	~~160.0~~	20	292.5
18	Samuel Suywens (FRA)	C	68.30	127.5	132.5	~~135.0~~	17	~~152.5~~	152.5	~~157.5~~	23	285.0
19	Kuo Cheng-wei (TPE)	C	68.10	120.0	125.0	~~130.0~~	21	150.0	~~157.5~~	157.5	19	282.5
20	Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM)	C	66.50	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	125.0	20	155.0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	21	280.0
21	Manuel Martín (ESP)	C	68.30	120.0	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	24	150.0	155.0	160.0	18	280.0
22	Ben Turner (AUS)	C	68.75	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	115.0	25	150.0	155.0	~~160.0~~	22	270.0
23	Wayne Healy (IRL)	C	68.20	95.0	100.0	~~105.0~~	26	125.0	130.0	135.0	24	235.0
—	Dmitrijs Artamonovs (LAT)	C	68.10	120.0	125.0	~~130.0~~	22	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	—	—
—	Mehdi Panzvan (IRI)	A	68.40	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	—	175.0	180.0	~~185.0~~	6	—
—	Hassan Amin Sobhi (EGY)	B	68.80	137.5	142.5	~~145.0~~	12	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~	~~180.0~~	—	—
—	Javad Khoshdel (IRI)	A	68.90	~~147.5~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	A	68.95	~~150.0~~	150.0	~~155.0~~	6	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~	—	—