2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg

Main article: 2002 World Weightlifting Championships

The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 23 November 2002.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
23 November 2002	09:00	Group C
	11:00	Group B
	17:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	177.5 kg	Ilirjan Suli (ALB)	175.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau (BLR)	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	217.5 kg	Ruslan Novikau (BLR)	207.5 kg	Valeriu Calancea (ROU)	207.5 kg
Total	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	385.0 kg	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	385.0 kg	Ruslan Novikau (BLR)	380.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	182.5 kg	Havířov, Czech Republic	2 June 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	218.0 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	25 April 1998
	Total	World Standard	395.0 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Zlatan Vanev (BUL)	A	83.45	165.0	167.5	170.0	8	212.5	217.5	220.0		385.0
	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	A	84.90	172.5	172.5	177.5		202.5	205.0	207.5	4	385.0
	Ruslan Novikau (BLR)	A	84.35	165.0	170.0	172.5		200.0	205.0	207.5		380.0
4	Ilirjan Suli (ALB)	A	84.65	167.5	172.5	175.0		197.5	202.5	205.0	7	380.0
5	Valeriu Calancea (ROU)	A	84.35	165.0	170.0	172.5	5	205.0	207.5	207.5		377.5
6	Mariusz Rytkowski (POL)	A	84.60	167.5	167.5	172.5	4	202.5	205.0	210.0	6	377.5
7	Yuan Aijun (CHN)	B	84.65	165.0	170.0	172.5	6	200.0	207.5	207.5	11	370.0
8	Ilir Kafarani (ALB)	B	84.40	157.5	162.5	162.5	15	195.0	205.0	210.0	5	367.5
9	Hadi Panzvan (IRI)	A	84.90	160.0	165.0	170.0	13	202.5	202.5	205.0	8	367.5
10	Ayhan Çiçek (TUR)	B	83.45	155.0	160.0	165.0	10	190.0	200.0	202.5	10	365.0
11	Oscar Chaplin (USA)	B	84.35	155.0	160.0	165.0	18	190.0	197.5	197.5	12	357.5
12	György Ehrlich (HUN)	B	84.50	160.0	165.0	165.0	12	180.0	190.0	192.5	14	357.5
13	Jiang Hairong (CHN)	B	82.75	165.0	165.0	175.0	9	190.0	190.0	195.0	15	355.0
14	Héctor Ballesteros (COL)	C	83.30	150.0	155.0	157.5	20	192.5	200.0	205.0	9	355.0
15	Anatoliy Mushyk (UKR)	B	83.45	157.5	162.5	162.5	14	190.0	195.0	195.0	16	352.5
16	Volodymyr Bondar (UKR)	B	83.50	155.0	160.0	165.0	17	190.0	200.0	200.0	17	350.0
17	José Llerena (ECU)	C	84.65	145.0	145.0	150.0	23	190.0	190.0	190.0	18	340.0
18	Francesco De Tommaso (ITA)	C	84.90	150.0	155.0	155.0	24	190.0	190.0	190.0	19	340.0
19	Kazumi Suzuki (JPN)	C	83.75	145.0	150.0	150.0	22	185.0	190.0	190.0	20	335.0
20	Pavol Trojčák (SVK)	C	84.80	140.0	140.0	140.0	25	170.0	170.0	180.0	21	310.0
21	Deniss Žuļins (LAT)	C	81.90	135.0	140.0	140.0	26	165.0	165.0	170.0	22	300.0
22	Yuki Hiraoka (JPN)	C	85.00	130.0	135.0	137.5	27	165.0	170.0	170.0	23	300.0
23	Carl Dumas (CAN)	C	81.20	130.0	130.0	135.0	28	155.0	160.0	160.0	24	285.0
—	Karol Gorczyczewski (POL)	B	83.35	147.5	147.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Iraklis Psomiadis (GRE)	A	84.35	160.0	165.0	170.0	11	200.0	200.0	205.0	—	—
—	Ondrej Kutlík (SVK)	A	84.35	155.0	155.0	162.5	21	195.0	—	—	—	—
—	Tigran Kamalyan (ARM)	B	84.55	150.0	150.0	150.0	—	195.0	205.0	205.0	13	—
—	Georgios Markoulas (GRE)	B	84.85	157.5	162.5	—	19	—	—	—	—	—
—	Aslanbek Ediev (RUS)	A	84.85	170.0	175.0	175.0	7	202.5	202.5	202.5	—	—
—	Natig Hasanov (AZE)	B	85.00	162.5	165.0	165.0	16	192.5	192.5	192.5	—	—

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 41
• Results