2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 96 kg

The men's 96 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 23 and 24 September 2019.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
23 September 2019	22:30	Group D
24 September 2019	10:00	Group C
	14:25	Group B
	17:55	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Anton Pliesnoi (GEO)	181 kg	Tian Tao (CHN)	180 kg	Jhonatan Rivas (COL)	179 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tian Tao (CHN)	230 kg	Fares El-Bakh (QAT)	224 kg	Ayoub Mousavi (IRI)	214 kg
Total	Tian Tao (CHN)	410 kg	Fares El-Bakh (QAT)	402 kg	Anton Pliesnoi (GEO)	394 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Sohrab Moradi (IRI)	186 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	7 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Tian Tao (CHN)	231 kg	Tokyo, Japan	7 July 2019
	Total	Sohrab Moradi (IRI)	416 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	7 November 2018

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Tian Tao (CHN)	A	~~175~~	~~175~~	180		218	~~225~~	230		410
	Fares El-Bakh (QAT)	A	174	178	~~181~~	4	217	224	~~230~~		402
	Anton Pliesnoi (GEO)	A	172	177	181		203	209	213	4	394
4	Jhonatan Rivas (COL)	A	175	179	~~182~~		206	~~212~~	212	5	391
5	Ayoub Mousavi (IRI)	A	~~167~~	168	~~173~~	9	~~205~~	206	214		382
6	Boady Santavy (CAN)	A	170	~~175~~	~~175~~	5	~~203~~	203	210	6	380
7	Khetag Khugaev (RUS)	A	~~165~~	165	170	7	201	206	~~212~~	8	376
8	Jeyson Arias (VEN)	B	160	~~164~~	164	12	200	~~203~~	205	9	369
9	Jang Yeon-hak (KOR)	B	~~164~~	164	~~169~~	11	197	203	~~206~~	10	367
10	Bekdoolot Rasulbekov (KGZ)	A	165	170	~~176~~	6	197	~~203~~	~~203~~	18	367
11	Ángel Luna (VEN)	B	161	~~168~~	~~168~~	17	~~203~~	203	—	11	364
12	Vadims Koževņikovs (LAT)	B	153	158	~~161~~	24	201	206	~~210~~	7	364
13	Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)	A	165	168	~~171~~	8	195	~~200~~	~~200~~	20	363
14	Illia Kulikov (UKR)	B	155	~~160~~	160	20	195	200	~~205~~	14	360
15	Jürgen Spieß (GER)	B	155	160	~~163~~	19	190	195	200	15	360
16	İbrahim Arat (TUR)	A	160	~~165~~	~~165~~	21	200	~~205~~	~~206~~	16	360
17	Chen Po-jen (TPE)	B	160	165	~~170~~	10	193	~~198~~	~~200~~	21	358
18	Wilmer Contreras (ECU)	C	154	158	~~160~~	23	190	195	~~197~~	19	353
19	Kyryl Pyrohov (UKR)	B	162	~~167~~	~~167~~	14	185	191	~~195~~	24	353
20	Nathan Damron (USA)	B	155	~~160~~	~~161~~	28	190	197	~~202~~	17	352
21	Don Opeloge (SAM)	C	151	~~156~~	~~156~~	31	190	200	~~205~~	13	351
22	Marco Gregório (BRA)	C	160	~~164~~	~~164~~	18	185	190	~~195~~	25	350
23	Łukasz Grela (POL)	B	~~161~~	~~162~~	162	15	187	~~192~~	~~193~~	27	349
24	Tudor Ciobanu (MDA)	D	150	155	~~160~~	26	182	~~190~~	192	22	347
25	Jason Bonnick (USA)	C	152	~~157~~	157	25	~~183~~	183	190	26	347
26	Steven Kari (PNG)	D	135	145	~~155~~	33	185	196	200	12	345
27	Artur Babayan (RUS)	C	155	159	161	16	184	~~190~~	~~190~~	32	345
28	Zaynobiddin Makhamadaminov (UZB)	C	~~155~~	155	159	22	185	~~189~~	—	29	344
29	Nailkhan Nabiyev (AZE)	D	140	~~145~~	147	32	182	191	~~196~~	23	338
30	Saddam Messaoui (ALG)	C	~~152~~	152	~~157~~	29	186	~~191~~	~~191~~	28	338
31	Israël Kaikilekofe (FRA)	C	151	~~156~~	~~156~~	30	~~180~~	180	185	31	336
32	Nicolae Onică (ROU)	C	145	~~155~~	~~155~~	34	~~185~~	185	~~190~~	30	330
33	Edmon Avetisyan (GBR)	D	143	~~147~~	~~147~~	36	180	~~185~~	~~185~~	33	323
34	Luis Lamenza (PUR)	D	143	~~148~~	~~148~~	35	175	~~181~~	~~182~~	34	318
35	Keven Morales (PUR)	D	132	~~136~~	~~138~~	38	170	~~175~~	~~175~~	35	302
36	John Cheah (SGP)	D	130	133	~~136~~	37	162	~~165~~	~~165~~	36	295
—	Serafim Veli (BRA)	C	163	~~168~~	—	13	—	—	—	—	—
—	Izzatbek Meredow (TKM)	C	~~155~~	155	~~159~~	27	~~185~~	~~185~~	~~185~~	—	—
—	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	A	~~180~~	~~180~~	~~180~~	—	—	—	—	—	—