2024 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kilograms competition at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 7 December 2024.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
7 December 2024	15:00	Group B
7 December 2024	20:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Pak Myong-jin (PRK)	132 kg	Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE)	131 kg	Garnik Cholakyan (ARM)	130 kg
Clean & Jerk	Pak Myong-jin (PRK)	173 kg	Aniq Kasdan (MAS)	166 kg	Wei Haixian (CHN)	160 kg
Total	Pak Myong-jin (PRK)	305 kg	Aniq Kasdan (MAS)	296 kg	Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE)	291 kg

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

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Pak Myong-jin (PRK)	A	129	~~132~~	132		165	169	173		305
	Aniq Kasdan (MAS)	A	125	~~130~~	130	4	~~165~~	166	~~172~~		296
	Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE)	A	~~128~~	129	131		156	160	~~163~~	4	291
4	Wei Haixian (CHN)	A	128	~~131~~	~~132~~	5	160	~~166~~	~~167~~		288
5	Kao Chan-hung (TPE)	A	122	125	~~127~~	9	151	156	158	5	283
6	Goderdzi Berdelidze (GEO)	A	125	~~130~~	~~131~~	8	145	152	157	6	282
7	Garnik Cholakyan (ARM)	B	120	125	130		150	~~155~~	~~155~~	7	280
8	Hashem Al-Khadrawi (KSA)	B	111	115	118	11	138	142	144	8	262
9	Pavlo Zalipskyi (UKR)	B	~~120~~	120	~~123~~	10	138	141	~~144~~	9	261
10	Deniz Danev (BUL)	B	100	105	~~110~~	13	130	135	140	10	245
11	Mohammad bin Haji Abu Bakar (BRU)	B	98	101	104	14	~~128~~	128	~~132~~	12	232
12	Ricardo Mendonça (POR)	B	95	95	~~100~~	15	~~115~~	118	~~130~~	13	213
13	Fahad Al-Otaibi (KUW)	B	88	93	93	16	~~117~~	117	~~123~~	14	205
—	Ricko Saputra (INA)	A	~~127~~	127	~~131~~	6	~~157~~	~~157~~	~~160~~	—	—
—	Trịnh Văn Vinh (VIE)	A	~~123~~	123	126	7	~~161~~	~~161~~	~~161~~	—	—
—	Arley Calderón (CUB)	A	116	~~121~~	~~121~~	12	~~158~~	~~158~~	~~158~~	—	—
—	Lee Hye-seong (KOR)	A	~~127~~	~~129~~	~~130~~	—	140	—	—	11	—
—	Lamin Kamara (SLE)	B	Did not start
—	Elsayed Aly (EGY)	B
—	Morea Baru (PNG)	B