2025 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 79 kg

Main article: 2025 World Weightlifting Championships
Men's 79 kg
at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships
VenueFørdehuset
LocationFørde, Norway
Dates6 October
Winning total361 kg
Medalists
gold medal Rizki Juniansyah   Indonesia
silver medal Ri Chong-song   North Korea
bronze medal Mohamed Younes   Egypt
2025 World Weightlifting
Championships
MenWomen
60 kg48 kg
65 kg53 kg
71 kg58 kg
79 kg63 kg
88 kg69 kg
94 kg77 kg
110 kg86 kg
+110 kg+86 kg

The men's 79 kilograms competition at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 October 2025.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Event
6 October 2025 10:00 Group D
12:00 Group C
17:00 Group B
19:30 Group A

Records

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

World record Snatch World Standard 165 kg — 1 June 2025
Clean & Jerk World Standard 202 kg — 1 June 2025
Total World Standard 361 kg — 1 June 2025

Results

Rank Athlete Group Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Rizki Juniansyah (INA) A 157 162 162 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 195 204 CWR — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 361
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ri Chong-song (PRK) A 160 163 166 1st place, gold medalist(s) 197 197 201 6 360
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mohamed Younes (EGY) A 162 167 167 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 198 198 201 5 360
4  Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) B 150 156 — 5 192 203 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 359
5  Caden Cahoy (USA) A 150 154 155 8 193 198 204 4 353
6  Yedige Yemberdi (KAZ) A 145 151 155 7 190 196 199 7 351
7  Ning Gan (CHN) A 153 157 161 4 186 195 196 10 343
8  Ryan Grimsland (USA) B 147 152 155 9 185 190 195 8 342
9  Abdollah Beiranvand (IRI) B 149 153 156 6 176 181 184 11 340
10  Rakuei Azuma (JPN) B 143 148 151 14 183 188 195 9 336
11  Ritvars Suharevs (LAT) A 146 150 153 13 184 188 190 12 334
12  Vadzim Likharad (AIN) B 148 151 155 10 175 180 184 16 331
13  Petr Khrebtov (KAZ) B 142 147 150 16 183 183 188 13 330
14  Briken Calja (ALB) C 147 151 151 15 175 181 183 14 328
15  Huang Pin-hsun (TPE) C 140 145 150 19 176 181 186 15 326
16  Ajaya Babu Valluri (IND) C 146 150 150 17 172 177 180 17 323
17  Elkhan Aligulizada (AZE) C 140 145 151 18 170 178 180 18 315
18  Samuel Guertin (CAN) C 136 136 139 21 166 171 172 19 305
19  Petr Mareček (CZE) C 135 141 141 22 165 166 166 20 301
20  James Whiteman (CAN) C 128 133 137 23 166 166 166 21 299
21  Timo Heikuksela (FIN) C 133 133 133 24 160 166 166 22 293
22  Nikola Todorović (CRO) D 120 124 124 25 148 153 158 24 277
23  Remy Aune (NOR) C 117 121 121 27 156 156 156 23 277
24  Issa Al-Balushi (UAE) D 115 120 122 26 145 150 152 25 272
25  Gustav Wang Hansen (DEN) D 112 116 117 29 145 145 152 26 257
26  Sood Al-Mutairi (KUW) D 80 — — 31 100 — — 27 180
27  Sultan Al-Qahtani (KUW) D 65 70 75 32 85 — — 28 160
—  Natthawut Suepsuan (THA) A 150 156 156 12 187 187 187 — —
—  Son Hyeon-ho (KOR) A 155 155 155 — 198 202 205 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) —
—  Oscar Reyes (ITA) A 157 157 157 — — — — — —
—  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) B 149 150 150 11 180 182 182 — —
—  Erry Hidayat Muhammad (MAS) C 140 143 — 20 170 170 170 — —
—  Inocent Jakalase (BOT) D 102 106 112 30 115 118 120 — —
—  Anthony Masinde (KEN) D 118 123 124 28 145 145 145 — —
—  Chris Murray (GBR) D 30 — — — 30 — — — —
—  Roberto Gutu (GER) B Did not start
X Iain Wilson (CWF) D 123 123 126 X 154 158 158 X 280
X James Knox (CWF) D 117 117 122 X 140 145 148 X 270
X Jason Epton (CWF) C 123 123 123 X 147 — — X —

References

  1. ^ "Start Book" (PDF). IWF. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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