Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 61 kg

The men's 61 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 25 July at the Tokyo International Forum.^[1][2]

Men's 61 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Date	25 July 2021
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Winning total	313 kg OR
Medalists
Li Fabin  China Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia Igor Son  Kazakhstan
← 2016

Li Fabin from China, Eko Yuli Irawan from Indonesia and Igor Son from Kazakhstan won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. Dominican Luis García, German Simon Brandhuber, Papua New Guinean Morea Baru, Malagasy Eric Andriantsitohaina, and Peruvian Marcos Rojas earning their spots in total lifting.

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Li Fabin (CHN)	145 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	19 September 2019
	Clean & Jerk	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	174 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	3 November 2018
	Total	Li Fabin (CHN)	318 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	19 September 2019
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	142 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	171 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Total	Olympic Standard	310 kg	—	1 November 2018

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight[3]	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total[4]
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Li Fabin	China	A	60.90	137	137	141	141	166	172	178	172 OR	313 OR
	Eko Yuli Irawan	Indonesia	A	60.80	137	141	141	137	165	177	177	165	302
	Igor Son	Kazakhstan	A	60.25	126	131	134	131	156	162	163	163	294
4	Yoichi Itokazu	Japan	A	60.85	130	130	133	133	158	159	162	159	292
5	Seraj Al-Saleem	Saudi Arabia	A	60.90	124	127	129	129	159	166	166	159	288
6	Davide Ruiu	Italy	A	60.90	123	127	131	127	153	159	159	159	286
7	Shota Mishvelidze	Georgia	A	60.95	130	134	135	130	155	163	165	155	285
8	Luis García	Dominican Republic	B	60.95	120	120	124	120	154	154	154	154	274
9	Simon Brandhuber	Germany	B	61.00	123	127	127	123	142	142	145	145	268
10	Morea Baru	Papua New Guinea	B	61.00	113	118	118	118	147	153	153	147	265
11	Eric Andriantsitohaina	Madagascar	B	60.10	105	110	114	114	140	150	154	150	264
12	Marcos Rojas	Peru	B	60.90	100	105	107	105	130	130	135	135	240
–	Thạch Kim Tuấn	Vietnam	A	60.80	126	126	130	126	150	150	153	–	–
–	Kao Chan-hung	Chinese Taipei	A	60.70	125	128	130	125	147	147	147	–	–

New records

Clean and Jerk	172 kg	Li Fabin (CHN)	OR
Total	313 kg		OR