2003 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 18 and 19 November 2003.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	172.5 kg	Erdal Sunar (TUR)	172.5 kg	Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR)	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valeriu Calancea (ROM)	215.0 kg	Yuan Aijun (CHN)	212.5 kg	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	205.0 kg
Total	Valeriu Calancea (ROM)	382.5 kg	Yuan Aijun (CHN)	382.5 kg	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	377.5 kg

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

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Valeriu Calancea (ROM)	A	84.45	162.5	167.5	170.0	8	205.0	210.0	215.0		382.5
	Yuan Aijun (CHN)	A	84.53	165.0	170.0	175.0	4	200.0	210.0	212.5		382.5
	Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)	A	82.70	172.5	177.5	177.5		202.5	202.5	205.0		377.5
4	Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR)	A	84.44	172.5	177.5	177.5		205.0	210.0	210.0	4	377.5
5	Erdal Sunar (TUR)	A	84.40	170.0	172.5	177.5		200.0	200.0	205.0	8	372.5
6	Yury Myshkovets (RUS)	A	84.83	170.0	172.5	172.5	5	200.0	200.0	210.0	10	370.0
7	Ruslan Novikau (BLR)	A	84.10	165.0	170.0	170.0	10	202.5	207.5	207.5	5	367.5
8	Ilir Kafarani (ALB)	B	83.95	160.0	160.0	165.0	9	200.0	200.0	205.0	6	365.0
9	Hadi Panzvan (IRI)	B	84.38	162.5	167.5	170.0	7	192.5	197.5	202.5	11	365.0
10	Mariusz Rytkowski (POL)	A	84.80	165.0	170.0	170.0	12	200.0	200.0	202.5	9	365.0
11	Ramzi Al-Mahrous (KSA)	B	84.36	155.0	160.0	165.0	14	200.0	200.0	207.5	7	360.0
12	Olexiy Petrov (UKR)	B	84.87	160.0	165.0	170.0	13	190.0	190.0	192.5	18	357.5
13	Oscar Chaplin (USA)	C	84.70	155.0	160.0	165.0	11	190.0	195.0	195.0	20	355.0
14	Donatas Anuškevičius (LTU)	B	84.48	157.5	157.5	157.5	16	195.0	200.0	200.0	13	352.5
15	Natig Hasanov (AZE)	B	84.49	157.5	157.5	—	17	187.5	195.0	200.0	14	352.5
16	Tigran Kamalyan (ARM)	B	84.55	157.5	162.5	162.5	18	195.0	202.5	202.5	15	352.5
17	Gevorg Aleksanyan (ARM)	B	79.61	155.0	155.0	160.0	19	185.0	192.5	195.0	12	350.0
18	Georgi Gardev (BUL)	B	83.87	167.5	172.5	172.5	6	182.5	187.5	187.5	27	350.0
19	Ondrej Kutlík (SVK)	B	84.65	152.5	152.5	155.0	22	192.5	192.5	197.5	17	347.5
20	Abdallah Al-Sebaei (SYR)	B	83.47	155.0	160.0	160.0	21	190.0	197.5	197.5	19	345.0
21	Héctor Ballesteros (COL)	C	83.39	150.0	155.0	155.0	25	190.0	192.5	200.0	16	342.5
22	Zbyněk Vacurá (CZE)	C	81.23	155.0	160.0	160.0	20	185.0	190.0	190.0	23	340.0
23	David Matam (FRA)	C	84.74	155.0	160.0	160.0	23	185.0	190.0	190.0	25	340.0
24	Petr Hruby (CZE)	C	83.67	152.5	157.5	157.5	24	182.5	182.5	185.0	24	337.5
25	José Juan Navarro (ESP)	C	84.20	150.0	150.0	150.0	27	182.5	187.5	192.5	21	337.5
26	Francesco De Tommaso (ITA)	C	84.91	150.0	155.0	155.0	29	187.5	190.0	190.0	22	337.5
27	Peter May (GBR)	D	84.78	150.0	155.0	155.0	28	175.0	180.0	185.0	26	335.0
28	Toyotaka Murata (JPN)	C	83.40	150.0	155.0	155.0	26	177.5	182.5	182.5	30	327.5
29	Herbys Márquez (VEN)	D	84.53	145.0	150.0	150.0	30	180.0	185.0	190.0	28	325.0
30	Mohamed Eissa (EGY)	C	84.57	140.0	145.0	145.0	32	180.0	185.0	185.0	29	320.0
31	Moisés Cartagena (PUR)	D	84.49	130.0	140.0	145.0	31	160.0	170.0	175.0	31	310.0
32	Jason MacLean (CAN)	D	83.75	127.5	127.5	130.0	33	155.0	160.0	160.0	33	282.5
33	Gabriel Prongué (SUI)	D	84.23	115.0	120.0	125.0	35	150.0	157.5	162.5	32	277.5
34	Julian McWatt (GUY)	D	84.34	122.5	127.5	127.5	34	145.0	152.5	152.5	34	275.0
—	Rutherford Jeremiah (NRU)	D	83.86	125.0	125.0	125.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Song Jong-shik (KOR)	A	84.55	160.0	160.0	165.0	15	205.0	205.0	205.0	—	—

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