Weightlifting 2020/Men's 109 kg

Men's 109 kg
General information
Sport	Weightlifting 2020
Date	3 August 2021
Competitors	14 athletes
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Medalists
	Akbar Djuraev
	Simon Martirosyan
	Arturs Plesnieks

The men's 109 kg of Weightlifting 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 3 August 2021 in the Tokyo International Forum. With 14 athletes competing, the event was won by Akbar Djuraev from Uzbekistan, with Simon Martirosyan from Armenia taking the silver medal and Arturs Plesnieks from Latvia taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of two rounds in which athletes try to lift as much weight as possible. In the snatch round, this lift needs to be done in one continuous motion, while the competitors are allowed to rest the barbell on the chest in the clean and jerk. The athlete with the highest combined weight lifted wins the event.

Preview

Fourteen athletes qualified for the event with Simon Martirosyan as the reigning world champion in the event, but the man to beat was junior world champion Akbar Djuraev, who had the highest entry total weight of all competitors. Jin Yun-seong won silver at the 102 kilograms weight class at the most recent world championships and would be one of the big contenders for the medals, with Timur Naniev having finished just outside of the medals at the world championships. Arkadiusz Michalski won bronze at the world championships in 2018, Ali Hashemi took the title of the 102 kilograms weight class in 2018, with Hristo Dimitrov Hristov and Arturs Plesnieks as potential outsiders.

Summary

Snatch

Snatch Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
1		Simon Martirosyan	190	195	198
2		Akbar Djuraev	189	189	193
3		Hristo Dimitrov Hristov	185	189	192
4		Timur Naniev	180	185	188
5		Ali Hashemi	177	181	184
6		Arturs Plesnieks	175	180	183
6		Jin Yun-seong	180	185	185
8		Wesley Brian Kitts	173	177	177
8		Aymen Bacha	172	177	177
10		Arkadiusz Michalski	175	179	179
11		Ovez Ovezov	165	171	176
12		Matthew Ryan Lydement	152	158	165
13		Arnas Sidiskis	151	156	160
14		Tanumafili Malietoa Jungblut	140	150	155

Clean and Jerk

Clean and Jerk Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3
1		Akbar Djuraev	227	234	237
2		Arturs Plesnieks	220	225	230
3		Simon Martirosyan	228	238	238
4		Timur Naniev	221	221	224
5		Jin Yun-seong	220	225	230
6		Hristo Dimitrov Hristov	213	219	222
7		Arkadiusz Michalski	216	-	-
8		Wesley Brian Kitts	213	213	220
9		Aymen Bacha	203	211	217
10		Ovez Ovezov	200	210	211
11		Arnas Sidiskis	182	187	190
12		Matthew Ryan Lydement	180	185	185
12		Tanumafili Malietoa Jungblut	180	190	190
-		Ali Hashemi	226	226	228

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Total
	Akbar Djuraev	Uzbekistan	430
	Simon Martirosyan	Armenia	423
	Arturs Plesnieks	Latvia	410
4	Timur Naniev	ROC	409
5	Hristo Dimitrov Hristov	Bulgaria	408
6	Jin Yun-seong	South Korea	400
7	Arkadiusz Michalski	Poland	391
8	Wesley Brian Kitts	United States	390
9	Aymen Bacha	Tunisia	388
10	Ovez Ovezov	Turkmenistan	371
11	Arnas Sidiskis	Lithuania	343
12	Matthew Ryan Lydement	Australia	338
13	Tanumafili Malietoa Jungblut	American Samoa	330
14	Ali Hashemi	Iran	-