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

Schedule DateTimeEvent6 October 2025 10:00 Group D 12:00 Group C 17:00 Group B 19:30 Group A

Records

Results RankAthleteGroupSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total123Rank123Rank A 157 162 162 195 204 CWR — 361 A 160 163 166 197 197 201 6 360 A 162 167 167 198 198 201 5 360 4 B 150 156 — 5 192 203 — 359 5 A 150 154 155 8 193 198 204 4 353 6 A 145 151 155 7 190 196 199 7 351 7 A 153 157 161 4 186 195 196 10 343 8 B 147 152 155 9 185 190 195 8 342 9 B 149 153 156 6 176 181 184 11 340 10 B 143 148 151 14 183 188 195 9 336 11 A 146 150 153 13 184 188 190 12 334 12 B 148 151 155 10 175 180 184 16 331 13 B 142 147 150 16 183 183 188 13 330 14 C 147 151 151 15 175 181 183 14 328 15 C 140 145 150 19 176 181 186 15 326 16 C 146 150 150 17 172 177 180 17 323 17 C 140 145 151 18 170 178 180 18 315 18 C 136 136 139 21 166 171 172 19 305 19 C 135 141 141 22 165 166 166 20 301 20 C 128 133 137 23 166 166 166 21 299 21 C 133 133 133 24 160 166 166 22 293 22 D 120 124 124 25 148 153 158 24 277 23 C 117 121 121 27 156 156 156 23 277 24 D 115 120 122 26 145 150 152 25 272 25 D 112 116 117 29 145 145 152 26 257 26 D 80 — — 31 100 — — 27 180 27 D 65 70 75 32 85 — — 28 160 — A 150 156 156 12 187 187 187 — — — A 155 155 155 — 198 202 205 — — A 157 157 157 — — — — — — — B 149 150 150 11 180 182 182 — — — C 140 143 — 20 170 170 170 — — — D 102 106 112 30 115 118 120 — — — D 118 123 124 28 145 145 145 — — — D 30 — — — 30 — — — — — B Did not start X Iain Wilson D 123 123 126 X 154 158 158 X 280 X James Knox D 117 117 122 X 140 145 148 X 270 X Jason Epton C 123 123 123 X 147 — — X —

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