See main article: 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (85 kg) is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 26 November 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
| Snatch | 180.0 kg | 177.5 kg | 177.5 kg | ||||
| Clean & Jerk | 215.0 kg | 207.5 kg | 207.5 kg | ||||
| Total | 390.0 kg | 387.5 kg | 382.5 kg |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank | width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=40 | Rank |
| 84.72 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 4 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 215.0 | 390.0 | ||||||||
| 84.83 | 175.0 | 180.5 | 207.5 | 387.5 | |||||||||||
| 84.43 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 205.0 | 4 | 382.5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 83.80 | 172.5 | 6 | 207.5 | 380.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 84.77 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 5 | 205.0 | 5 | 380.0 | |||||||
| 6 | 83.91 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 200.0 | 9 | 377.5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 84.08 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 7 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 6 | 372.5 | |||||||
| 8 | 84.24 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 9 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 202.5 | 7 | 367.5 | ||||||
| 9 | 84.80 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 14 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 11 | 365.0 | |||||||
| 10 | 80.66 | 167.5 | 8 | 195.0 | 13 | 362.5 | |||||||||
| 11 | 84.73 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 17 | 200.0 | 10 | 362.5 | |||||||
| 12 | 84.26 | 157.5 | 22 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 203.0 | 8 | 360.0 | |||||||
| 13 | 84.08 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 15 | 195.0 | 15 | 357.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 84.35 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 10 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 22 | 357.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 84.47 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 11 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 25 | 355.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 83.29 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 18 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 20 | 352.5 | ||||||
| 17 | 84.70 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 26 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 12 | 352.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 84.27 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 16 | 187.5 | — | 31 | 350.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 84.54 | 157.5 | 165.0 | 12 | 185.0 | 35 | 350.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | 84.70 | 155.0 | 25 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 17 | 350.0 | |||||||
| 21 | 84.75 | 155.0 | 27 | 195.0 | 18 | 350.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | 84.77 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 19 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 28 | 350.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 84.87 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 20 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 30 | 350.0 | |||||||
| 24 | 84.55 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 31 | 195.0 | 16 | 347.5 | ||||||||
| 25 | 84.80 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 23 | 182.5 | 187.5 | 190.0 | 29 | 347.5 | ||||||
| 26 | 84.70 | 152.5 | 32 | 187.5 | 192.5 | 23 | 345.0 | ||||||||
| 27 | 84.76 | 155.0 | 28 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 27 | 345.0 | ||||||||
| 28 | 84.94 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 21 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 38 | 345.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 83.21 | 150.0 | 33 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 192.5 | 19 | 342.5 | |||||||
| 30 | 83.70 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 40 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 14 | 342.5 | |||||||
| 31 | 84.51 | 152.5 | 30 | 190.0 | 26 | 342.5 | |||||||||
| 32 | 84.92 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 29 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 187.5 | 32 | 342.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 84.32 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 35 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 24 | 340.0 | ||||||
| 34 | 83.47 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 24 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.0 | 40 | 335.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 83.86 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 34 | 185.0 | 33 | 335.0 | ||||||||
| 36 | 83.90 | 142.5 | 44 | 192.5 | 21 | 335.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | 84.83 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 41 | 177.5 | 182.5 | 185.0 | 36 | 332.5 | |||||
| 38 | 80.18 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 39 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 182.5 | 39 | 330.0 | |||||
| 39 | 84.50 | 150.0 | 37 | 180.0 | 41 | 330.0 | |||||||||
| 40 | 84.53 | 150.0 | 38 | 180.0 | 42 | 330.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | 84.86 | 142.5 | 46 | 185.0 | 37 | 327.5 | |||||||||
| 42 | 84.41 | 150.0 | 36 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 44 | 325.0 | ||||||||
| 43 | 84.43 | 140.0 | 48 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 34 | 325.0 | ||||||||
| 44 | 84.88 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 43 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 45 | 320.0 | |||||||
| 45 | 84.00 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 45 | 172.5 | 46 | 315.0 | ||||||||
| 46 | 84.84 | 135.0 | 53 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 43 | 315.0 | ||||||||
| 47 | 81.10 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 42 | 167.5 | 50 | 312.5 | ||||||||
| 48 | 83.48 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 47 | 160.0 | 170.0 | 48 | 310.0 | |||||||
| 49 | 84.55 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 54 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 49 | 302.5 | ||||||
| 50 | 83.99 | 135.0 | 51 | 165.0 | 53 | 300.0 | |||||||||
| 51 | 84.12 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 52 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 54 | 300.0 | |||||||
| 52 | 80.97 | 135.0 | 50 | 162.5 | 55 | 297.5 | |||||||||
| 53 | 84.88 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 56 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 52 | 297.5 | |||||||
| 54 | 84.89 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 49 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 58 | 297.5 | |||||||
| 55 | 83.02 | 125.0 | 58 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 47 | 295.0 | ||||||||
| 56 | 82.92 | 125.0 | 57 | 160.0 | 56 | 285.0 | |||||||||
| 57 | 84.81 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 55 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 59 | 285.0 | ||||||
| 58 | 84.82 | 122.5 | 60 | 160.0 | 57 | 282.5 | |||||||||
| 59 | 82.56 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 59 | 150.0 | 60 | 272.5 | ||||||||
| 60 | 84.78 | 120.0 | 61 | 150.0 | 61 | 270.0 | |||||||||
| 61 | 84.53 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 62 | 145.0 | 62 | 255.0 | ||||||||
| — | 84.78 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 13 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | 84.88 | — | 167.5 | 51 | — | ||||||||||
| — | 82.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | 84.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| DQ | 84.52 | 157.5 | 162.5 | — | 190.0 | — | — | ||||||||
| width=100 | Snatch | width=70 | 180.5 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 |