See main article: 2001 World Weightlifting Championships. The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the middleweight (77 kg) division was staged on 7 November 2001.
| Snatch | 165.0 kg | 162.5 kg | 162.5 kg | ||||
| Clean & Jerk | 202.5 kg | 200.0 kg | 200.0 kg | ||||
| Total | 365.0 kg | 360.0 kg | 360.0 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 |
| 76.36 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 195.0 | 202.5 | 365.0 | ||||||||||
| 76.28 | 160.0 | 4 | 200.0 | 360.0 | |||||||||||
| 76.42 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 197.5 | 4 | 360.0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 76.56 | 165.0 | 195.0 | 5 | 360.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 76.60 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 6 | 200.0 | 360.0 | |||||||||
| 6 | 76.58 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 5 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 6 | 355.0 | |||||
| 7 | 76.34 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 7 | 192.5 | 7 | 347.5 | |||||||
| 8 | 76.20 | 150.0 | 8 | 180.0 | 10 | 330.0 | |||||||||
| 9 | 76.46 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 10 | 180.0 | 185.0 | 8 | 330.0 | |||||||
| 10 | 76.52 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 9 | 182.5 | 9 | 330.0 | ||||||||
| 11 | 76.68 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 11 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 11 | 320.0 | |||||||
| 12 | 76.82 | 137.5 | 12 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 12 | 307.5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 76.02 | 120.0 | 13 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 13 | 270.0 | ||||||||
| — | 76.38 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| DQ | 76.70 | 165.0 | — | 200.0 | — | — | |||||||||