Li Fabin (China) with a total lift of 310kg won the gold medal. Theerapong Silachai (Thailand) with a total lift of 303kg won the silver medal. Hampton Morris (USA) with a total lift of 298kg won the bronze medal.

Eko Yuli Irawan failed to lift 162kg, 162kg and 165kg in three attempts. That means the veteran Indonesian lifter was in violation and will not be able to compete for a medal. Theerapong Silachai completed 167kg, 169kg and 171kg in three attempts. The Thai athlete's total result was 303kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan succeeded the first time with 167kg. The second time, he decided to increase to 174kg and failed. The third time, he also failed at 174kg. The total stop was at 297kg. Hampton Morris failed at 168kg, however, the American athlete increased his result to 172kg and succeeded. In the final lift, the American athlete increased to 178kg to compete for the silver medal, but he was unsuccessful. In the end, Morris reached 298kg and finished 3rd. Li Fabin failed at 167kg, but in the second lift he succeeded to take the lead with a total of 310kg. In the third lift, he failed at 172kg.

Trinh Van Vinh, John Febuar Ceniza, Ivan Petkov Dimov and Sergio Massidda are the four athletes who did not have any results in the snatch and will not be allowed to compete in the clean and jerk.

In the snatch, Li Fabin broke the Olympic record with a lift of 143kg (but still 3kg short of the world record he set this year); Eko Yuli Irawan was 2nd with 135kg; Theerapong Silachai was 3rd with 132kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan was 4th with 130kg, Hampton Morris was 5th with 126kg. These are the athletes who are capable of competing for medals in the men's 61kg category.

Athletes will compete from low to high weight, regardless of the competition (each athlete has 3 attempts). Trinh Van Vinh's initial weight is 9th (from low), however, he will compete later because if in the 2nd and 3rd times, other athletes register for a lower weight than Trinh Van Vinh, they will still compete first. Kaimauri Erati competed first, he successfully registered for 95kg in the first competition, he registered for 100kg in the second competition, but was unsuccessful. In the 3rd competition, Erati successfully lifted 100k. Thus, Erati's clean and jerk achievement is 100kg. Because Erati's three registered weights were lower than the first registered weights of the other 11 athletes, he competed alone in all three snatches. Shota Mishvelidze succeeded in the first attempt at 114kg, and he continued to succeed in the second attempt at 121kg. Mishvelidze registered the third weight of 128kg, but he was unsuccessful. His result was counted as 121kg. Morea Baru succeeded in the first attempt at 118kg. Baru registered the second attempt at 122kg, but he was unsuccessful. He was also unsuccessful in the third attempt. Baru's snatch result was 118kg. Hampton Morris succeeded in the first attempt at 122kg, and he registered the second attempt at 125kg, but he was unsuccessful. On the third attempt, Morris lifted the weight to 126kg and succeeded. The American athlete's snatch was counted as 126kg. John Febuar Ceniza had no achievement when all three times he snatched the weight of 125kg were unsuccessful. Theerapong Silachai succeeded on the first attempt with the registered weight of 127kg. The Thai athlete tried the second attempt with the weight of 130kg and succeeded. Regaining his confidence, Silachai succeeded on the third attempt with the weight of 132kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan succeeded on the first attempt with the weight of 126kg, he failed on the second attempt with the weight of 130kg and succeeded on the third attempt. Trinh Van Vinh failed on the first attempt with the weight of 128kg. On the second attempt, the Vietnamese weightlifter continued to be unsuccessful. On the third try, Van Vinh still couldn't lift it successfully, he even fell backwards on the floor and was almost crushed by the weight. Sergio Massidda failed in his first snatch attempt with a registered weight of 132kg. Massidda unexpectedly raised the weight on his second attempt to 134kg, but he was still unsuccessful. On his third attempt, still at 134kg, the Italian athlete was again unsuccessful. Thus, Massidda's achievement was not counted. Ivan Petkov Dimov failed in his first snatch attempt with a registered weight of 132kg. Dimov unexpectedly raised the weight to 134kg and was still unsuccessful. Continuing to raise the weight to 135kg, Dimov failed. Thus, the Bulgarian athlete was not counted. Eko Yuli Irawan failed in his first registered weight of 135kg. On his second attempt, the Indonesian athlete succeeded. On his third attempt, Irawan registered a weight of 139kg, but he was unsuccessful. Irawn's snatch achievement was 135kg. Li Fabin registered 137kg in the first snatch, which he easily succeeded. The Chinese athlete succeeded in lifting 140kg in the second attempt. Li Fabin succeeded in the third snatch with 143kg. The result was counted as 143kg.

The 12 competitors came out to greet the audience and familiarize themselves with the arena. After that, the athletes had a few minutes to participate in the warm-up session before the competition officially began.

According to the organizers' announcement, due to technical problems, the weightlifting competition will be delayed by about 20 minutes (20:20) compared to the original scheduled competition schedule (20:00).

Trinh Van Vinh will start the clean and jerk event with a weight of 129kg. This is the top weight of the 12 athletes, only behind world champion Li Fabin (135kg); Eko Yuli Irawan (135kg); Sergio Massidda (130kg); Ivan Petkov Dimov (130kg).