Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh faces an early exit at the 2024 Olympics.

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

Eko Yuli Irawan failed to lift 162kg, 162kg, and 165kg in three attempts. This means the veteran Indonesian weightlifter was disqualified and will not be able to compete for a medal. Theerapong Silachai successfully lifted 167kg, 169kg, and 171kg in three clean and jerk attempts. The Thai athlete's total lift was 303kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan succeeded on his first attempt at 167kg. On his second attempt, he tried to increase it to 174kg and failed. On his third attempt, he also failed at 174kg. His total lift stopped at 297kg. Hampton Morris failed at 168kg, however, the American athlete increased his attempt to 172kg and succeeded. On his final attempt, the American athlete increased to 178kg in an attempt to compete for the silver medal, but he was unsuccessful. In the end, Morris lifted 298kg and finished third. Li Fabin failed at 167kg, but succeeded on his second clean and jerk attempt to take the lead with a total lift of 310kg. On his third attempt, he failed at 172kg.

Trinh Van Vinh, John Febuar Ceniza, Ivan Petkov Dimov, and Sergio Massidda are four athletes who did not achieve any success in the snatch event and therefore will not be eligible to compete in the clean and jerk.

In the snatch event, Li Fabin broke the Olympic record with a performance of 143kg (however, still 3kg short of his world record set this year); Eko Yuli Irawan finished second with 135kg; Theerapong Silachai finished third with 132kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan finished fourth with 130kg, and Hampton Morris finished fifth with 126kg. These are the athletes who have the potential to compete for medals in the men's 61kg category.

Athletes will compete in order of weight from lowest to highest, regardless of the attempt (each athlete has 3 attempts). Trinh Van Vinh's initial weight was ranked 9th (from lowest), however, he will compete later because if other athletes register lower weights than Trinh Van Vinh in the 2nd and 3rd attempts, they will still compete first. Kaimauri Erati competed first; he successfully lifted his registered weight of 95kg in his first attempt. He registered 100kg in his second attempt but failed. In his third attempt, Erati successfully lifted 100kg. Thus, Erati's snatch performance was 100kg. Because all three of Erati's registered weights were lower than the initial registered weights of the other 11 athletes, he competed alone in all three snatch attempts. Shota Mishvelidze successfully lifted 114kg on his first attempt, and then 121kg on his second attempt. Mishvelidze registered a third weight of 128kg, which he failed to lift. His result was recorded as 121kg. Morea Baru successfully lifted 118kg on his first snatch attempt. Baru's registered weight on his second attempt was 122kg, which he failed to lift. He also failed on his third attempt. Baru's snatch result was 118kg. Hampton Morris successfully lifted 122kg on his first attempt, and registered 125kg on his second attempt but failed. On his third attempt, Morris successfully lifted 126kg. The American athlete's snatch performance was recorded as 126kg. John Febuar Ceniza had no success as all three of his snatch attempts at 125kg were unsuccessful. Theerapong Silachai succeeded on his first attempt with his registered weight of 127kg. The Thai athlete tried a second time with 130kg and succeeded. Regaining his confidence, Silachai succeeded on his third attempt with 132kg. Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan succeeded on his first attempt with 126kg, failed on his second attempt with 130kg, but succeeded on his third attempt. Trinh Van Vinh failed with 128kg on his first snatch attempt. On his second attempt, the Vietnamese weightlifter was again unsuccessful. On his third attempt, Van Vinh still couldn't lift the weight successfully; he even fell backward onto the floor and nearly got crushed by it. Sergio Massidda failed on his first snatch attempt with a registered weight of 132kg. Surprisingly, Massidda increased the weight to 134kg on his second attempt, but still failed. On his third attempt, still at 134kg, the Italian athlete was unsuccessful. Therefore, Massidda's performance was not counted. Ivan Petkov Dimov failed on his first snatch attempt with a registered weight of 132kg. Dimov surprisingly increased the weight to 134kg and still failed. He then attempted to lift 135kg, but failed again. Therefore, the Bulgarian athlete's performance was not counted. Eko Yuli Irawan failed on his first attempt with a registered weight of 135kg. On his second attempt, the Indonesian athlete succeeded. On his third attempt, Irawan registered a weight of 139kg, but he failed. Irawan's snatch result was 135kg. Li Fabin registered a weight of 137kg on his first snatch attempt, which he easily completed. The Chinese athlete successfully lifted 140kg on his second attempt. Li Fabin succeeded on his third attempt with 143kg. The total weight lifted was counted as 143kg.

The 12 competing athletes came out to greet the audience and familiarize themselves with the arena. Afterward, the athletes had a few minutes to warm up before the competition officially began.

According to the organizers, due to technical issues, the weightlifting competition will be delayed by approximately 20 minutes (20:20) compared to the original schedule (20:00).

Trinh Van Vinh will begin competing in the snatch event with a weight of 129kg. This is among the top weights lifted by the 12 athletes, only behind world champion Li Fabin (135kg); Eko Yuli Irawan (135kg); Sergio Massidda (130kg); and Ivan Petkov Dimov (130kg).