The Men's 85 kg weightlifting event was an event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on 8 October at 18:30. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

The eventual winner from Australia represented Cameroon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games on won a bronze medal.

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Simplice Ribouem		A	84.69	150	183	333
	Richard Patterson		A	84.13	150	181	331
	Mathieu Marineau		A	84.46	145	180	325
4	Chandrakant Mali		A	84.87	145	180	325
5	Paul Dumais		A	84.31	145	170	315
6	Abd Rahim		A	82.50	140	173	313
7	Khurram Shahzad		A	84.19	140	166	306
8	Terence Dixie		A	84.56	130	150	280
9	R. Ranathunga		A	84.88	120	155	275
10	Duke Machaka		B	83.20	115	150	265
11	Val-John Starr		A	84.08	115	150	265
12	Godfrey Baligeya		B	84.12	115	145	260
13	Petunu Opeloge		A	84.39	115	140	255
14	Linda Matsebula		B	84.20	105	147	252
15	Beru Karianako		B	84.32	112	140	252
16	Abdullah Al Mumin		B	84.89	110	140	250
17	Mohamed Kamara		B	83.25	110	135	245
18	Pala Molisa		B	83.85	107	130	237
19	Joe Aboagye		B	83.13	100	135	235
20	Michael Francois		B	84.90	70	95	165