The men's 61 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 25 July at the Tokyo International Forum.

[1][2] Li Fabin from China, Eko Yuli Irawan from Indonesia and Igor Son from Kazakhstan won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Dominican Luis García, German Simon Brandhuber, Papua New Guinean Morea Baru, Malagasy Eric Andriantsitohaina, and Peruvian Marcos Rojas earning their spots in total lifting.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.