The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 11 November 2005.

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

World Record	Snatch	Georgi Markov (BUL)	165 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	197 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	11 September 2003
	Total	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	357 kg	Athens, Greece	24 November 1999

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 56 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Archived 2016-05-24 at the Wayback Machine