| Event: | Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | Oshawa Sports Centre |
| Dates: | July 13 |
| Competitors: | 6 |
| Nations: | 4 |
| Gold: | Yoelmis Hernández |
| Goldnoc: | CUB |
| Silver: | Yadier Nuñez |
| Silvernoc: | CUB |
| Bronze: | Juan Francisco Ruiz |
| Bronzenoc: | COL |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's 85 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 13 at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Yoelmis Hernández from Cuba.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
6 athletes from four countries took part.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Group | B.weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 84.48 | 164 PR | 206 PR | 370 PR | ||||
| A | 83.86 | 163 | 201 | 364 | ||||
| A | 84.34 | 157 | 190 | 347 | ||||
| 4 | A | 84.70 | 157 | 186 | 343 | |||
| 5 | A | 83.96 | 157 | 185 | 342 | |||
| 6 | A | 84.35 | 146 | 176 | 322 |
The following records were established and improved upon during the competition.
| width=100 | Snatch | width=70 | 164.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR | ||
| width=100 | Clean & Jerk | width=70 | 206.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR | ||
| width=100 | Total | width=70 | 370.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR |