Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Dates9–19 August 2008
No. of events15
Competitors253 from 83 nations

Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.

The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.

Qualification

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)5106
2 South Korea (KOR)2204
3 Russia (RUS)1203
4 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1102
 North Korea (PRK)1102
6 Thailand (THA)1023
7 Poland (POL)1012
8 Belarus (BLR)1001
 Germany (GER)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
11 Colombia (COL)0202
12 Armenia (ARM)0112
13 France (FRA)0101
 Georgia (GEO)0101
 Samoa (SAM)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
 Vietnam (VIE)0101
18 Cuba (CUB)0033
 Indonesia (INA)0033
20 Canada (CAN)0011
 Egypt (EGY)0011
 Latvia (LAT)0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
Totals (24 entries)15151545

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
details
Long Qingquan
 China
Hoàng Anh Tuấn
 Vietnam
Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
62 kg
details
Zhang Xiangxiang
 China
Diego Salazar
 Colombia
Triyatno
 Indonesia
69 kg[a]
details
Liao Hui
 China
Vencelas Dabaya
 France
Yordanis Borrero
 Cuba
77 kg
details
Sa Jae-hyouk
 South Korea
Li Hongli
 China
Gevorg Davtyan
 Armenia
85 kg[b]
details
Lu Yong
 China
Tigran Martirosyan
 Armenia
Jadier Valladares
 Cuba
94 kg[c]
details
Szymon Kołecki
 Poland
Arsen Kasabiev
 Georgia
Yoandry Hernández
 Cuba
105 kg[d]
details
Andrei Aramnau
 Belarus
Dmitry Klokov
 Russia
Marcin Dołęga
 Poland
+105 kg
details
Matthias Steiner
 Germany
Evgeny Chigishev
 Russia
Viktors Ščerbatihs
 Latvia

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg[e]
details
Chen Wei-ling
 Chinese Taipei
Im Jyoung-hwa
 South Korea
Pensiri Laosirikul
 Thailand
53 kg[g]
details
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon
 Thailand
Yoon Jin-hee
 South Korea
Raema Lisa Rumbewas
 Indonesia
58 kg[h]
details
Chen Yanqing
 China
O Jong-ae
 North Korea
Wandee Kameaim
 Thailand
63 kg[i]
details
Pak Hyon-suk
 North Korea
Lu Ying-chi
 Chinese Taipei
Christine Girard
 Canada
69 kg[j]
details
Oxana Slivenko
 Russia
Leydi Solís
 Colombia
Abeer Abdelrahman
 Egypt
75 kg[k]
details
Alla Vazhenina
 Kazakhstan
Lydia Valentín
 Spain
Damaris Aguirre
 Mexico
+75 kg[l]
details
Jang Mi-ran
 South Korea
Ele Opeloge
 Samoa
Mariam Usman
 Nigeria
  • Men's 69 kg Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[1]
  • Men's 85 kg Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[2]
  • Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and medal bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.[3][4]
  • Men's 105 kg Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[4]
  • Women's 48 kg Chen Xiexia of China and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5] [6][7]
  • Women's 53 kg Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[2]
  • Women's 58 kg Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[1]
  • Women's 63 kg Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[4]
  • Women's 69 kg Liu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.[5][4]
  • Women's 75 kg Cao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5][1]
  • Women's +75 kg Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[2][4]

Participating nations

A total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

References

  1. ^ a b c IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
  2. ^ a b c IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
  3. ^ IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  4. ^ a b c d e IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
  5. ^ a b c IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  6. ^ IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
  7. ^ SIBEL ÖZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT , from tas-cas.org, official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

External links

  • International Weightlifting Federation Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Official Result Book – Weightlifting
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