Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Dates9–19 August
No. of events15
Competitors255 from 84 nations

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

Events

The Men's 85kg competition on August 15.

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

  • 56 kg Men
  • 62 kg Men
  • 69 kg Men
  • 77 kg Men
  • 85 kg Men
  • 94 kg Men
  • 105 kg Men
  • +105 kg Men
  • 48 kg Women
  • 53 kg Women
  • 58 kg Women
  • 63 kg Women
  • 69 kg Women
  • 75 kg Women
  • +75 kg Women

Qualification

Medalists

Men

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

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg[e]
Chen Wei-ling
 Chinese Taipei
Im Jyoung-hwa
 South Korea
Pensiri Laosirikul
 Thailand
53 kg[g]
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon
 Thailand
Yoon Jin-hee
 South Korea
Raema Lisa Rumbewas
 Indonesia
58 kg[h]
Chen Yanqing
 China
O Jong-ae
 North Korea
Wandee Kameaim
 Thailand
63 kg[i]
Pak Hyon-suk
 North Korea
Lu Ying-chi
 Chinese Taipei
Christine Girard
 Canada
69 kg[j]
Oxana Slivenko
 Russia
Leydi Solís
 Colombia
Abeer Abdelrahman
 Egypt
75 kg[k]
Alla Vazhenina
 Kazakhstan
Lidia Valentín
 Spain
Damaris Aguirre
 Mexico
+75 kg[l]
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 originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified on 25 November 2016 after a retest was positive for stanozolol.[3] Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[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 originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[5] Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[6] On 1 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Özkan's final appeal.[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 originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[5] Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[1]
  • Women's +75 kg Olha Korobka of Ukraine was originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[2] Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[4]

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 nations)15151545

Participating nations

A total of 255 weightlifters from 84 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

References

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