Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg
| Women's +75 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The women's +75 kg weightlifting event was the heaviest women's event at the weightlifting competition, allowing competitors with over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 16, starting at 19:00.
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.
The winner of the event, Jang Mi-ran, broke a total of three world records, the snatch (140 kg, +1 kg), the clean and jerk (186 kg, +4 kg) and the total (326 kg, +7 kg).[1]
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 16 August 2008 | 19:00 | Group A |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  | 139 kg | Doha, Qatar | 6 December 2006 | |
| Clean & Jerk | | 182 kg | Athens, Greece | 21 August 2004 | ||
| Total | | 319 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 26 September 2007 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | | 135 kg | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 | |
| Clean & Jerk | | 182 kg | Athens, Greece | 21 August 2004 | ||
| Total | | 305 kg | Athens, Greece | 21 August 2004 | ||
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
 | .svg.png){kind=small} | A | 116.75 | 130 | 136 | 140 | 140 | 175 | 183 | 186 | 186 | 326 |
 |  | A | 123.89 | 113 | 116 | 119 | 119 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 269 | |
 |  | A | 115.30 | 115 | 115 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 265 | |||
| 4 |  | A | 136.29 | 112 | 115 | 115 | 140 | 144 | 144 | 259 | ||
| 5 |  | A | 96.05 | 114 | 118 | 118 | 140 | 140 | 258 | |||
| 6 |  | A | 94.19 | 109 | 113 | 113 | 135 | 135 | 248 | |||
| 7 |  | A | 102.15 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 121 | 126 | 126 | 231 | ||
| 8 |  | A | 117.50 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 123 | 128 | 128 | 225 | ||
| — |  | A | 86.85 | 100 | 105 | 105 | — | — | ||||
| DQ | | A | 166.97 | 120 | 124 | — | 150 | 153 | — | — | — | |
| DQ |  | A | 112.93 | 115 | 120 | — | 145 | 150 | — | — | ||
- Olha Korobka of Ukraine originally finished second, but was disqualified after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.[2]
- Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally finished third, but was disqualified after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.[2][3]
New records
| Snatch | 136 kg | |
OR |
| 140 kg | |
WR | |
| Clean & Jerk | 183 kg | |
WR |
| 186 kg | |
WR | |
| Total | 315 kg | |
OR |
| 323 kg | |
WR | |
| 326 kg | |
WR |
References
- ↑ "Records tumble as Jang takes gold". BBC Sport. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- 1 2 Public disclosures
- ↑ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Super Heavyweight | |
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