Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg

Women's 69 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date 13 August
Competitors 10 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Oksana Slivenko  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Leydi Solís  Colombia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt

The women's 69 kg weightlifting event was the fifth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the eighth Weightlifting event to conclude.

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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
13 August 200815:30Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Oksana Slivenko (RUS)123 kgSanto Domingo, Dominican4 October 2006
Clean & Jerk Zarema Kasayeva (RUS)157 kgDoha, Qatar13 November 2005
Total Oksana Slivenko (RUS)276 kgChiang Mai, Thailand24 September 2007
Olympic RecordSnatch Liu Chunhong (CHN)122 kgAthens, Greece19 August 2004
Clean & Jerk Liu Chunhong (CHN)153 kgAthens, Greece19 August 2004
Total Liu Chunhong (CHN)275 kgAthens, Greece19 August 2004

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st, gold medalist(s) Oksana Slivenko (RUS)A68.47110115115115136140—140255
2nd, silver medalist(s) Leydi Solís (COL)A67.5499103105105125132135135240
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY)A69.00100105105105133133136133238
4 Tulia Medina (COL)A68.63100104106106120124124124230
5 Hanna Batsiushka (BLR)A68.65105110110105120126126120225
6 Rika Saito (JPN)A68.6587879087115120122122209
— Iriner Jiménez (VEN)A65.3387909390120120120——
— Hong Yong-ok (PRK)A68.07103103103——————
DQ Liu Chunhong (CHN)A68.87120125128—145149158——
DQ Nataliya Davydova (UKR)A68.63110113115—130133135——
  • Original gold medalist Liu Chunhong of China was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[1]
  • Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally finished third, but in November 2016, it was announced that she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[2]

New records

Snatch 125 kg  Liu Chunhong (CHN) WR
128 kg  Liu Chunhong (CHN) WR
Clean & Jerk 158 kg  Liu Chunhong (CHN) WR
Total 277 kg  Liu Chunhong (CHN) WR
286 kg  Liu Chunhong (CHN) WR

References

  1. ↑ IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  2. ↑ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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