Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Date 15 August
Competitors 12 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Alla Vazhenina  Kazakhstan
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lidia Valentín  Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Damaris Aguirre  Mexico

The women's 75 kg weightlifting event was the sixth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15 at 15:30. This event was the ninth 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
15 August 200815:30Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)131 kgChiang Mai, Thailand25 September 2007
Clean & Jerk Liu Chunhong (CHN)159 kgDoha, Qatar13 November 2005
Total Svetlana Podobedova (RUS)286 kgHangzhou, China2 June 2006
Olympic RecordSnatch Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)125 kgAthens, Greece20 August 2004
Clean & Jerk Pawina Thongsuk (THA)150 kgAthens, Greece20 August 2004
Total Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)272 kgAthens, Greece20 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) Alla Vazhenina (KAZ)A73.88115115119119141145147147266
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lidia Valentín (ESP)A74.42110110115115130135138135250
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Damaris Aguirre (MEX)A74.82103106109109130135136136245
4 Ubaldina Valoyes (COL)A73.30105110110110130134138134244
5 Jeane Lassen (CAN)A74.42105105110105130135140135240
6 Nadiya Myronyuk (UKR)A74.11102105105105125127132132237
7 Yuliya Novakovich (BLR)A74.19105110110110115122127127237
8 Elizabeth Poblete (CHI)A74.4386919391106111111106197
DQ Cao Lei (CHN)A73.16120125128—147154159——
DQ Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS)A73.33112117117—138143147——
DQ Iryna Kulesha (BLR)A74.78112116118—128133137——
DQ Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM)A74.74100105110—125130130——

New records

Snatch 128 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
Clean & Jerk 154 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
Total 275 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
282 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR

References

  1. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012 IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012]
  2. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-six-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008
  3. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation (24 August 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ↑ International Weightlifting Federation (18 June 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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