Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

Men's 77 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	10 August 2016
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Winning total	379 kg
Medalists
Nijat Rahimov  Kazakhstan Lü Xiaojun  China Mohamed Mahmoud  Egypt

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of weightlifters
	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 Men's 77 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 10 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	176 kg	Wrocław, Poland	24 October 2013
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	210 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	27 April 2001
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	380 kg	Wrocław, Poland	24 October 2013
Olympic record	Snatch	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	175 kg	London, United Kingdom	1 August 2012
	Clean & Jerk	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	207 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	379 kg	London, United Kingdom	1 August 2012

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Nijat Rahimov (KAZ)	A	76.19	160	165	168	165	202	214	–	214 WR	379
	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	A	76.83	170	175	177	177 WR	197	197	202	202	379
	Mohamed Mahmoud (EGY)	A	76.69	160	165	168	165 AF	196	196	203	196	361
4	Chatuphum Chinnawong (THA)	A	76.52	160	165	165	165	191	191	191	191	356
5	Alexandru Șpac (MDA)	A	76.52	150	155	158	155	185	190	192	192	347
6	Andrés Caicedo (COL)	B	76.26	150	150	155	155	191	197	197	191	346
7	Andrés Mata (ESP)	B	76.32	145	150	153	153	185	190	190	190	343
8	Choe Jon-wi (PRK)	A	76.54	153	157	158	153	184	190	194	190	343
9	Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY)	A	76.90	147	152	152	152	186	186	192	186	338
10	Nico Müller (GER)	B	76.70	145	149	151	151	177	181	185	181	332
11	Sathish Sivalingam (IND)	B	76.96	143	148	153	148	176	181	186	181	329
12	Deni (INA)	B	69.38	140	146	149	146	172	177	181	177	323
–	Andranik Karapetyan (ARM)	A	76.75	170	174	176	174 JWR ER	195	195	–	DNF	DNF
–	Dumitru Captari (ROU)	B	76.68	145	150	150	145	–	–	–	DNF	DNF

New records

Snatch	177 kg	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	OR, WR
Clean & Jerk	214 kg	Nijat Rahimov (KAZ)	OR, WR

References