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.
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| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 9–19 August |
| Competitors | 255 |
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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 | ||
Events
The Men's 85kg competition on August 15.
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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Qualification
Medal summary
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.
The following table has been updated accordingly; where a medal has been forfeited, the attached note contains details of the identity of the original medalist, and the reason for their disqualification.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg |
Long Qingquan |
Hoàng Anh Tuấn |
Eko Yuli Irawan |
| 62 kg |
Zhang Xiangxiang |
Diego Salazar |
Triyatno |
| 69 kg [a] |
Liao Hui |
Vencelas Dabaya |
Yordanis Borrero |
| 77 kg |
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Li Hongli |
Gevorg Davtyan |
| 85 kg [b] |
Lu Yong |
Tigran V. Martirosyan |
Jadier Valladares |
| 94 kg [c] |
Szymon Kołecki |
Arsen Kasabiev |
Yoandry Hernández |
| 105 kg [d] |
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Dmitry Klokov |
Marcin Dołęga |
| +105 kg |
Matthias Steiner |
Evgeny Chigishev |
Viktors Ščerbatihs |
Women's events
Notes
- 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 Akkayev 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 Xiexia Chen 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.
- Women's 75 kg Lei Cao 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 |  | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 20 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 nations) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Participating nations
A total of 255 weightlifters from 84 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
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References
- IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- SIBEL ÖZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT , from tas-cas.org, official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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