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

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.

Women's 69 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Date13 August
Competitors10 from 9 nations
Medalists
Oxana Slivenko  Russia
Leydi Solís  Colombia
Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt

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 Oxana Slivenko (RUS)123 kgSanto Domingo, Dominican4 October 2006
Clean & Jerk Zarema Kasayeva (RUS)157 kgDoha, Qatar13 November 2005
Total Oxana 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
 Oxana Slivenko (RUS)A68.47110115115115136140140255
 Leydi Solís (COL)A67.5499103105105125132135135240
 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)A68.87120125128145149158
DQ Nataliya Davydova (UKR)A68.63110113115130133135
  • Liu Chunhong of China originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping retest of her 2008 sample.[1]
  • Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally finished third, but she was disqualified in November 2016 after 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

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