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

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.[1]

Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Date15 August
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Alla Vazhenina  Kazakhstan
Lidia Valentín  Spain
Damaris Aguirre  Mexico
Weightlifting at the
2008 Summer Olympics
MenWomen
56 kg48 kg
62 kg53 kg
69 kg58 kg
77 kg63 kg
85 kg69 kg
94 kg75 kg
105 kg+75 kg
+105 kg

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 Natalya 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 Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)125 kgAthens, Greece20 August 2004
Clean & Jerk Pawina Thongsuk (THA)150 kgAthens, Greece20 August 2004
Total Natalya 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
 Alla Vazhenina (KAZ)A73.88115115119119141145147147266
 Lidia Valentín (ESP)A74.42110110115115130135138135250
 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)A73.16120125128128147154159154282
DQ Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS)A73.33112117117117138143147147264
DQ Iryna Kulesha (BLR)A74.78112116118118128133137137255
DQ Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM)A74.74100105110105125130130130235
  • Lei Cao of China originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for GHRP-2 and GHRP-2 M2.[2]
  • Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and EPO.[3]
  • Iryna Kulesha of Belarus originally finished fourth, but was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for oral turinabol.[4]
  • Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia originally finished tenth, but she was disqualified after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for stanozolol.[5]

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/beijing-2008/weightlifting
  2. 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]
  3. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-six-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008
  4. International Weightlifting Federation (24 August 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. International Weightlifting Federation (18 June 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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