Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from 28 July to 7 August in the ExCeL venue. Fifteen gold medals were awarded and 260 athletes took part (156 men and 104 women).[1]

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Dates28 July - 7 August 2012
Competitors260
ExCel Exhibition Centre

Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

  • 56 kg Men
  • 62 kg Men
  • 69 kg Men
  • 77 kg Men
  • 85 kg Men
  • 94 kg Men
  • 105 kg Men
  • +105 kg Men
  • 48 kg Women
  • 53 kg Women
  • 58 kg Women
  • 63 kg Women
  • 69 kg Women
  • 75 kg Women
  • +75 kg Women

Qualification

Medal summary

The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after significant doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games that were undertaken in 2016, 2018 and 2019. As of 30 April 2020, a total of 43 lifters (including 22 medallists and ten lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals) have tested positive for a variety of prohibited substances following these retests. Below are the results listed by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China5207
2 Iran3205
3 North Korea3014
4 Poland1113
5 Canada1001
 Chinese Taipei1001
 Spain1001
8 Indonesia0213
9 Egypt0112
 Romania0112
 Russia0112
 South Korea0112
 Thailand0112
14 Bulgaria0101
 Colombia0101
 Japan0101
17 Cameroon0011
 Cuba0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Mexico0011
 Ukraine0011
 Uzbekistan0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (23 nations)15151545

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
[a]
Om Yun-chol
 North Korea
Wu Jingbiao
 China
Trần Lê Quốc Toàn
 Vietnam
62 kg
Kim Un-guk
 North Korea
Óscar Figueroa
 Colombia
Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
69 kg
[b]
Lin Qingfeng
 China
Triyatno
 Indonesia
Răzvan Martin
 Romania contested due to doping
77 kg
Lü Xiaojun
 China
Lu Haojie
 China
Iván Cambar
 Cuba
85 kg
[c]
Adrian Zieliński
 Poland
Kianoush Rostami
 Iran
Tarek Yehia
 Egypt
94 kg
[d]
Saeid Mohammadpour
 Iran
Kim Min-jae
 South Korea
Tomasz Zieliński
 Poland
105 kg
[e]
Navab Nassirshalal
 Iran
Bartłomiej Bonk
 Poland
Ivan Efremov
 Uzbekistan
+105 kg
Behdad Salimi
 Iran
Sajjad Anoushiravani
 Iran
Ruslan Albegov
 Russia

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
Wang Mingjuan
 China
Hiromi Miyake
 Japan
Ryang Chun-hwa
 North Korea
53 kg
[f]
Hsu Shu-ching
 Chinese Taipei
Citra Febrianti
 Indonesia
Iulia Paratova
 Ukraine
58 kg
[g]
Li Xueying
 China
Pimsiri Sirikaew
 Thailand
Rattikan Gulnoi
 Thailand
63 kg
[h]
Christine Girard
 Canada
Milka Maneva
 Bulgaria
Luz Acosta
 Mexico
69 kg
[i]
Rim Jong-sim
 North Korea
Roxana Cocoș
 Romania contested due to doping
Anna Nurmukhambetova
 Kazakhstan
75 kg
[j]
Lidia Valentín
 Spain
Abeer Abdelrahman
 Egypt
Madias Nzesso
 Cameroon
+75 kg
[k]
Zhou Lulu
 China
Tatiana Kashirina
 Russia
Jang Mi-ran
 South Korea

Notes

Olympic and world records broken

Women

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record Day
Olympics – Women's 58 kg 30 JulySnatchLi Xueying China108 kgOR3
Olympics – Women's 58 kg 30 JulyTotalLi Xueying China246 kgOR3
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 AugustSnatchTatiana Kashirina Russia151 kgWR9
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 AugustClean & JerkZhou Lulu China187 kgOR9
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 AugustTotalZhou Lulu China333 kgWR9

Men

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record Day
Olympics – Men's 56 kg 29 JulyClean and jerkOm Yun-Chol North Korea168 kgOR2
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 JulySnatchKim Un-Guk North Korea153 kgOR3
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 JulyTotalKim Un-Guk North Korea327 kgWR3
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 JulyClean and jerkÓscar Figueroa Colombia177 kgOR3
Olympics – Men's 77 kg 1 AugustSnatchLü Xiaojun China175 kgWR5
Olympics – Men's 77 kg 1 AugustTotalLü Xiaojun China379 kgWR5

References

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