2008 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the XXIX. Olympic Games
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Beihang University
Nations	84
Athletes	253 (87 women, 166 men)
date	9-19 August 2008
decisions	15th
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At the XXIX. 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing found 15 competitions in weightlifting instead. The venue was the sports hall at Beihang University in the Haidian district .

Balance sheet

Weightlifting competition stage in the sports hall of Beihang University

Medal table

space	country				total
1	China	5	1	-	6th
2	South Korea	2	2	-	4th
3	Russia	1	2	-	3
4th	Chinese Taipei	1	1	-	2
	North Korea	1	1	-	2
6th	Thailand	1	-	2	3
7th	Poland	1	-	1	2
8th	Germany	1	-	-	1
	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
	Belarus	1	-	-	1
11	Colombia	-	2	-	2
12	Armenia	-	1	1	2
13	France	-	1	-	1
	Georgia	-	1	-	1
	Samoa	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
	Vietnam	-	1	-	1
18th	Indonesia	-	-	3	3
	Cuba	-	-	3	3
20th	Egypt	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Latvia	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1
	Nigeria	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 56 kg Long Qingquan Hoàng Anh Tuấn Eko Yuli Irawan Class up to 62 kg Zhang Xiangxiang Diego Salazar Triyatno Class up to 69 kg Liao Hui Vencelas Dabaya Yordanis Borrero Class up to 77 kg Sa Jae-hyouk Li Hongli Geworg Dawtjan Class up to 85 kg Lu Yong Tigran Martirosjan Jadier Valladares Class up to 94 kg Szymon Kołecki Arsen Kasabiev Johandrys Hernandez Class up to 105 kg Andrej Aramnau Dmitri Klokow Marcin Dołęga Class over 105 kg Matthias Steiner Yevgeny Chigishev Viktor Ščerbatihs

Women competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 48 kg Chen Wei-Ling In the Jyoung-hwa Pensiri Laosirikul Class up to 53 kg Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon Yoon Jin-hee Raema Lisa Rumbewas Class up to 58 kg Chen Yanqing O Jong-ae Wandee Kameaim Class up to 63 kg Pak Hyon-suk Lu Ying-Chi Christine Girard Class up to 69 kg Oksana Slivenko Leidy Solis Abeer Abdelrahman Class up to 75 kg Alla Waschenina Lidia Valentín Damaris Aguirre Class over 75 kg Jang Mi-ran Ele Opeloge Mariam Usman

Results men

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Long Qingquan	132	160	292
2	VIE	Hoàng Anh Tuấn	130	160	290
3	IRI	Eko Yuli Irawan	130	158	288
4th	TPE	Yang Chin-Yi	128	157	285
5	PRK	Cha Kum-chol	128	155	283
6th	CUB	Sergio Álvarez Boulet	120	152	272
7th	TPE	Wang Shin-Yuan	115	150	265
8th	MAS	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim	121	144	265
9	JPN	Masaharu Yamada	106	153	259
10	THA	Pongsak Maneetong	116	142	258

Date: August 10, 2008, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)

19 participants from 16 countries

Class up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Zhang Xiangxiang	143	176	319
2	COL	Diego Salazar	138	167	305
3	INA	Triyatno	135	163	298
4th	ROME	Antoniu Buci	130	165	295
5	THA	Phaisan Hansawong	132	162	294
6th	CUB	Lázaro Maikel Ruíz	132	162	294
7th	TKM	Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow	126	162	288
8th	EGY	Mohamed Abd Elbaki	129	159	288
9	TPE	Yang Sheng-hsiung	130	157	187
10	BLR	Henads Machvyayenya	129	159	288

Date: August 11, 2008, 10:00 a.m. (Group B) / 7:00 p.m. (Group A)

17 participants from 15 countries

The Azerbaijani Sərdar Həsənov , who did not finish the competition, was disqualified in October 2016 after a post-doping test showed a positive result.

Class up to 69 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Liao Hui	158	190	348
2	FRA	Vencelas Dabaya	151	187	338
3	CUB	Yordanis Borrero	148	180	328
4th	AZE	Turan Mirzəyev	146	181	327
5	PRK	Kim Chol-jin	146	180	326
6th	AZE	Əfqan Bayramov	145	175	320
7th	THA	Sitthisak Suphalak	147	171	318
8th	JPN	Yoshito Shintani	135	175	310
9	EGY	Tarek Yehia	138	172	310
10	INA	Edi Kurniawan	135	172	307

Date: August 11, 2008, 12:30 p.m. (Group C) or August 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m. (Group B) / 7:00 p.m. (Group C)

30 participants from 26 countries

As a later convicted doping sinner, the Armenian Tigran Martirosjan was disqualified in August 2016 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revoked his bronze medal. The originally ninth-placed Moldovan Alexandru Dudoglo also had to be disqualified for doping .

Class up to 77 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	COR	Sa Jae-hyouk	163	203	366
2	CHN	Li Hongli	168	198	366
3	POOR	Geworg Dawtjan	165	195	360
4th	COR	Kim Kwang-hoon	155	200	355
5	RUS	Oleg Perepetschenow	162	192	354
6th	CUB	Ivan Cambar	157	196	353
7th	POOR	Ara Khachatryan	162	191	353
8th	POLE	Krzysztof Szramiak	161	191	352
9	KAZ	Vladimir Kuznetsov	160	191	351
10	BLR	Sjarhej Lahun	157	192	349

Date: August 13, 2008, 10:00 a.m. (Group B) / 7:00 p.m. (Group A)

28 participants from 25 countries

Class up to 85 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Lu Yong	180	214	394
2	POOR	Tigran Martirosjan	177	203	380
3	CUB	Jadier Valladares	169	203	372
4th	FRA	Benjamin Hennequin	162	205	367
5	UZB	Mansurbek Shashemov	165	202	367
6th	AZE	İntiqam Zairov	166	195	361
7th	COL	Carlos Andica	155	201	356
8th	KGZ	Ulanbek Moldodosov	152	194	346
9	SVK	Ondrej Kutlík	150	193	343
10	NGR	Benedict Uloko	148	191	339

Date: August 15, 2008, 10:00 a.m. (Group B) / 7:00 p.m. (Group A)

21 participants from 19 countries

Belarusian Andrej Rybakou , originally placed second , received a temporary ban in August 2016 after it became known that he had taken dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol at the 2008 Olympic Games . The IOC therefore withdrew the silver medal from him. Also in August 2016, the International Weightlifting Association announced that fourth-placed Kazakh Vladimir Sedov had also been doped with stanozolol during his competition.

Class up to 94 kg (medium weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	POLE	Szymon Kołecki	179	224	403
2	GEO	Arsen Kasabiev	176	223	399
3	CUB	Johandrys Hernandez	178	215	393
4th	IRI	Asghar Ebrahimi	180	212	392
5	RUS	Roman Konstantinov	175	212	387
6th	GER	Jürgen Spieß	173	211	384
7th	ESP	José Juan Navarro	173	210	383
8th	UKR	Artem Ivanov	170	210	380
9	MDA	Vadim Vacarciuc	168	205	373
10	MDA	Eugene Bratan	170	200	370

Date: August 17, 2008, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)

18 participants from 14 countries

In November 2016, Kazakh Ilya Ilyin , who originally came first, tested positive for stanozolol in doping night tests at the 2008 Olympic Games . The IOC disqualified him and withdrew his 2008 and 2012 gold medals.

In August 2016, the International Weightlifting Association announced that third-placed Russian Khadzhimurat Akkayev had been doped with dehydrochloromethyltestosterone in his competition . In the same month, the doping offense of the fifth-placed Azerbaijanist Nizami Paşayev came to light. He had doped with dehydrochloromethyltestosterone, oxandrolone and stanozolol.

Class up to 105 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	BLR	Andrej Aramnau	200 ( WR )	236 ( WR )	436 ( WR )
2	RUS	Dmitri Klokow	193	230	423
3	POLE	Marcin Dołęga	195	225	420
4th	KAZ	Baqyt Akhmetov	190	225	415
5	GEO	Albert Kusilowi	182	227	409
6th	KAZ	Sergei Istomin	181	225	406
7th	POLE	Robert Dołęga	184	221	405
8th	GRE	Nikolaos Kourtidis	176	221	3907
9	IRI	Mohsen Beiranvand	180	210	390
10	UKR	Oleksiy Torochtiy	177	213	390

Date: August 18, 2008, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)

20 participants from 16 countries

The originally sixth-placed Ukrainian Ihor Rasorjonow was subsequently disqualified for using dehydrochloromethyltestosterone . Follow-up tests in 2016 revealed that Russian Dmitri Lapikow was also doped. He had sneaked into third place with the help of the doping agent stanozolol .

Class over 105 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GER	Matthias Steiner	203	258	461
2	RUS	Yevgeny Chigishev	210	250	460
3	LAT	Viktor Ščerbatihs	206	242	448
4th	UKR	Artem Udachyn	207	235	442
5	UKR	Ihor Shymetschko	201	232	433
6th	IRI	Rashid Sharifi	196	230	426
7th	POLE	Grzegorz Kleszcz	185	234	419
8th	GER	Almir Velagic	188	225	413
9	OUT	Damon Kelly	165	221	386
10	NRU	Itte Detenamo	175	210	385

Date: August 19, 2008, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)

14 participants from 12 countries

Results women

Class up to 48 kg (fly weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	TPE	Chen Wei-Ling	84	112	196
2	COR	In the Jyoung-hwa	86	110	196
3	THA	Pensiri Laosirikul	85	110	195
4th	JPN	Hiromi Miyake	80	105	185
5	FRA	Melanie Noël	80	097	177
6th	JPN	Misaki Ōshiro	80	92	172
7th	POLE	Marzena Karpińska	79	92	171
8th	CAN	Marilou Dozois-Prévost	76	90	166
9	NCA	Karla Moreno	65	85	150

Date: August 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m.

14 participants from 11 countries

Because of doping, the Turkish Sibel Özkan had to return her silver medal in July 2016. The first-placed Chinese Chen Xiexia was also convicted of doping during follow-up tests in August 2016. Among other things, she had taken hormones in 2008. The disqualification and the withdrawal of the medal took place in January 2017. Another disqualification concerned the Turkish Nurcan Taylan , who was able to prove the use of Metandienone in a follow-up test in June 2012 .

Class up to 53 kg (feather weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	THA	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	95	126 (OR)	221 ( OR )
2	COR	Yoon Jin-hee	94	119	213
3	INA	Raema Lisa Rumbewas	91	115	206
4th	DOM	Yuderqui Contreras	93	111	204
5	United States	Melanie Roach	83	110	193
6th	GER	Julia Rohde	82	103	185
7th	PNG	Dika Toua	80	104	184
8th	VEN	Judith Chacón	80	101	181

Date: August 10, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

9 participants from 9 countries

The Thai Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon set a new Olympic record , although she failed in the world record attempt. She had only entered the competition by pushing after all the competitors had already finished it. In the battle for second place, the lower body weight ultimately decided for Yoon Jin-hee.

In September 2016, the World Weightlifting Federation issued a ban on the Belarusian Anastassija Novikawa , who originally came third . As post-tests showed at the time, she had been doped with dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol during her competition . The IOC canceled her result in October 2016 and dismissed the medal.

Class up to 58 kg (lightweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Chen Yanqing	106	138 (OR)	244 ( OR )
2	PRK	O Jong-ae	095	131	226
3	THA	Wandee Kameaim	098	128	226
4th	ECU	Alexandra Escobar	099	124	223
5	ALB	Romela Begaj	098	118	216
6th	POLE	Aleksandra Klejnowska	095	120	215
7th	ROME	Roxana Cocoș	089	115	204
8th	PURE	Geral Vega	090	112	202
9	POLE	Marieta Gotfryd	090	110	200
10	PHI	Hidilyn Diaz	085	107	192

Date: August 11, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

12 participants from 11 countries

In August 2016, the IOC disqualified the subsequently convicted Russian doping sinner Marina Schainowa and revoked her silver medal.

Class up to 63 kg (middle weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	PRK	Pak Hyon-suk	106	135	241
2	TPE	Lu Ying-Chi	104	127	231
3	CAN	Christine Girard	102	126	228
4th	VIE	Nguyen Thi Thiet	100	125	225
5	COR	Kim Soo-kyung	098	127	225
6th	NOR	Ruth Kasirye	103	121	224
7th	MEX	Luz Acosta	097	120	217
8th	COL	Mercedes Pérez	097	120	217
9	MGL	Namchaidordschiin Bajarmaa	090	123	213
10	POLE	Dominika Misterska	094	117	211

Date: August 12, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

20 participants from 18 countries

In September 2016, the World Weightlifting Federation issued a ban on the Kazakh Irina Nekrasova , who originally came second . Follow-up examinations showed that she had used the doping agent stanozolol in 2008 . The Kazakh girl Maija Manesa , who had not finished the competition, was also doped .

Class up to 69 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	RUS	Oksana Slivenko	115	140	255
2	COL	Leidy Solis	105	135	240
3	EGY	Abeer Abdelrahman	105	133	238
4th	COL	Tulia Angela Medina	106	124	230
5	BLR	Hanna Baziuschka	105	120	225
6th	JPN	Rika Saitō	087	122	209
	VEN	Irish Jiménez			DNF
	PRK	Hong Yong-ok			DNF

Date: August 13, 2005, 3:30 p.m.

10 participants from 9 countries

In August 2016, the World Weightlifting Federation announced that the Chinese Liu Chunhong had won her gold medal with the help of several doping substances such as sibutramine and hormones . The IOC disqualified her from her first place. Also in August 2016, the World Weightlifting Association reported that the Ukrainian Natalija Dawydowa had achieved her third place by taking dehydrochloromethyltestosterone .

Class up to 75 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	KAZ	Alla Waschenina	119	147	266
2	ESP	Lidia Valentín	115	135	250
3	MEX	Damaris Aguirre	109	136	245
4th	COL	Ubaldina Valoyes	110	134	244
5	CAN	Jeane Lassen	105	135	240
6th	UKR	Nadija Myronjuk	105	132	237
7th	BLR	Yulia Navakovich	110	127	237
8th	CHI	Elizabeth Poblete	091	106	197

Date: August 15, 2005, 3:30 p.m.

12 participants from 11 countries

In August 2016, the Chinese Cao Lei , who had previously been placed first , was convicted in post-doping tests. She was disqualified in January 2017. Third- placed Russian Nadeschda Evstjuchina and fourth-placed Belarusian Iryna Kulescha were also doped. All lost their medals.

Class over 75 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	COR	Jang Mi-ran	140 ( WR )	186 ( WR )	326 ( WR )
2	SAM	Ele Opeloge	119	150	269
3	NGR	Mariam Usman	115	150	265
4th	United States	Cheryl Haworth	115	144	259
5	UKR	Julija Dowhal	118	140	258
6th	OUT	Deborah Lovely	113	135	248
7th	GRE	Victoria Mavridou	105	126	231
8th	BY	Cristina Cornejo	097	128	225
	ESA	Eva Dimas			DNF

Date: August 16, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

11 participants from 10 countries

In August 2016, the world association issued a ban against the second-placed Ukrainian Olha Korobka . She took dehydrochloromethyl testosterone in 2008 . The IOC subsequently disqualified her and rejected the illegally acquired silver medal. The third-placed Kazakh girl Marija Grabowezkaja , who had consumed dehydrochloromethyltestosterone, oxandrolone and stanozolol , was also doped . She was also banned in August 2016.

Quota places

At the 2006 and 2007 World Championships, the individual associations were able to win quota places for competitions in Beijing. The associations can then distribute the quota places won to the individual weight classes, with a maximum of two athletes per weight class. Associations that have not yet achieved a quota position can do so in continental eliminations and, if they are successful, achieve a total of two or one place.

Men

Associations with 6 quota places

•  People's Republic of China
•  Russia
•  Belarus
•  Cuba
•  Bulgaria
•  Poland
•  Colombia

Associations with 5 quota places

•  South Korea
•  Ukraine
•  Kazakhstan
•  Greece
•  Armenia
•  Moldova
•  Azerbaijan

Associations with 4 quota places

•  Germany
•  Egypt
•  Romania
•  Venezuela
•  North Korea
•  Turkey
•  Indonesia

Associations with 3 quota places

•  Thailand
•  Iran
•  Georgia
•  France
•  Japan
•  Italy
•  United States

Women

Associations with 4 quota places

•  People's Republic of China
•  Russia
•  Thailand
•  South Korea
•  Ukraine
•  Colombia
•  Belarus
•  Poland
•  Kazakhstan
•  United States

Associations with 3 quota places

•  Japan
•  Greece
•  North Korea
•  Mexico
•  Venezuela

Associations with 2 quota places

•  Bulgaria
•  Canada
•  Vietnam

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the Olympic Games 2008 (PDF, 27.3 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , August 26, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2018 . 
2. ^ IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , August 31, 2016, accessed September 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Three Olympic champions from 2008 convicted of doping. Sportschau , August 24, 2016, accessed on August 25, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Anti-doping news: Public Disclosures. International Weightlifting Federation , August 24, 2016, accessed September 28, 2016 . 
5. ^ Anti-doping news: Public Disclosures. International Weightlifting Federation , August 16, 2016, accessed September 19, 2016 . 
6. ^ IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. International Olympic Committee , November 25, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Doping: Weightlifter loses silver. Sport1 , July 22, 2016, accessed August 16, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Doping at the 2008 Olympics: China loses three gold medals. Spiegel Online , January 13, 2017, accessed January 13, 2017 . 
9. ↑ London 2012 Olympics: world champion and Games gold medalist weightlifter Nurcan Taylan banned for doping. The Daily Telegraph , June 14, 2012, accessed September 28, 2018 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Beijing follow-up tests: IOC takes action. International Olympic Committee , October 26, 2016, accessed October 29, 2016 . 
11. ^ IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. International Olympic Committee , January 12, 2017, accessed September 28, 2018 . 
12. ↑ She is the greatest profiteer of the doping swamp. Die Welt , August 29, 2016, accessed on August 29, 2016 .