2000 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the XXVII. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Sydney
Competition venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center
Nations	76
Athletes	246 (85 women, 161 men)
date	16.-26. September 2000
decisions	15th
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At the XXVII. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , 15 weightlifting competitions were held. The venue was the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center on Darling Harbor . For the first time, there were seven competitions for women on the program, while two weight classes were canceled for men.

Balance sheet

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center

Medal table

space	country				total
1	China	5	1	1	7th
2	Greece	2	2	1	5
3	Iran	2	-	-	2
4th	Bulgaria	1	2	-	3
5	United States	1	-	1	2
6th	Colombia	1	-	-	1
	Croatia	1	-	-	1
	Mexico	1	-	-	1
	Turkey	1	-	-	1
10	Germany	-	2	-	2
	Poland	-	2	-	2
12	Indonesia	-	1	2	3
	Russia	-	1	2	3
14th	Chinese Taipei	-	1	1	2
15th	Nigeria	-	1	-	1
	North Korea	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
18th	Belarus	-	-	2	2
19th	Armenia	-	-	1	1
	Georgia	-	-	1	1
	India	-	-	1	1
	Qatar	-	-	1	1
	Thailand	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 56 kg Halil Mutlu Wu Wenxiong Zhang Xiangxiang Class up to 62 kg Nikolaj Pešalov Leonidas Sampanis Hennadij Oleschchuk Class up to 69 kg Galabin Boewski Georgi Markov Sergei Lavrenov Class up to 77 kg Zhan Xugang Viktor Mitrou Arsen Melikjan Class up to 85 kg Pyrros Dimas Marc Huster Giorgi Assanidze Class up to 94 kg Akakios Kachiasvilis Szymon Kołecki Alexei Petrov Class up to 105 kg Hossein Tavakoli Alan Zagaew Said Saif Asaad Class over 105 kg Hossein Rezazadeh Ronny Weller Andrei Tschemerkin

Women competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 48 kg Tara Nott Raema Lisa Rumbewas Sri Indriyani Class up to 53 kg Yang Xia Feng-Ying Li Winarni Binti Slamet Class up to 58 kg Soraya Jimenez Ri Song-hui Khassaraporn Suta Class up to 63 kg Chen Xiaomin Valentina Popova Ionna Chatziioannou Class up to 69 kg Lin Weining Erzsébet Markus Karnam Malleswari Class up to 75 kg María Isabel Urrutia Ruth Ogbeifo Yi-Hang Kuo Class over 75 kg Ding Meiyuan Agata Wróbel Cheryl Haworth

Results men

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	DOOR	Halil Mutlu	137.5 kg ( WR )	167.5	305.0 ( WR )
2	CHN	Wu Wenxiong	125.0	162.5	287.5
3	CHN	Zhang Xiangxiang	125.0	162.5	287.5
4th	TPE	Wang Shin-yuan	125.0	160.0	285.0
5	CUB	Sergio Álvarez	120.0	155.0	275.0
6th	ROME	Adrian Jigau	122.5	152.5	275.0
7th	BLR	Vitaly Dzerbianiou	125.0	150.0	275.0
8th	TPE	Yang Chin-yi	120.0	150.0	270.0
9	UKR	Oleksandr Likhvald	120.0	150.0	270.0
10	COR	Hwang Kyu-dong	115.0	152.5	267.5

Date: September 16, 2000
22 participants from 19 countries

The originally runner-up Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov reached 292.5 kg, but tested positive for furosemide .

Class up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CRO	Nikolaj Pešalov	150.0 ( OR )	175.0	325.0 ( OR )
2	GRE	Leonidas Sampanis	147.5	170.0	317.5
3	BLR	Gennady Oleschchuk	140.0	177.5	317.5
4th	CHN	Le Maosheng	140.0	175.0	315.0
5	IRI	Mehdi Panzvan	140.0	162.5	302.5
6th	JPN	Hiroshi Ikehata	135.0	165.0	300.0
7th	MDA	Vladimir Popov	135.0	160.0	295.0
8th	AZE	Elkan Suleymanov	130.0	162.5	292.5
9	OUT	Yurik Sarkisyan	125.0	165.0	290.0
10	HUN	Zoltan Farkas	132.5	155.0	287.5

Date: September 17th, 2000
21 participants from 21 countries

The original bronze medalist Sevdalin Mintschew from Bulgaria tested positive for diuretics .

Class up to 69 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	BUL	Galabin Boewski	161.0	196.5 ( WR )	357.5 ( WR )
2	BUL	Georgi Markov	165.0 ( WR )	187.5	352.5
3	BLR	Sergei Lavrenov	157.5	182.5	340.0
4th	CHN	Zhang Guozheng	152.5	185.0	337.5
5	POOR	Rudik Petrosian	147.5	187.5	335.0
6th	GRE	Valerios Leonidis	145.0	185.0	330.0
7th	COR	Lee Bae-young	142.5	187.5	330.0
8th	COR	Kim Hak-bong	147.5	182.5	330.0
9	AZE	Turan Mirsojew	147.5	180.0	327.5
10	TO DO	Youssef Sbai	142.5	177.5	320.0

Date: September 20, 2000
17 participants from 15 countries

Class up to 77 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Zhan Xugang	160.0	207.5	367.5
2	GRE	Viktor Mitrou	165.0	202.5	367.5
3	POOR	Arsen Melikjan	167.5	197.5	365.0
4th	KAZ	Sergei Filimonov	167.5	195.0	362.5
5	ALB	Ilirjan Suli	162.5	192.5	355.0
6th	PRK	Jon Chol-ho	162.5	190.0	352.5
7th	GER	Ingo Steinhöfel	160.0	190.0	350.0
8th	UKR	Dmytro Hnidenko	160.0	190.0	350.0
9	CUB	Idalberto Aranda	150.0	200.0	350.0
10	DOOR	Mehmet Yılmaz	160.0	187.5	347.5

Date: September 22nd, 2000
17 participants from 15 countries

Class up to 85 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GRE	Pyrros Dimas	175.0	215.0	390.0
2	GER	Marc Huster	177.5	212.5	390.0
3	GEO	Giorgi Assanidze	180.0	210.0	390.0
4th	POLE	Krzysztof Siemion	167.5	212.5	380.0
5	POOR	Gagik Khachatriyan	175.0	205.0	380.0
6th	OUT	Sergo Chakhoyan	175.0	202.5	377.5
7th	GRE	Christos Spyrou	170.0	205.0	375.0
8th	CUB	Ernesto Quiroga	165.0	210.0	375.0
9	POLE	Mariusz Rytkowski	170.0	200.0	370.0
10	ROME	Valeriu Calancea	160.0	205.0	365.0

Date: September 23, 2000
20 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 94 kg (medium weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GRE	Akakios Kachiasvilis	185.0	220.0	405.0
2	POLE	Szymon Kołecki	182.5	222.5	405.0
3	RUS	Alexei Petrov	180.0	222.5	402.5
4th	IRI	Kourosh Bagheri	187.5	215.0	402.5
5	MDA	Vadim Vacarciuc	177.5	220.0	397.5
6th	HUN	Zoltán Kovács	180.0	217.5	397.5
7th	DOOR	Bünyamin Sudaş	177.5	215.0	392.5
8th	VEN	Julio Luna	177.5	215.0	392.5
9	CUB	Michel Batista	175.0	210.0	385.0
10	OUT	Aleksander Karapetyan	175.0	207.5	382.5
17th	GER	Lars Betker	165.0	200.0	365.0

Date: September 24th, 2000
19 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 105 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	IRN	Hossein Tavakoli	190.0	235.0	425.0
2	BUL	Alan Zagaew	187.5	235.0	422.5
3	QAT	Said Saif Asaad	190.0	230.0	420.0
4th	UKR	Ihor Razoronov	192.5	227.5	420.0
5	RUS	Yevgeny Chigishev	190.0	225.0	415.0
6th	MDA	Alexandru Bratan	190.0	220.0	410.0
7th	ROME	Florin Vlad	180.0	225.0	405.0
8th	POLE	Grzegorz Kleszcz	185.0	220.0	405.0
9	POLE	Mariusz Jędra	175.0	215.0	390.0
10	ECU	Boris Burov	182.5	205.0	387.5

Date: September 25, 2000
21 participants from 18 countries

Class over 105 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	IRN	Hossein Rezazadeh	212.5 ( WR )	260.0	472.5 ( WR )
2	GER	Ronny Weller	210.0	257.5	467.5
3	RUS	Andrei Tschemerkin	202.0	260.0	462.5
4th	QAT	Jaber Saeed Salem	205.0	255.0	460.0
5	COR	Kim Tae-hyun	200.0	260.0	460.0
6th	LAT	Viktor Ščerbatihs	202.5	250.0	452.5
7th	POLE	Paweł Najdek	185.0	240.0	425.0
8th	HUN	Tibor Stark	195.0	230.0	425.0
9	UKR	Hennadiy Krasylnykov	190.0	230.0	420.0
10	United States	Shane Hamman	195.0	225.0	420.0

Date: September 26th, 2000
24 participants from 21 countries

The original bronze medalist Aschot Danieljan from Armenia tested positive for stanozolol .

Results women

Class up to 48 kg (fly weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	United States	Tara Nott	82.5	102.5	185.0
2	INA	Raema Lisa Rumbewas	80.0	105.0	185.0
3	INA	Sri Indriyani	82.5	100.0	182.5
4th	MYA	Kay Thi Win	80.0	100.0	180.0
5	United States	Robin Goad	77.5	100.0	177.5
6th	JPN	Kaori Niyanagi	75.0	100.0	175.0
7th	ITA	Eva Giganti	77.5	092.5	170.0
8th	FRA	Sabrina Richard	70.0	087.5	157.5
9	BRA	Maria Elisabete Jorge	60.0	075.0	135.0
10	PNG	Dika Toua	50.0	067.5	117.5

Date: September 17th, 2000
12 participants from 9 countries

After the original winner, Bulgarian Isabela Dragnewa , was convicted of doping, she had to return her gold medal.

Class up to 53 kg (feather weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Yang Xia	100.0 ( WR )	125.0 ( WR )	225.0 ( WR )
2	TPE	Feng-Ying Li	097.5	115.0	212.5
3	INA	Winarni Binti Slamet	090.0	112.5	202.5
4th	NGR	Franca Gbodo	085.0	110.0	195.0
5	MYA	Swe Swe Win	085.0	110.0	195.0
6th	IND	Sanamacha Chanu	085.0	110.0	195.0
7th	JPN	Mari Nakaga	077.5	105.0	182.5
8th	ROME	Marioara Munteanu	082.5	097.5	180.0
9	VEN	Karla Fernández	080.0	095.0	175.0
10	AZE	Tarana Abbasova	075.0	090.0	165.0

Date: September 18, 2000
10 participants from 10 countries

Class up to 58 kg (lightweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	MEX	Soraya Jimenez	95.0	127.5	222.5
2	PRK	Ri Song-hui	97.5	122.5	220.0
3	THA	Khassaraporn Suta	92.5	117.5	210.0
4th	CAN	Maryse Turcotte	90.0	115.0	205.0
5	POLE	Aleksandra Klejnowska	90.0	112.5	202.5
6th	MYA	Khin Moe Nwe	90.0	110.0	200.0
7th	UKR	Natalija Skakun	85.0	112.5	197.5
8th	BLR	Hanna Baziuschka	90.0	107.5	197.5
9	SVK	Dagmar Daneková	82.5	105.0	187.5
10	OUT	Natasha Barker	77.5	102.5	180.0

Date: September 18, 2000
17 participants from 16 countries

Class up to 63 kg (middle weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Chen Xiaomin	112.5 ( WR )	130.0	242.5 ( WR )
2	RUS	Valentina Popova	107.5	127.5	235.0
3	GRE	Ionna Chatziioannou	097.5	125.0	222.5
4th	THA	Saipin Detsaeng	102.5	120.0	222.5
5	PRK	Kim Yong-ok	090.0	115.0	205.0
6th	OUT	Amanda Phillips	082.5	107.5	190.0
7th	ESP	Josefa Perez	085.0	105.5	187.5
8th	ARG	Nora Köppel	080.0	102.5	182.5
9	FIJ	Kesaia Tawai	075.0	090.0	165.0

Date: September 19, 2000
9 participants from 9 countries

Class up to 69 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Lin Weining	110.0	132.5	242.5
2	HUN	Erzsébet Markus	112.5 ( WR )	130.0	242.5
3	IND	Karnam Malleswari	110.0	130.0	240.0
4th	BUL	Milena Trendafilova	100.0	132.5	232.5
5	BUL	Daniela Kerkelowa	100.0	132.5	232.5
6th	RUS	Irina Kassimova	100.0	130.0	230.0
7th	THA	Pawina Thongsuk	100.0	125.0	225.0
8th	POLE	Beata Prei	100.0	125.0	225.0
9	OUT	Michelle Kettner	100.0	122.5	222.5
10	THA	Aphinya Pharksupho	102.5	120.0	222.5

Date: September 19, 2000
15 participants from 13 countries

Class up to 75 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	COL	María Isabel Urrutia	110.0	135.0	245.0
2	NGR	Ruth Ogbeifo	105.0	140.0	245.0
3	TPE	Yi-Hang Kuo	107.5	137.5	245.0
4th	COR	Kim Soon-hee	105.0	135.0	240.0
5	HUN	Gyöngyi Likerecz	105.0	122.5	227.5
6th	RUS	Svetlana Chabirova	102.5	125.0	227.5
7th	United States	Cara Heads	102.5	120.0	222.5
8th	DOM	Wanda Rijo	095.0	120.0	215.0
9	ESP	Mónica Carrió	095.0	110.0	205.0

Date: September 20, 2000
11 participants from 11 countries

Class over 75 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	sportswoman	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Ding Meiyuan	135.0 ( WR )	165.0 ( WR )	300.0 ( WR )
2	POLE	Agata Wróbel	132.5	162.5	295.0
3	United States	Cheryl Haworth	125.0	145.0	270.0
4th	COL	Carmenza Delgado	115.0	145.0	260.0
5	NGR	Helen Idahosa	110.0	140.0	250.0
6th	GER	Monique Riesterer	112.5	132.5	245.0
7th	COR	Moon Kyung-ae	110.0	135.0	245.0
8th	NZL	Olivia Baker	105.0	130.0	235.0
9	HUN	Melinda Szik	107.5	127.5	235.0
10	NRU	Sheeva Peo	097.5	122.5	220.0

Date: September 22, 2000
11 participants from 11 countries

doping

The Bulgarians Iwan Iwanow (bantamweight) and Sewdalin Mintschew , the Armenian Aschot Danieljan , the Norwegian Stian Grimseth and the Bulgarian Isabela Dragnewa were disqualified for doping .

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2000 Summer Games (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bulgarian lifters sent home. BBC Sports , September 22, 2000, accessed April 21, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Armenian Lifter Is Stripped Of Bronze. The Washington Post , October 1, 2000, accessed April 21, 2018 . 
3. ^ Drug-Related Disqualifications in Men's Weightlifting at Summer Olympics , chidlovski.net
4. ^ Doping Irregularities at the Olympics , sports-reference.com