2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Heavyweight (Women)

sport	Weightlifting
competition	Class up to 75 kg
gender	Women
place	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London
Attendees	13 female athletes from 12 countries
date	August 3, 2012
Medals	Lidia Valentín ( ESP ) Abir Abdelrahman ( EGY ) Madias Nzesso ( CMR )

The weightlifting of women in the class up to 75 kg (heavyweight) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on August 3, 2012 at the EcCeL Exhibition Center . 13 athletes from 12 countries competed.

The competition consisted of two parts: tearing (Snatch) and pushing (Clean and Jerk) . The participants started in two groups in the snatch, in which they had three attempts. Whoever remained without a valid attempt was eliminated. Each starter again had three attempts in pushing. The athlete with the highest aggregate weight won. In the event of a tie, lower body weight was decisive.

Title holders

world champion	Tear	Svetlana Podobedowa	131 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Bump	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	163 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Duel	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	293 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
Olympic Champion	Duel	Alla Waschenina	266 kg	Beijing 2008

Existing records

World record	Tear	Natalia Sabolotnaya	135 kg	Belgorod , Russia	December 17, 2011
	Bump	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	163 kg	Paris , France	November 10, 2011
	Duel	Natalia Sabolotnaya	296 kg	Belgorod , Russia	December 17, 2011
Olympic record	Tear	Natalia Sabolotnaya	125 kg	Athens , Greece	August 20, 2004
	Bump	Pawina Thongsuk	150 kg	Athens , Greece	August 20, 2004
	Duel	Natalia Sabolotnaya	272 kg	Athens , Greece	August 20, 2004

Time schedule

• Group B: August 3, 2012, 12:30 p.m.
• Group A: August 3, 2012, 3:30 p.m.

Bottom line

space	country	Athlete	group	Body weight	Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				total
					1	2	3	total	1	2	3	total
1	ESP	Lidia Valentín	A.	74.39	115	115	120	120	140	145	148	145	265
2	EGY	Abir Abdelrahman	A.	74.60	112	116	118	118	140	148	151	140	258
3	CMR	Madias Nzesso	B.	74.55	105	110	115	115	131	136	140	131	246
4th	POLE	Ewa Mizdal	A.	70.58	100	102	104	104	127	132	133	127	231
5	BRA	Jaqueline Ferreira	B.	74.12	095	100	102	102	121	126	128	128	230
6th	CHI	María Fernanda Valdés	B.	74.70	096	100	100	096	120	127	131	127	223
7th	COR	Lim Ji-hye	B.	74.81	097	102	103	097	125	126	132	126	223
8th	SYR	Thuraia Sobh	B.	73.36	080	086	091	086	105	113	115	115	201
9	UAE	Khadija Mohammed	B.	74.72	047	051	053	051	053	058	062	062	113
	RUS	Nadezhda Evstyukhina	A.	74.23	125	125	125	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
	KAZ	Svetlana Podobedowa	A.	74.58	126	126	130	-	150	156	161	-	DSQ
	RUS	Natalia Sabolotnaya	A.	74.80	125	128	131	-	147	155	160	-	DSQ
	BLR	Irina Kulescha	A.	74.95	116	121	125	-	140	145	148	-	DSQ

In August 2016, the third-placed Belarusian Irina Kulescha was convicted of doping fraud with dehydrochloromethyltestosterone . The first-placed Kazakh Svetlana Podobedowa and the second-placed Russian Natalja Sabolotnaja were also doped. The originally fourth-placed Spaniard Lidia Valentín moved up as Olympic champion.

Picture gallery

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  The doped "Olympic champion" Svetlana Podobedowa (KAZ)

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  Natalja Sabolotnaja (RUS) was also doped

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  Doperin Irina Kulescha (BLR) during the games

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  Lidia Valentín (ESP), who took 4th place, was subsequently declared Olympic champion

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  The Egyptian Abir Abdelrahman took 5th place, later she inherited silver

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  Ewa Mizdal (POL), 7th place (later 4th place)

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  Nadeschda Evstjuchina (RUS) failed to make a valid attempt in the tear

Web links

• Official results , International Weightlifting Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doping at the 2008 Olympics: Another 15 weightlifters tested positive. Spiegel Online , August 24, 2016, accessed September 27, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Gunnar Meinhardt : Weightlifting: She is the greatest profiteer of the doping swamp. welt.de , August 29, 2016, accessed on September 27, 2018 .