2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Middleweight (Men)

sport	Weightlifting
competition	Class up to 77 kg
gender	Men
place	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London
Attendees	12 athletes from 11 countries
date	August 1, 2012
Medals	Lü Xiaojun ( CHN ) Lu Haojie ( CHN ) Iván Cambar ( CUB )

The weightlifting of men in the class up to 77 kg (middleweight) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on August 1, 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Center . 12 athletes from 11 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 holder

World Champion	Tear	Lu Xiaojun	170 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Bump	Su Dajin	206 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Duel	Lu Xiaojun	375 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
Olympic champion	Duel	Sa Jae-hyouk	366 kg	Beijing 2008

Existing records

World record	Tear	Lu Xiaojun	174 kg	Goyang , South Korea	November 24, 2009
	Bump	Oleg Perepechonov	210 kg	Trenčín , Slovakia	April 27, 2001
	Duel	Lu Xiaojun	378 kg	Goyang , South Korea	November 24, 2009
Olympic record	Tear	Taner Sağır	172 kg	Athens , Greece	August 19, 2004
	Bump	Zhan Xugang	196 kg	Sydney , Australia	September 20, 2000
	Duel	Taner Sağır	375 kg	Athens , Greece	August 19, 2004

Time schedule

• Group A: August 1st, 2012, 10:00 AM
• Group B: August 1st, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Bottom line

space	country	athlete	group	Body weight	Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				Duel
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01	CHN	Lu Xiaojun	A.	76.62	170	175	177	175	195	204	204	204	379
02	CHN	Lu Haojie	A.	76.37	170	175	-	170	190	191	-	190	360
03	CUB	Iván Cambar	A.	76.70	150	155	160	155	190	194	-	194	349
04th	THA	Chatuphum Chinnawong	A.	76.64	157	161	162	157	191	195	195	191	348
05	EGY	Ibrahim Ramadan	A.	76.79	150	155	155	155	192	192	197	192	347
06th	ESP	Andrés Mata	B.	76.93	145	150	153	150	183	188	190	188	338
07th	POLE	Krzysztof Zwarycz	A.	76.97	150	153	154	150	182	182	189	182	332
08th	NGR	Felix Ekpo	B.	76.23	146	151	151	151	180	188	188	180	331
09	KAZ	Kirill Pavlov	B.	76.77	138	143	147	147	165	175	175	175	322
10	GBR	Jack Oliver	B.	76.45	135	135	140	140	160	165	170	170	310
11	SAM	Toafitu Perive	B.	75.95	117	122	125	122	157	163	167	167	289
-	COR	Sa Jae-hyouk	A.	76.56	158	162	-	158	-	-	-	-	DNF

• The Albanian Hysen Pulaku was disqualified for doping before the competition. He had tested positive for the steroid stanozolol .
• The Armenian Geworg Dawtjan , bronze medalist from 2008, had to be excluded from the competition because of too high body weight.
• Another Armenian, Tigran Martirosjan , had to pass with a back injury.
• Defending champion Sa Jae-hyouk from South Korea had to abandon the competition when he dislocated his elbow in the second attempt to tear .

New records

Tear	175 kg	Lu Xiaojun	WR
Duel	379 kg	Lu Xiaojun	WR

Web links

• Official results , International Weightlifting Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olympic drugs test: Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku banned. British Broadcasting Corporation , July 28, 2012, accessed October 29, 2013 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Weightlifting at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight. Sports-reference.com, 2012, accessed October 29, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Armenia's weightlifter could win gold in Olympics. news.am, August 16, 2012, accessed on October 29, 2013 .