2016 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Riocentro
Nations	76
Athletes	260 (156 , 104 )
date	6-16 August 2016
decisions	15th
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At the XXXI. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , 15 weightlifting competitions were held (seven for women and eight for men). The venue was the Riocentro in the Barra da Tijuca district .

Balance sheet

Riocentro

Medal table

space	country				total
1	China	5	2	-	7th
2	Thailand	2	1	1	4th
3	Iran	2	-	-	2
4th	North Korea	1	3	-	4th
5	Kazakhstan	1	1	3	5
6th	Chinese Taipei	1	-	1	2
7th	Georgia	1	-	1	2
8th	Colombia	1	-	1	2
9	Uzbekistan	1	-	-	1
10	Armenia	-	2	-	2
	Indonesia	-	2	-	2
	Belarus	-	2	-	2
13	Philippines	-	1	-	1
	Turkey	-	1	-	1
15th	Egypt	-	-	2	2
16	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Lithuania	-	-	1	1
	Romania	-	-	1	1
	Spain	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 56 kg Long Qingquan Om Yun-chol Sinphet Kruaithong Class up to 62 kg Óscar Figueroa Eko Yuli Irawan Farkhad Kharki Class up to 69 kg Shi Zhiyong Daniyar Ismayilov Luis Javier Mosquera Class up to 77 kg Nishat Rakhimov Lu Xiaojun Mohamed Ihab Class up to 85 kg Kianoush Rostami Tao Tian Denis Ulanow Class up to 94 kg Sohrab Moradi Wadsim Stralzou Aurimas Didžbalis Class up to 105 kg Ruslan Nurudinov Simon Martirosjan Alexander Saitschikow Class over 105 kg Lasha Talachadze Gor Minasjan Irakli Turmanidze

Women competitor gold silver bronze Class up to 48 kg Sopita Tanasan Sri Wahyuni ​​Agustiani Hiromi Miyake Class up to 53 kg Hsu Shu-ching Hidilyn Diaz Yoon Jin-hee Class up to 58 kg Sukanya Srisurat Pimsiri Sirikaew Kuo Hsing-chun Class up to 63 kg Deng Wei Choe Hyo-sim Karina Goricheva Class up to 69 kg Xiang Yanmei Shazira Schapparkul Sara Ahmed Class up to 75 kg Rim Jong-sim Darja Nawumawa Lidia Valentín Class over 75 kg Meng Suping Kim Kuk-hyang Sarah Robles

qualification

260 athletes took part, 156 men and 104 women. Each NOK was allowed to send a maximum of six athletes and four female athletes, with a maximum of two participants from one country per weight class. The quota places of a NOK were determined from the performances at the World Championships in 2014 and 2015 as well as at the Continental Championships in 2016. For this quota, the starting places for 147 men and 98 women were available. In addition, the host country Brazil was allowed to send three athletes and two female athletes. Another ten starters were invited by a commission.

Time schedule

Competitions	August
Women	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.
Class up to 48 kg
Class up to 53 kg
Class up to 58 kg
Class up to 63 kg
Class up to 69 kg
Class up to 75 kg
Class over 75 kg
Men	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.
Class up to 56 kg
Class up to 62 kg
Class up to 69 kg
Class up to 77 kg
Class up to 85 kg
Class up to 94 kg
Class up to 105 kg
Class over 105 kg

Results men

Class up to 56 kg (bantam weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Long Qingquan	137	170 ( OR )	307 ( WR )
2	PRK	Om Yun-chol	134	169	303
3	THA	Sinphet Kruaithong	132	157	289
4th	KAZ	Arli Tschontei	130	148	278
5	VIE	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn	121	154	275
6th	COL	Habib de las Salas	119	147	266
7th	ITA	Mirco Scarantino	115	149	264
8th	DOM	Luis García	118	145	263
9	THA	Witoon Mingmoon	113	148	261
10	GUA	Edgar Pineda	108	143	251

Date: August 7, 2016, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
19 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 62 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	COL	Óscar Figueroa	142	176	318
2	INA	Eko Yuli Irawan	142	170	312
3	KAZ	Farkhad Kharki	135	170	305
4th	JPN	Yoichi Itokazu	133	169	302
5	EGY	Ahmed Saad	133	161	294
6th	PNG	Morea Baru	126	164	290
7th	INA	Muhamad Hasbi	130	160	290
8th	SAM	Vaipava Nevo Ioane	120	161	281
9	COR	Han Myeong-mok	130	150	280
10	ESA	Julio Salamanca	120	155	275

Date: August 8, 2016, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
17 participants from 15 countries

Class up to 69 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Shi Zhiyong	162	190	352
2	DOOR	Daniyar Ismayilov	163	188	351
3	COL	Luis Javier Mosquera	155	183	338
4th	MEX	Bredni Roque	145	181	326
5	ALB	Briken Calja	145	181	326
6th	MDA	Serghei Cechir	144	178	322
7th	FRA	Bernardine Matam	140	180	320
8th	COR	Won Jeong-sik	143	177	320
9	INA	Triyatno	142	175	317
10	ESP	David Sánchez	142	175	317

Participants in group B

Date: August 9, 2016, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
21 participants from 19 countries

The originally third placed Kyrgyz Issat Artykow tested positive for strychnine , whereupon the International Olympic Committee stripped him of the bronze medal.

Class up to 77 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	KAZ	Nishat Rakhimov	165	214 ( WR )	379
2	CHN	Lu Xiaojun	177 ( WR )	202	379
3	EGY	Mohamed Ihab	165	196	361
4th	THA	Chatuphum Chinnawong	165	191	356
5	MDA	Alexandr Spac	155	192	347
6th	COL	Andrés Caicedo	155	191	346
7th	ESP	Andrés Mata	153	190	343
8th	PRK	Choe Jon-wi	153	190	343
9	EGY	Ibrahim Abdelbaki	152	186	338
10	GER	Nico Müller	151	181	332

Date: August 10, 2016, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
13 participants from 13 countries

Class up to 85 kg (light heavy weight)

V. l. To the right: Tao Tian, ​​Kianoush Rostami and Gabriel Sîncrăian

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	IRI	Kianoush Rostami	179	217	396 ( WR )
2	CHN	Tao Tian	178	217 ( OR )	395
3	KAZ	Denis Ulanow	175	215	390
4th	UKR	Oleksandr Pyeljeschenko	175	210	385
6th	BLR	Pyotr Assajonak	170	207	377
6th	BLR	Pavel Chadasevich	170	195	365
7th	QAT	Faris Ibrahim	158	203	361
8th	FRA	Giovanni Bardis	165	192	357
9	FRA	Benjamin Hennequin	155	195	350
10	CUB	Yoelmis Hernández	150	200	350

Date: August 12, 2016, 10:00 a.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
24 participants from 22 countries

The Romanian weightlifter Gabriel Sîncrăian , who won bronze, was disqualified for doping offenses in December 2016 and lost his medal.

Class up to 94 kg (medium weight)

V. l. To the right: Vadzim Straltsou, Sohrab Moradi and Aurimas Didžbalis

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	IRI	Sohrab Moradi	182	221	403
2	BLR	Wadsim Stralzou	175	220	395
3	LTU	Aurimas Didžbalis	177	215	392
4th	THA	Sarat Sumpradit	177	213	390
5	EGY	Ragab Abdelhay	174	213	387
6th	UKR	Dmytro Tschumak	174	213	387
7th	IRI	Ali Hashemi	173	210	383
8th	BLR	Aljaksandr Bjarsanau	173	208	381
9	UKR	Volodymyr Hosa	170	205	375
10	PRK	Han-woong Park	165	202	367

Date: August 13, 2016, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
20 participants from 17 countries

Class up to 105 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	UZB	Ruslan Nurudinov	194	237 ( OR )	431
2	POOR	Simon Martirosjan	190	227	417
3	KAZ	Alexander Saitschikow	193	223	416
4th	CHN	Yang Zhe	190	225	415
5	UZB	Ivan Efremov	194	220	414
6th	IRI	Mohammad Reza Barari	186	220	406
7th	POLE	Arkadiusz Michalski	179	221	400
8th	LAT	Artūrs Plēsnieks	181	218	399
9	IRQ	Salvan Jassim Abbood	180	214	394
10	GER	Jürgen Spieß	170	220	390

Date: August 15, 2016, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
16 participants from 14 countries

Class over 105 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	GEO	Lasha Talachadze	215	258	473 ( WR )
2	POOR	Gor Minasjan	210	241	451
3	GEO	Irakli Turmanidze	207	241	448
4th	POOR	Ruben Aleksanyan	195	245	440
5	BRA	Fernando Reis	195	240	435
6th	UZB	Rustam Jangaboyev	195	237	432
7th	EST	Mart Seim	187	243	430
8th	CZE	Jiří Orság	185	240	425
9	GER	Almir Velagic	188	232	420
10	HUN	Péter Nagy	193	227	420
16	GER	Alexei Prokhorov	180	215	395

Lascha Talachadze at the gold medal

Date: August 16, 2016, 3:30 p.m. (group B) / 7:00 p.m. (group A)
23 participants from 19 countries

Results women

Class up to 48 kg (fly weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	THA	Sopita Tanasan	92	108	200
2	INA	Sri Wahyuni ​​Agustiani	85	107	192
3	JPN	Hiromi Miyake	81	107	188
4th	DOM	Beatriz Pirón	85	102	187
5	KAZ	Margarita Yelisseyeva	80	106	186
6th	United States	Morghan King	83	100	183
7th	TPE	Chen Wei-Ling	81	100	181
8th	UKR	Julia Paratova	84	095	179
9	MRI	Roilya Ranaivosoa	80	093	173
10	KGZ	Dschanyl Okayeva	72	097	169

Date: August 6, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
12 participants from 12 countries

Class up to 53 kg (feather weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	TPE	Hsu Shu-ching	100	112	212
2	PHI	Hidilyn Diaz	088	112	200
3	COR	Yoon Jin-hee	088	111	199
4th	LAT	Rebeka Koha	090	107	197
5	BRA	Pink Santos	090	103	193
6th	JPN	Kanae Yagi	081	105	186
7th	INA	Dewi Safitri	080	105	185
8th	ALB	Evagjelia Veli	075	090	165
9	PURE	Lely Burgos	072	090	162
10	NCA	Scarleth Mercado	066	089	155

Date: August 7, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
13 participants from 13 countries

Class up to 58 kg (lightweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	THA	Sukanya Srisurat	110 ( OR )	130	240
2	THA	Pimsiri Sirikaew	102	130	232
3	TPE	Kuo Hsing-chun	102	129	231
4th	ECU	Alexandra Escobar	100	123	223
5	JPN	Mikiko Ando	094	124	218
6th	DOM	Yuderqui Contreras	100	117	217
7th	COL	Lina Rivas	096	120	216
8th	MEX	Patricia Domínguez	096	115	211
9	VEN	Yusleidy Figueroa	085	116	201
10	GER	Sabine Kusterer	090	110	200

Date: August 8, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
15 participants from 15 countries

Class up to 63 kg (middle weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Deng Wei	115	147 ( WR )	262 ( WR )
2	PRK	Choe Hyo-sim	105	143	248
3	KAZ	Karina Goricheva	111	132	243
4th	COL	Mercedes Pérez	104	130	234
5	MEX	Eva Gurrola Ortiz	100	120	220
6th	ITA	Giorgia Bordignon	098	119	217
7th	EGY	Esraa El-Sayed	100	116	216
8th	CUB	Marina Rodríguez	094	121	215
9	JPN	Namika Matsumoto	090	115	205
10	FIN	Anni Vuohijoki	085	107	192

Date: August 9, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
14 participants from 14 countries

Class up to 69 kg (light heavy weight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Xiang Yanmei	116	145	261
2	KAZ	Shazira Schapparkul	115	144	259
3	EGY	Sara Ahmed	112	143	255
4th	COL	Leydi Solís	110	143	253
5	POOR	Nasik Avdalyan	107	135	242
6th	ECU	Neisi Dajomes	105	132	242
7th	BLR	Darja Pachabut	107	130	237
8th	MGL	Mönchjantsangiin Anchtsetseg	106	131	237
9	CAN	Marie-Ève ​​Beauchemin-Nadeau	098	130	228
10	GBR	Rebekah Tiler	101	126	227

Date: August 10, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
17 participants from 16 countries

Class up to 75 kg (heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	PRK	Rim Jong-sim	121	153	274
2	BLR	Darja Nawumawa	116	142	258
3	ESP	Lidia Valentín	116	141	257
4th	COL	Ubaldina Valoyes	111	136	247
5	UKR	Iryna Decha	114	133	247
6th	United States	Jenny Arthur	107	135	242
7th	CHI	María Fernanda Valdés	107	135	242
8th	FRA	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke	102	135	237
9	MEX	Alejandra Garza	102	135	237
10	POOR	Sona Poghosjan	097	126	223

Date: August 12, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
15 participants from 15 countries

Class over 75 kg (super heavyweight)

space	country	athlete	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)	Total (kg)
1	CHN	Meng Suping	130	177	307
2	PRK	Kim Kuk-hyang	131	175	306
3	United States	Sarah Robles	126	160	286
4th	EGY	Shaimaa Haridy	117	161	278
5	COR	Lee Hui-sol	122	153	275
6th	COR	Son Young-hee	118	155	273
7th	VEN	Yaniuska Espinosa	121	152	273
8th	ROME	Andreea Aanei	120	145	265
9	NGR	Mariam Usman	115	150	265
10	UKR	Anastassija Lysenko	117	146	263

Date: August 14, 2016, 12:30 p.m. (group B) / 3:30 p.m. (group A)
16 participants from 14 countries

doping

• Because of repeated doping cases , the world association IMF decided in November 2015 to exclude Bulgaria from the Olympic Games in Rio. In addition, a qualification place was deleted from the Romanian association.
• The Kyrgyz weightlifter Issat Artykow (weight class up to 69 kg) was convicted of doping during the Olympic Games. Traces of strychnine were found during a doping control . Artykow had to surrender the bronze medal he had won; the Colombian Luis Javier Mosquera moved up as fourth in the competition.

Web links

Commons : Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD - RIO 2016 rio2016.com
2. ↑ Olympic Weightlifting. Retrieved August 6, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Weightlifter loses medal for doping. Die Zeit , August 18, 2016, accessed on September 27, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Doping: Boxer Alojan and weightlifter Sincraian lose Olympic medals. Die Zeit , December 8, 2016, accessed on September 27, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Bulgaria's weightlifter not in Rio spox.com November 19, 2015
6. ↑ Kyrgyzstan convicted of doping - weightlifter has to surrender Olympic bronze. In: tagesschau.de. August 18, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 .