Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Dates	9–19 August
Competitors	255

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.

Events

The Men's 85kg competition on August 15.

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Qualification

Medal summary

The medal records at the 2008 Games have been heavily amended, and will be liable to further amendment, following retests of competitors samples in 2015 and 2016. A significant number of medalists have been disqualified, with more likely to face sanctions as the IOC and IWF processes continue. Some weightlifters who would stand to inherit confiscated medals have also failed retests, and the final destination of several medals remains unclear. The following table has been updated as a result of this. Where a medal has been forfeited, the attached note contains details of the identity of the former medalist, and the reason for the disqualification.

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Long Qingquan  China	Hoàng Anh Tuấn  Vietnam	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
62 kg	Zhang Xiangxiang  China	Diego Salazar  Colombia	Triyatno  Indonesia
69 kg	Liao Hui  China	Vencelas Dabaya  France	Vacant [a]
77 kg	Sa Jae-hyouk  South Korea	Li Hongli  China	Gevorg Davtyan  Armenia
85 kg	Lu Yong  China	Vacant [b]	Tigran V. Martirosyan  Armenia
94 kg	Vacant [c]	Szymon Kołecki  Poland	Vacant [d]
105 kg	Andrei Aramnau  Belarus	Dmitry Klokov  Russia	Vacant [e]
+105 kg	Matthias Steiner  Germany	Evgeny Chigishev  Russia	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Chen Xiexia  China [f]	Vacant [g]	Chen Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei
53 kg	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon  Thailand	Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea	Vacant [h]
58 kg	Chen Yanqing  China	Vacant [i]	O Jong-ae  North Korea
63 kg	Pak Hyon-suk  North Korea	Vacant [j]	Lu Ying-chi  Chinese Taipei
69 kg	Liu Chunhong  China [f]	Oksana Slivenko  Russia	Vacant [k]
75 kg	Cao Lei  China [f]	Alla Vazhenina  Kazakhstan	Vacant [l]
+75 kg	Jang Mi-ran  South Korea	Vacant [m]	Vacant [n]

Notes

• ^{Men's 69 kg} Original bronze medalist Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[1]
• ^{Men's 85 kg} Original silver medalist Andrei Rybakou of Belarus was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[2]
• ^{Men's 94 kg} Original gold medalist Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan was disqualified and stripped of medal by the IOC on 25 November 2016, having tested positive during retests for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. The IWF are to decide on further sanctions.^[3]
• ^{Men's 94 kg} Original bronze medalist Khadzhimurat Akkayev of Russia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[4]
• ^{Men's 105 kg} Original bronze medalist Dmitry Lapikov of Russia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[4]
• ^f Expected to be disqualified for failing post-competition drug re-tests announced on 24 August 2016. Following the IOC’s decisions, the IWF will be in a position to take over the results management of these cases.^[5]
• ^{Women's 48 kg} Original silver medalist Sibel Özkan of Turkey was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. The medals have not as of November 2016 been reallocated.^[6] On 1 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Özkan's final appeal.^[7]
• ^{Women's 53 kg} Original bronze medalist Nastassia Novikava of Belarus was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[2]
• ^{Women's 58 kg} Original silver medalist Marina Shainova of Russia was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[1]
• ^{Women's 63 kg} Original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]
• ^{Women's 69 kg} Original bronze medalist Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]
• ^{Women's 75 kg} Original bronze medalist Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[1]
• ^{Women's +75 kg} Original silver medalist Olha Korobka of Ukraine was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[2]
• ^{Women's +75 kg} Original bronze medalist Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	1	0	9
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	0	3
3	North Korea (PRK)	1	0	1	2
4	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	1	0	0	1
7	Russia (RUS)	0	3	0	3
8	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
13	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	2	2
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	2	2
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
16	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
Total		14	10	8	32

Participating nations

A total of 255 weightlifters from 84 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

References

• International Weightlifting Federation
• Competition Schedule

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