Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Dates	9–19 August 2008
No. of events	15
Competitors	253 from 83 nations
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.

The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.

Qualification

Further information: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	1	0	6
2	South Korea	2	2	0	4
3	Russia	1	2	0	3
4	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	2
	North Korea	1	1	0	2
6	Thailand	1	0	2	3
7	Poland	1	0	1	2
8	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
11	Colombia	0	2	0	2
12	Armenia	0	1	1	2
13	France	0	1	0	1
	Georgia	0	1	0	1
	Samoa	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
18	Cuba	0	0	3	3
	Indonesia	0	0	3	3
20	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		15	15	15	45

Medalists

Men

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

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg [e] details	Chen Wei-ling   Chinese Taipei	Im Jyoung-hwa   South Korea	Pensiri Laosirikul   Thailand
53 kg [g] details	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon   Thailand	Yoon Jin-hee   South Korea	Raema Lisa Rumbewas   Indonesia
58 kg [h] details	Chen Yanqing   China	O Jong-ae   North Korea	Wandee Kameaim   Thailand
63 kg [i] details	Pak Hyon-suk   North Korea	Lu Ying-chi   Chinese Taipei	Christine Girard   Canada
69 kg [j] details	Oxana Slivenko   Russia	Leydi Solís   Colombia	Abeer Abdelrahman   Egypt
75 kg [k] details	Alla Vazhenina   Kazakhstan	Lydia Valentín   Spain	Damaris Aguirre   Mexico
+75 kg [l] details	Jang Mi-ran   South Korea	Ele Opeloge   Samoa	Mariam Usman   Nigeria

• ^{Men's 69 kg} Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. ^[1]
• ^{Men's 85 kg} Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. ^[2]
• ^{Men's 94 kg} Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples. ^{[3] [4]}
• ^{Men's 105 kg} Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. ^[4]
• ^{Women's 48 kg} Chen Xiexia of China and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples. ^{[5] [6] [7]}
• ^{Women's 53 kg} Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. ^[2]
• ^{Women's 58 kg} Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. ^[1]
• ^{Women's 63 kg} Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. ^[4]
• ^{Women's 69 kg} Liu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples. ^{[5] [4]}
• ^{Women's 75 kg} Cao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples. ^{[5] [1]}
• ^{Women's +75 kg} Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples. ^{[2] [4]}

Participating nations

A total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

•   Albania  (3)
•   Algeria  (1)
•   Armenia  (6)
•   Australia  (2)
•   Azerbaijan  (5)
•   Belarus  (10)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Bolivia  (1)
•   Brazil  (1)
•   Cameroon  (1)
•   Canada  (5)
•   Chile  (1)
•   China  (10)
•   Chinese Taipei  (5)
•   Colombia  (9)
•   Cook Islands  (1)
•   Cuba  (6)
•   Cyprus  (1)
•   Czech Republic  (1)
•   Dominican Republic  (2)
•   Ecuador  (2)
•   Egypt  (5)
•   El Salvador  (1)
•   Federated States of Micronesia  (1)
•   Fiji  (1)
•   Finland  (1)
•   France  (4)
•   Georgia  (3)
•   Germany  (5)
•   Great Britain  (1)
•   Greece  (4)
•   Guatemala  (1)
•   Hungary  (1)
•   Indonesia  (5)
•   Iran  (3)
•   Italy  (4)
•   Japan  (6)
•   Kazakhstan  (8)
•   Kiribati  (1)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (1)
•   Latvia  (1)
•   Lithuania  (1)
•   Malaysia  (1)
•   Mauritius  (1)
•   Mexico  (2)
•   Moldova  (5)
•   Monaco  (1)
•   Mongolia  (1)
•   Nauru  (1)
•   Nepal  (1)
•   New Zealand  (2)
•   Nicaragua  (1)
•   Nigeria  (3)
•   North Korea  (7)
•   Norway  (1)
•   Papua New Guinea  (1)
•   Peru  (1)
•   Philippines  (1)
•   Poland  (10)
•   Puerto Rico  (1)
•   Romania  (5)
•   Russia  (10)
•   Samoa  (1)
•   Seychelles  (1)
•   Slovakia  (2)
•   Solomon Islands  (1)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   South Korea  (9)
•   Spain  (2)
•   Sri Lanka  (1)
•   Syria  (1)
•   Tajikistan  (1)
•   Thailand  (7)
•   Tonga  (1)
•   Tunisia  (2)
•   Turkey  (6)
•   Turkmenistan  (2)
•   Tuvalu  (1)
•   Ukraine  (9)
•   United States  (6)
•   Uzbekistan  (2)
•   Venezuela  (7)
•   Vietnam  (2)

References

1. IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
2. IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
3. IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
4. IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
5. IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
6. IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
7. SIBEL ÖZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT, from tas-cas.org, official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Result Book – Weightlifting