Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg

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Men's 69 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date11–12 August
Competitors30 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Liao Hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Vencelas Dabaya Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Yordanis Borrero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
  2004
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The men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large number of competitors. Group C weightlifters competed at 12:30 on the 11th, Group B competed at 10:00 on the 12th, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the seventh Weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
11 August 200812:30Group C
12 August 200810:00Group B
19:00Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record SnatchFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Markov  (BUL)165 kg Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Guozheng  (CHN)197 kg Qinhuangdao, China 11 September 2003
TotalFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Galabin Boevski  (BUL)357 kg Athens, Greece 24 November 1999
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Georgi Markov  (BUL)165 kg Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
Clean & JerkFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Galabin Boevski  (BUL)196 kg Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000
TotalFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Galabin Boevski  (BUL)357 kg Sydney, Australia 20 September 2000

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Hui  (CHN)A68.97153153158158185185190190348
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Vencelas Dabaya  (FRA)A68.38147151153151187197197187338
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Yordanis Borrero  (CUB)A68.92140145148148171171180180328
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Turan Mirzayev  (AZE)A68.86142146149146181183187181327
5Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Chol-jin  (PRK)A68.64140146150146180180180180326
6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Afgan Bayramov  (AZE)A68.41137142145145175187187175320
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Sitthisak Suphalak  (THA)A68.99141145147147171171175171318
8Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshito Shintani  (JPN)B68.76130130135135170175177175310
9Flag of Egypt.svg  Tarek Yehia  (EGY)B68.87138142142138168172175172310
10Flag of Indonesia.svg  Edi Kurniawan  (INA)B68.85135140140135165170172172307
11Flag of Venezuela.svg  Israel José Rubio  (VEN)B68.23139143143139167171171167306
12Flag of Germany.svg  Artyom Shaloyan  (GER)B68.79130133135135160165171165300
13Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Miguel Pineda  (COL)B68.14127132135132161167170167299
14Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Chinthana Vidanage  (SRI)C68.90120125128128160165168165293
15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Francis Luna-Grenier  (CAN)C68.97125131131131155162167162293
16Flag of Brazil.svg  Welisson Silva  (BRA)C68.92130135138135155162162155290
17Flag of Romania.svg  Răzvan Martin  (ROU)B68.85130135135130158165165158288
18Flag of Cyprus.svg  Dimitris Minasidis  (CYP)C66.32125128132128155155161155283
19Flag of New Zealand.svg  Mark Spooner  (NZL)C68.86123127127123153158161158281
20Flag of Nepal.svg  Kamal Bahadur Adhikari  (NEP)C68.67107114114142154154268
21Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Logona Esau  (TUV)C68.14102107110110138144148144254
22Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Nizom Sangov  (TJK)C66.06110115117115130135138135250
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shi Zhiyong  (CHN)A68.17152152157152
Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandru Roșu  (ROU)B68.91136136141136165165165
Flag of Italy.svg  Giorgio De Luca  (ITA)B68.93131131136131160160160
Flag of Albania.svg  Gert Trasha  (ALB)B68.68136136136
Flag of Colombia.svg  Edwin Mosquera  (COL)B68.59134
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Bae-young  (KOR)A68.67150153155155184186186
DQFlag of Armenia.svg  Tigran Martirosyan  (ARM)A68.90153156156153183185185185338
DQFlag of Moldova.svg  Alexandru Dudoglo  (MDA)B68.68145145148145163168172172317

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