2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships

The 2008 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at Ishikawa Sports Center in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture Japan between April 26 and May 5 2008. It was the 39th men's and 20th women's championship. Much of the responsibility for the event lay with the Japan Weightlifting Association overlooked by the Asian Weightlifting Federation. The event had major significance for Asian weightlifters as the championships were the official qualifications for Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

## Medal summary[edit]

### Men[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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56 kg
Snatch  | Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Vietnam | 126 kg  | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim
Malaysia | 121 kg  | Chen Biao
China | 120 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Wu Jingbiao
China | 154 kg  | Chen Biao
China | 153 kg  | Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Vietnam | 153 kg
Total  | Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Vietnam | 279 kg  | Wu Jingbiao
China | 274 kg  | Chen Biao
China | 273 kg
62 kg
Snatch  | Zhang Jie
China | 147 kg  | Ümürbek Bazarbaýew
Turkmenistan | 136 kg  | Eko Yuli Irawan
Indonesia | 135 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Zhang Jie
China | 179 kg  | Eko Yuli Irawan
Indonesia | 170 kg  | Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow
Turkmenistan | 163 kg
Total  | Zhang Jie
China | 326 kg
WR | Eko Yuli Irawan
Indonesia | 305 kg  | Ümürbek Bazarbaýew
Turkmenistan | 296 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Tang Fei
China | 140 kg  | Kim Yoon-han
South Korea | 138 kg  | Kuanysh Rakhatov
Kazakhstan | 137 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Tang Fei
China | 177 kg  | Yoshito Shintani
Japan | 176 kg  | Edi Kurniawan
Indonesia | 170 kg
Total  | Tang Fei
China | 317 kg  | Yoshito Shintani
Japan | 306 kg  | Edi Kurniawan
Indonesia | 305 kg
77 kg
Snatch  | Lü Xiaojun
China | 158 kg  | Lu Changliang
China | 152 kg  | Sohrab Moradi
Iran | 146 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Lu Changliang
China | 195 kg  | Lü Xiaojun
China | 188 kg  | Kraisorn Dadtuyawat
Thailand | 180 kg
Total  | Lu Changliang
China | 347 kg  | Lü Xiaojun
China | 346 kg  | Sohrab Moradi
Iran | 325 kg
85 kg
Snatch  | Lee Se-won
South Korea | 162 kg  | Zhang Shichong
China | 160 kg  | Ulanbek Moldodosov
Kyrgyzstan | 158 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Zhang Shichong
China | 200 kg  | Ulanbek Moldodosov
Kyrgyzstan | 192 kg  | Mansurbek Chashemov
Uzbekistan | 191 kg
Total  | Zhang Shichong
China | 360 kg  | Lee Se-won
South Korea | 350 kg  | Ulanbek Moldodosov
Kyrgyzstan | 350 kg
94 kg
Snatch  | Asghar Ebrahimi
Iran | 180 kg  | Miskander Momynbekov
Kyrgyzstan | 167 kg  | Suthiphon Watthanakasikam
Thailand | 161 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Asghar Ebrahimi
Iran | 205 kg  | Song Jong-shik
South Korea | 200 kg  | Hsieh Wei-chun
Chinese Taipei | 199 kg
Total  | Asghar Ebrahimi
Iran | 385 kg  | Hsieh Wei-chun
Chinese Taipei | 357 kg  | Almas Uteshov
Kazakhstan | 355 kg
105 kg
Snatch  | Niti Khameiam
Thailand | 157 kg  | Aleksei Dudin
Kyrgyzstan | 156 kg  | Ramzi Al-Mahrous
Saudi Arabia | 150 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Niti Khameiam
Thailand | 191 kg  | Aleksei Dudin
Kyrgyzstan | 190 kg  | Ramzi Al-Mahrous
Saudi Arabia | 180 kg
Total  | Niti Khameiam
Thailand | 348 kg  | Aleksei Dudin
Kyrgyzstan | 346 kg  | Ramzi Al-Mahrous
Saudi Arabia | 330 kg
+105 kg
Snatch  | Rashid Sharifi
Iran | 190 kg  | Mohammad Salehi
Iran | 185 kg  | Kazuomi Ota
Japan | 175 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Rashid Sharifi
Iran | 236 kg  | Mohammad Salehi
Iran | 235 kg  | Mohammad Ali
Syria | 210 kg
Total  | Rashid Sharifi
Iran | 426 kg  | Mohammad Salehi
Iran | 420 kg  | Kazuomi Ota
Japan | 385 kg

### Women[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
Snatch  | Wang Mingjuan
China | 87 kg  | Ngô Thị Nga
Vietnam | 83 kg  | Shoko Sumida
Japan | 78 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Wang Mingjuan
China | 101 kg  | Ngô Thị Nga
Vietnam | 95 kg  | Shoko Sumida
Japan | 92 kg
Total  | Wang Mingjuan
China | 188 kg  | Ngô Thị Nga
Vietnam | 178 kg  | Shoko Sumida
Japan | 170 kg
53 kg
Snatch  | Suda Chaleephay
Thailand | 93 kg  | Raema Lisa Rumbewas
Indonesia | 91 kg  | Cen Lijuan
China | 91 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Cen Lijuan
China | 117 kg  | Svetlana Cheremshanova
Kazakhstan | 115 kg  | Suda Chaleephay
Thailand | 114 kg
Total  | Cen Lijuan
China | 208 kg  | Suda Chaleephay
Thailand | 207 kg  | Svetlana Cheremshanova
Kazakhstan | 205 kg
58 kg
Snatch  | Li Xueying
China | 102 kg  | Lin Wan-hsuan
Chinese Taipei | 95 kg  | Patmawati Abdul Hamid
Indonesia | 91 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Li Xueying
China | 125 kg  | Lin Wan-hsuan
Chinese Taipei | 113 kg  | Sureerat Thongsuk
Thailand | 112 kg
Total  | Li Xueying
China | 227 kg  | Lin Wan-hsuan
Chinese Taipei | 208 kg  | Sureerat Thongsuk
Thailand | 202 kg
63 kg
Snatch  | Liu Haixia
China | 104 kg  | Nguyễn Thị Thiết
Vietnam | 101 kg  | Yelena Shadrina
Kazakhstan | 99 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Liu Haixia
China | 136 kg  | Nguyễn Thị Thiết
Vietnam | 124 kg  | Yelena Shadrina
Kazakhstan | 123 kg
Total  | Liu Haixia
China | 240 kg  | Nguyễn Thị Thiết
Vietnam | 225 kg  | Yelena Shadrina
Kazakhstan | 222 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Liu Chunhong
China | 117 kg  | Monika Devi
India | 100 kg  | Kao Ya-chun
Chinese Taipei | 98 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Liu Chunhong
China | 145 kg  | Kao Ya-chun
Chinese Taipei | 124 kg  | Monika Devi
India | 122 kg
Total  | Liu Chunhong
China | 262 kg  | Kao Ya-chun
Chinese Taipei | 222 kg  | Monika Devi
India | 222 kg
75 kg
Snatch  | Cao Lei
China | 121 kg  | Alla Vazhenina
Kazakhstan | 120 kg  | Yang Houqin
Macau | 97 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Cao Lei
China | 155 kg  | Alla Vazhenina
Kazakhstan | 146 kg  | Sinta Darmariani
Indonesia | 128 kg
Total  | Cao Lei
China | 276 kg  | Alla Vazhenina
Kazakhstan | 266 kg  | Sinta Darmariani
Indonesia | 224 kg
+75 kg
Snatch  | Alexandra Aborneva
Kazakhstan | 110 kg  | Annipa Moontar
Thailand | 110 kg  | Mami Shimamoto
Japan | 108 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Mami Shimamoto
Japan | 142 kg  | Fumiko Jonai
Japan | 140 kg  | Annipa Moontar
Thailand | 137 kg
Total  | Mami Shimamoto
Japan | 250 kg  | Annipa Moontar
Thailand | 247 kg  | Alexandra Aborneva
Kazakhstan | 246 kg

## Medal table[edit]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 10| 2| 1| 13
2|  Iran| 2| 1| 1| 4
3|  Thailand| 1| 2| 1| 4
4|  Vietnam| 1| 2| 0| 3
5|  Japan| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 3| 0| 3
7|  Kazakhstan| 0| 1| 4| 5
8|  Indonesia| 0| 1| 2| 3
9|  Kyrgyzstan| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  South Korea| 0| 1| 0| 1
11|  India| 0| 0| 1| 1
Saudi Arabia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Turkmenistan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 15| 15| 15| 45

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 29| 6| 3| 38
2|  Iran| 6| 3| 2| 11
3|  Thailand| 4| 3| 6| 13
4|  Vietnam| 2| 6| 1| 9
5|  Japan| 2| 3| 6| 11
6|  Kazakhstan| 1| 4| 7| 12
7|  South Korea| 1| 3| 0| 4
8|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 6| 2| 8
9|  Kyrgyzstan| 0| 5| 2| 7
10|  Indonesia| 0| 3| 6| 9
11|  India| 0| 1| 2| 3
Turkmenistan| 0| 1| 2| 3
13|  Malaysia| 0| 1| 0| 1
14|  Saudi Arabia| 0| 0| 3| 3
15|  Macau| 0| 0| 1| 1
Syria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uzbekistan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 45| 45| 45| 135

## Participating nations[edit]

175 athletes from 26 nations competed.

* China (14)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* Hong Kong (1)
* India (10)
* Indonesia (13)
* Iran (7)
* Iraq (8)
* Japan (15)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (8)
* Macau (1)
* Malaysia (6)
* Mongolia (7)
* Nepal (1)
* Pakistan (2)
* Qatar (4)
* Saudi Arabia (8)
* South Korea (7)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (15)
* Turkmenistan (8)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Vietnam (10)

## References[edit]

* Results
* Results

## External links[edit]

* Official site

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