Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games

Weightlifting
at the 2006 Asian Games

Venue| Al-Dana Banquet Hall
Dates| 2–6 December 2006
Competitors| 173 from 34 nations

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Weightlifting was contested by both men and women at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 2 to December 6, 2006. There are seven weight categories for the women and eight for the men. All competition took place at the Banquet Hall, Al-Dana Club.

India did not take part in this weightlifting events after the government failed to pay a USD$50,000 fine to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to lift their suspension. The IWF suspended India's weightlifting team from any sports events after they failed doping tests during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Iran also had same sanctions after 9 weightlifters failed doping test before the World Championships in Dominican Republic, but after Iran Weightlifting Federation agreed to pay US$400,000, Iran clear to compete.[2]

## Schedule

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B | Group B  | A | Group A

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Event↓/Date → | 2nd
Sat | 3rd
Sun | 4th
Mon | 5th
Tue | 6th
Wed

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Men's 56 kg | B | A |  |  |  |
Men's 62 kg |  | B | A |  |  |
Men's 69 kg |  | B | A |  |  |
Men's 77 kg |  |  | B | A |  |
Men's 85 kg |  |  |  | B | A |
Men's 94 kg |  |  |  | A |
Men's 105 kg |  |  |  |  | B | A
Men's +105 kg |  |  |  |  | A
Women's 48 kg | A |  |  |  |
Women's 53 kg | A |  |  |  |
Women's 58 kg |  | A |  |  |
Women's 63 kg |  |  | A |  |
Women's 69 kg |  |  | A |  |
Women's 75 kg |  |  |  | A |
Women's +75 kg |  |  |  |  | A

## Medalists

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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56 kg
details | Li Zheng
China | Hoàng Anh Tuấn
Vietnam | Lee Jong-hoon
South Korea
62 kg
details | Qiu Le
China | Mao Jiao
China | Im Yong-su
North Korea
69 kg
details | Zhang Guozheng
China | Shi Zhiyong
China | Kim Sun-bae
South Korea
77 kg
details | Li Hongli
China | Lee Jeong-jae
South Korea | Harem Taha
Iraq
85 kg
details | Vyacheslav Yershov
Kazakhstan | Lu Yong
China | Kim Seon-jong
South Korea
94 kg
details | Ilya Ilyin
Kazakhstan | Lee Ung-jo
South Korea | Hsieh Wei-chun
Chinese Taipei
105 kg
details | Ahed Joughili
Syria | Mohammed Jasim
Iraq | Bakhyt Akhmetov
Kazakhstan
+105 kg
details | Hossein Rezazadeh
Iran | Jaber Saeed Salem
Qatar | Andrey Martemyanov
Uzbekistan

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
details | Wang Mingjuan
China | Pensiri Laosirikul
Thailand | Thongyim Bunphithak
Thailand
53 kg
details | Li Ping
China | Junpim Kuntatean
Thailand | Yu Weili
Hong Kong
58 kg
details | Chen Yanqing
China | Wandee Kameaim
Thailand | Pak Hyon-suk
North Korea
63 kg
details | Pawina Thongsuk
Thailand | Ouyang Xiaofang
China | Thaw Yae Faw
Myanmar
69 kg
details | Liu Haixia
China | Yar Thet Pan
Myanmar | Kim Mi-kyung
South Korea
75 kg
details | Cao Lei
China | Kim Soon-hee
South Korea | Sinta Darmariani
Indonesia
+75 kg
details | Mu Shuangshuang
China | Jang Mi-ran
South Korea | Annipa Moontar
Thailand

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China (CHN)| 10| 4| 0| 14
2|  Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 2| 0| 1| 3
3|  Thailand (THA)| 1| 3| 2| 6
4|  Iran (IRI)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Syria (SYR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  South Korea (KOR)| 0| 4| 4| 8
7|  Iraq (IRQ)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Myanmar (MYA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Qatar (QAT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Vietnam (VIE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
11|  North Korea (PRK)| 0| 0| 2| 2
12|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Hong Kong (HKG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Indonesia (INA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uzbekistan (UZB)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 15| 15| 15| 45

## Participating nations

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A total of 173 athletes from 34 nations competed in weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games:

* Bahrain (4)
* Bangladesh (1)
* China (14)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (1)
* Iraq (4)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (15)
* Kuwait (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (6)
* Lebanon (5)
* Macau (2)
* Malaysia (3)
* Mongolia (3)
* Myanmar (5)
* Nepal (1)
* North Korea (7)
* Oman (3)
* Pakistan (5)
* Palestine (2)
* Philippines (2)
* Qatar (7)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* South Korea (12)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Syria (6)
* Thailand (11)
* Timor-Leste (2)
* Turkmenistan (8)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Vietnam (7)

## References

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1. ^ India's weightlifters can't pay, won't play at Asiad
2. ^ Iran's 'Hercules' cleared to compete in Doha

## External links

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* "Weightlifting Competition Schedule".
* Results[permanent dead link‍]

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