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 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|

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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

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Further information: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China (CHN)| 5| 1| 0| 6
2|  South Korea (KOR)| 2| 2| 0| 4
3|  Russia (RUS)| 1| 2| 0| 3
4|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 1| 1| 0| 2
North Korea (PRK)| 1| 1| 0| 2
6|  Thailand (THA)| 1| 0| 2| 3
7|  Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Germany (GER)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Colombia (COL)| 0| 2| 0| 2
12|  Armenia (ARM)| 0| 1| 1| 2
13|  France (FRA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Georgia (GEO)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Samoa (SAM)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Vietnam (VIE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Cuba (CUB)| 0| 0| 3| 3
Indonesia (INA)| 0| 0| 3| 3
20|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Egypt (EGY)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Latvia (LAT)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Nigeria (NGR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (24 entries)| 15| 15| 15| 45

## Medalists

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b c IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d e IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
5. ^ a b c 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

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

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