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Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Dates	9–19 August
Competitors	255
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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 were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.

Events

The Men's 85kg competition on August 15.

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

Qualification

Medal summary

The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following retests of competitors samples in 2015 and 2016. A significant number of medalists have been disqualified, including some weightlifters who originally stood to inherit medals. The following table has been updated as a result of this. Where a medal has been forfeited, the attached note contains details of the identity of the former medalist, and the reason for the disqualification.

Men's events

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 details [a]	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 details [b]	Lu Yong  China	Tigran V. Martirosyan  Armenia	Jadier Valladares  Cuba
94 kg details [c]	Szymon Kołecki  Poland	Arsen Kasabiev  Georgia	Yoandry Hernández  Cuba
105 kg details [d]	Andrei Aramnau  Belarus	Dmitry Klokov  Russia	Marcin Dołęga  Poland
+105 kg details	Matthias Steiner  Germany	Evgeny Chigishev  Russia	Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia

Women's events

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

Notes

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  ^{Men's 69 kg} Original bronze medalist Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[1]
  


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  ^{Men's 85 kg} Original silver medalist Andrei Rybakou of Belarus was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[2]
  


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  ^{Men's 94 kg} Original gold medalist Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan was disqualified and stripped of medal by the IOC on 25 November 2016, having tested positive during retests for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid.^[3] Original bronze medalist Khadzhimurat Akkayev of Russia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[4]
  


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  ^{Men's 105 kg} Original bronze medalist Dmitry Lapikov of Russia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.^[4]
  


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  ^{Women's 48 kg} Original gold medalist Xiexia Chen of China was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[5] Original silver medalist Sibel Özkan of Turkey was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[6] On 1 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Özkan's final appeal.^[7]
  


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  ^{Women's 53 kg} Original bronze medalist Nastassia Novikava of Belarus was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[2]
  


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  ^{Women's 58 kg} Original silver medalist Marina Shainova of Russia was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[1]
  


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  ^{Women's 63 kg} Original silver medalist Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]
  


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  ^{Women's 69 kg} Original gold medalist Liu Chunhong of China was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[5] Original bronze medalist Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]
  


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  ^{Women's 75 kg} Original gold medalist Lei Cao of China was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[5] Original bronze medalist Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[1]
  


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  ^{Women's +75 kg} Original silver medalist Olha Korobka of Ukraine was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[2] Original bronze medalist Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.^[4]
  

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 nations)		15	15	15	45

Participating nations

A total of 255 weightlifters from 84 nations competed at the Beijing Games:

See also

• Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

• International Weightlifting Federation


• Official Result Book – Weightlifting