Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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.
| Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium |
| Dates | 9–19 August |
| No. of events | 15 |
| Competitors | 255 from 84 nations |
| Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 | ||
The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified as a result of these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.
Events
The Men's 85kg competition on August 15.
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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Qualification
Medalists
Men
Women
- 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 originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified on 25 November 2016 after a retest was positive for stanozolol.[3] Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[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 originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[5] Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[6] On 1 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Özkan's final appeal.[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 originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[5] Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[1]
- Women's +75 kg Olha Korobka of Ukraine was originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[2] Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified for the same reason.[4]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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:
Albania (3)
Algeria (1)
Argentina (1)- Armenia (6)
Australia (2)
Azerbaijan (5)- Belarus (10)
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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)
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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 (9)
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
- IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
- IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- 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.
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