Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg

The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the thirteenth weightlifting event to conclude.

Men's 94 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	17 August
Competitors	18 from 14 nations
Medalists
Szymon Kołecki  Poland Arsen Kasabiev  Georgia Yoandry Hernández  Cuba

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
17 August 2008	15:30	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)	188 kg	Athens, Greece	27 November 1999
	Clean & Jerk	Szymon Kołecki (POL)	232 kg	Sofia, Bulgaria	29 April 2000
	Total	Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE)	412 kg	Athens, Greece	27 November 1999
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	187 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	227 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Olympic Standard	415 kg	—	1 January 1997

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Szymon Kołecki (POL)	A	93.73	174	177	179	179	217	224	228	224	403
	Arsen Kasabiev (GEO)	A	93.69	172	176	178	176	215	223	231	223	399
	Yoandry Hernández (CUB)	A	92.30	172	172	178	178	215	220	220	215	393
4	Asghar Ebrahimi (IRI)	A	92.32	180	184	184	180	212	212	217	212	392
5	Roman Konstantinov (RUS)	A	93.90	175	179	179	175	212	212	222	212	387
6	Jürgen Spieß (GER)	A	93.74	170	173	175	173	206	211	214	211	384
7	José Juan Navarro (ESP)	B	93.09	165	170	173	173	206	210	212	210	383
8	Artem Ivanov (UKR)	A	93.97	170	175	175	170	205	210	214	210	380
9	Vadim Vacarciuc (MDA)	B	93.69	168	168	172	168	205	205	212	205	373
10	Eugen Bratan (MDA)	B	93.71	170	175	175	170	200	207	207	200	370
11	Konstantinos Gkaripis (GRE)	B	93.01	150	157	160	160	190	195	200	200	360
12	Anastasios Triantafyllou (GRE)	B	93.90	147	155	160	155	185	190	196	196	351
13	Ravi Bhollah (MRI)	B	93.03	125	130	130	125	145	150	157	150	275
—	Bartłomiej Bonk (POL)	A	93.00	175	180	180	175	211	211	212	—	—
—	Eduardo Guadamud (ECU)	B	93.71	165	170	170	165	206	206	206	—	—
DQ	Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)	A	93.64	175	180	—	180	223	223	226	226	406
DQ	Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS)	B	92.99	178	182	185	185	212	215	217	217	402
DQ	Nizami Pashayev (AZE)	A	93.83	180	180	181	181	215	215	215	215	396

• Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol.[1]
• Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[2][3]
• Nizami Pashayev of Azerbaijan originally finished fifth, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, oxandrolone and stanozolol.[2][3]

References

1. "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
2. Public disclosures
3. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

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