Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg

The women's +75 kilograms weightlifting event was the heaviest women's event at the weightlifting competition, allowing competitors with over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 16, starting at 19:00.

Women's +75 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	16 August
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Medalists
Jang Mi-ran  South Korea Ele Opeloge  Samoa Mariam Usman  Nigeria

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.

The winner of the event, Jang Mi-ran, broke three world records: the snatch (140 kg, +1 kg), the clean and jerk (186 kg, +4 kg) and the total (326 kg, +7 kg).[1] With the disqualification of Olha Korobka and Mariya Grabovetskaya, Jang won the competition by 57kg, an Olympic record margin.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
16 August 2008	19:00	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Mu Shuangshuang (CHN)	139 kg	Doha, Qatar	6 December 2006
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	182 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004
	Total	Mu Shuangshuang (CHN)	319 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	26 September 2007
Olympic Record	Snatch	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	135 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	182 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004
	Total	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	305 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	A	116.75	130	136	140	140	175	183	186	186	326
	Ele Opeloge (SAM)	A	123.89	113	116	119	119	145	150	152	150	269
	Mariam Usman (NGR)	A	115.30	115	115	120	115	145	150	156	150	265
4	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	A	136.29	112	115	118	115	140	144	150	144	259
5	Yuliya Dovhal (UKR)	A	96.05	114	114	118	118	140	140	147	140	258
6	Deborah Lovely (AUS)	A	94.19	109	113	115	113	135	135	140	135	248
7	Victoria Mavridou (GRE)	A	102.15	100	105	110	105	121	126	128	126	231
8	Cristina Cornejo (PER)	A	117.50	93	97	99	97	123	128	130	128	225
—	Eva Dimas (ESA)	A	86.85	100	105	105	105	125	127	127	—	—
DQ	Olha Korobka (UKR)	A	166.97	120	124	127	124	150	153	—	153	277
DQ	Mariya Grabovetskaya (KAZ)	A	112.93	115	115	120	120	145	150	150	150	270

• Olha Korobka of Ukraine originally finished second, but was disqualified after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.[2]
• Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally finished third, but was disqualified after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.[2][3]

New records

Snatch	136 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	OR
	140 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	WR
Clean & Jerk	183 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	WR
	186 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	WR
Total	315 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	OR
	323 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	WR
	326 kg	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	WR

References

1. "Records tumble as Jang takes gold". BBC Sport. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
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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