Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

The Men's 77 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.[1]

Men's 77 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	1 August
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Lü Xiaojun  China Lu Haojie  China Iván Cambar  Cuba

Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.[2]

China's Lü Xiaojun set two world records with a lift of 175 kilograms in the snatch and a total weight of 379 kilograms. Lü Xiaojun planned to attempt 177 kg in the snatch after he made the 175 kg world record lift, but was not given a chance to perform his third attempt due to a timing miscommunication between the officials and coaches. China's Lu Haojie posted 170 kg in the snatch, and went on to lift 190 kg in the clean and jerk despite an elbow injury.

South Korea's Sa Jae-hyouk was forced to retire from the competition after he dislocated his elbow during his second snatch attempt.

Two lifters who were on the start list did not compete: Armenia's Tigran Martirosyan was forced to scratch from the competition due to a back injury during the warm-up, while Albania's Hysen Pulaku was ejected from the Games after he tested positive for stanozolol.[3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
1 August 2012	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	174 kg	Goyang, South Korea	24 November 2009
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	210 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	27 April 2001
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	378 kg	Goyang, South Korea	24 November 2009
Olympic Record	Snatch	Taner Sağır (TUR)	172 kg	Athens, Greece	19 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	207 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Total	Taner Sağır (TUR)	375 kg	Athens, Greece	19 August 2004

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	A	76.62	170	175	177	175	195	204	204	204	379
	Lu Haojie (CHN)	A	76.37	170	175	—	170	190	191	—	190	360
	Iván Cambar (CUB)	A	76.70	150	155	160	155	190	194	—	194	349
4	Chatuphum Chinnawong (THA)	A	76.64	157	161	162	157	191	195	195	191	348
5	Ibrahim Ramadan (EGY)	A	76.79	150	155	155	155	192	192	197	192	347
6	Andrés Mata (ESP)	B	76.93	145	150	153	150	183	188	190	188	338
7	Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL)	A	76.97	150	153	154	150	182	182	189	182	332
8	Felix Ekpo (NGR)	B	76.23	146	151	151	151	180	188	188	180	331
9	Kirill Pavlov (KAZ)	B	76.77	138	143	147	147	165	175	175	175	322
10	Jack Oliver (GBR)	B	76.45	135	135	140	140	160	165	170	170	310
11	Toafitu Perive (SAM)	B	75.95	117	122	125	122	157	163	167	167	289
—	Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR)	A	76.56	158	162	—	158	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Snatch	175 kg	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	WR
Total	379 kg	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	WR

References

1. "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
2. "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. Reuters. "Hysen Pulaku becomes first doping cheat of London Olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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