- Events
- Qualification
- Medal summary Men's events Women's events
- Notes
- Medal table
- Participating nations
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox Olympic event | event = Weightlifting | games = 2008 Summer | image = Weightlifting pictogram.svg | image_size = 100px | venue = Beihang University Gymnasium | dates = 9–19 August | competitors = 255 | nations = | prev = 2004 | next = 2012 }}{{WeightliftingAt2008SummerOlympics}}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. Events15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: - 56 kg Men
- 62 kg Men
- 69 kg Men
- 77 kg Men
- 85 kg Men
- 94 kg Men
- 105 kg Men
- +105 kg Men
| - 48 kg Women
- 53 kg Women
- 58 kg Women
- 63 kg Women
- 69 kg Women
- 75 kg Women
- +75 kg Women
| {{Clear}}Qualification{{Details|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}Medal summaryThe 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 | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}Long Qingquan|CHN|2008 Summer}} | Hoàng Anh Tuấn|VIE|2008 Summer}} | Eko Yuli Irawan|INA|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg}}Zhang Xiangxiang|CHN|2008 Summer}} | Diego Salazar|COL|2008 Summer}} | Triyatno|INA|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg}} {{ref label|a|a|Men's 69 kg}}Liao Hui|CHN|2008 Summer}} | Vencelas Dabaya|FRA|2008 Summer}} | Yordanis Borrero|CUB|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg}}Sa Jae-hyouk|KOR|2008 Summer}} | Li Hongli|CHN|2008 Summer}} | Gevorg Davtyan|ARM|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg}} {{ref label|b|b|Men's 85 kg}}Lu Yong|CHN|2008 Summer}} | Tigran V. Martirosyan|ARM|2008 Summer}} | Jadier Valladares|CUB|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg}} {{ref label|c|c|Men's 94 kg}}Szymon Kołecki|POL|2008 Summer}} | Arsen Kasabiev|GEO|2008 Summer}} | Yoandry Hernández|CUB|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg}} {{ref label|d|d|Men's 105 kg}}Andrei Aramnau|BLR|2008 Summer}} | Dmitry Klokov|RUS|2008 Summer}} | Marcin Dołęga|POL|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg}}Matthias Steiner|GER|2008 Summer}} | Evgeny Chigishev|RUS|2008 Summer}} | Viktors Ščerbatihs|LAT|2008 Summer}} |
Women's events | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg}} {{ref label|e|e|Women's 48 kg}}Chen Wei-ling|TPE|2008 Summer}} | Im Jyoung-hwa|KOR|2008 Summer}} | Pensiri Laosirikul|THA|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg}} {{ref label|g|g|Women's 53 kg}}Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon|THA|2008 Summer}} | Yoon Jin-hee|KOR|2008 Summer}} | Raema Lisa Rumbewas|INA|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg}} {{ref label|h|h|Women's 58 kg}}Chen Yanqing|CHN|2008 Summer}} | O Jong-ae|PRK|2008 Summer}} | Wandee Kameaim|THA|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg}} {{ref label|i|i|Women's 63 kg}}Pak Hyon-suk|PRK|2008 Summer}} | Lu Ying-chi|TPE|2008 Summer}} | Christine Girard|CAN|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg}} {{ref label|j|j|Women's 69 kg}}Oksana Slivenko|RUS|2008 Summer}} | Leydi Solís|COL|2008 Summer}} | Abeer Abdelrahman|EGY|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg}} {{ref label|k|k|Women's 75 kg}}Alla Vazhenina|KAZ|2008 Summer}} | Lidia Valentín|ESP|2008 Summer}} | Damaris Aguirre|MEX|2008 Summer}} | | {{DetailsLink>Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg}} {{ref label|l|l|Women's +75 kg}}Jang Mi-ran|KOR|2008 Summer}} | Ele Opeloge|SAM|2008 Summer}} | Mariam Usman|NGR|2008 Summer}} |
Notes- {{note label|a|a|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]
- {{note label|b|b|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]
- {{note label|c|c|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]
- {{note label|d|d|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]
- {{note label|e|e|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]
- {{note label|g|g|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]
- {{note label|h|h|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]
- {{note label|i|i|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]
- {{note label|j|j|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]
- {{note label|k|k|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]
- {{note label|l|l|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 | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagIOCteam | event = 2008 Summer | team = | gold_CHN = 5 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0 | gold_TPE = 1 | silver_TPE = 1 | bronze_TPE = 0 | gold_PRK = 1 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 0 | gold_THA = 1 | silver_THA = 0 | bronze_THA = 2 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0 | gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 0 | gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 2 | bronze_COL = 0 | gold_ARM = 0 | silver_ARM = 1 | bronze_ARM = 1 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 0 | gold_SAM = 0 | silver_SAM = 1 | bronze_SAM = 0 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0 | gold_VIE = 0 | silver_VIE = 1 | bronze_VIE = 0 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 3 | gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 3 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1 | gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 1 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1 | gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1 | gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1 }}Participating nationsA total of 255 weightlifters from 84 nations competed at the Beijing Games: {{col-begin}}{{col-3}}- {{flagIOC|ALB|2008 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|ALG|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ARG|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ARM|2008 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|AZE|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BOL|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CMR|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|CHI|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|TPE|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|COL|2008 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|COK|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|CYP|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|CZE|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|DOM|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|ECU|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|EGY|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|ESA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FSM|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FIJ|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|2008 Summer|4}}
{{col-3}}- {{flagIOC|GEO|2008 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|GRE|2008 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|GUA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|INA|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|IRI|2008 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|KAZ|2008 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|KIR|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|KGZ|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|LAT|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|LTU|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|MAS|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|MRI|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|MDA|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|MON|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|MGL|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NRU|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NEP|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NZL|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|NCA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NGR|2008 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|PRK|2008 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|2008 Summer|1}}
{{col-3}}- {{flagIOC|PNG|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|PER|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|PHI|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|2008 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|PUR|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|2008 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|SAM|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|SEY|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|SVK|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|SOL|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|RSA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|SRI|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|SYR|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|TJK|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|THA|2008 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|TGA|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|TUN|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|TUR|2008 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|TKM|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|TUV|2008 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|UZB|2008 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|VEN|2008 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|VIE|2008 Summer|2}}
{{col-end}}See also- Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References1. ^1 2 [https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-six-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008 IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008] 2. ^1 2 [https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-nine-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008 IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008] 3. ^[https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-seven-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012 IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012] 4. ^1 2 3 4 [https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-16-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008 IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008] 5. ^1 2 [https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012 IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012] 6. ^[https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-turkish-weightlifter-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008 IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008] 7. ^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.
External links- International Weightlifting Federation
- [https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/67920/download Official Result Book – Weightlifting]
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