Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China 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 2008 |
| No. of events | 15 |
| Competitors | 253 from 83 nations |
The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.
Qualification
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  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 |  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 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Medalists
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Women
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- 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 and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.[3][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 and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5][6][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 and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5][1]
- Women's +75 kg Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[2][4]
Participating nations
editA total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
Albania (3)
Algeria (1)
Armenia (6)
Australia (2)
Azerbaijan (5)
Belarus (10)
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)
Dominican Republic (2)
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 (8)
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
edit- ^ a b c IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b c d e IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
- ^ a b c 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.