Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Dates28 July - 7 August 2012
Competitors260
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from 28 July to 7 August in the ExCeL venue. Fifteen gold medals were awarded and 260 athletes took part (156 men and 104 women).[1]

Events

15 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

Qualification

Medal summary

The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China5207
2 Iran3205
3 North Korea3025
4 Poland1113
5 Canada1001
 Chinese Taipei1001
 Spain1001
8 Indonesia0213
9 South Korea0123
10 Colombia0112
 Egypt0112
 Thailand0112
13 Bulgaria0101
 Japan0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Russia0101
17 Cameroon0011
 Cuba0011
 Mexico0011
 Ukraine0011
 Uzbekistan0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (22 entries)15151545

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
details [a]
Om Yun-chol
 North Korea
Wu Jingbiao
 China
Trần Lê Quốc Toàn
 Vietnam
62 kg
details
Kim Un-guk
 North Korea
Óscar Figueroa
 Colombia
Eko Yuli Irawan
 Indonesia
69 kg
details [b]
Lin Qingfeng
 China
Triyatno
 Indonesia
Kim Myong-hyok
 North Korea
77 kg
details
Lü Xiaojun
 China
Lu Haojie
 China
Iván Cambar
 Cuba
85 kg
details [c]
Adrian Zieliński
 Poland
Kianoush Rostami
 Iran
Tarek Yehia
 Egypt
94 kg
details [d]
Saeid Mohammadpour
 Iran
Kim Min-jae
 South Korea
Tomasz Zieliński
 Poland
105 kg
details [e]
Navab Nassirshalal
 Iran
Bartłomiej Bonk
 Poland
Ivan Efremov
 Uzbekistan
+105 kg
details
Behdad Salimi
 Iran
Sajjad Anoushiravani
 Iran
Jeon Sang-guen
 South Korea

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
details
Wang Mingjuan
 China
Hiromi Miyake
 Japan
Ryang Chun-hwa
 North Korea
53 kg
details [f]
Hsu Shu-ching
 Chinese Taipei
Citra Febrianti
 Indonesia
Iulia Paratova
 Ukraine
58 kg
details [g]
Li Xueying
 China
Pimsiri Sirikaew
 Thailand
Rattikan Gulnoi
 Thailand
63 kg
details [h]
Christine Girard
 Canada
Milka Maneva
 Bulgaria
Luz Acosta
 Mexico
69 kg
details [i]
Rim Jong-sim
 North Korea
Anna Nurmukhambetova
 Kazakhstan
Ubaldina Valoyes
 Colombia
75 kg
details [j]
Lydia Valentín
 Spain
Abeer Abdelrahman
 Egypt
Madias Nzesso
 Cameroon
+75 kg
details [k]
Zhou Lulu
 China
Tatiana Kashirina
 Russia
Jang Mi-ran
 South Korea

Notes

  • Men's 56 kg Valentin Hristov of Azerbaijan originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for steroids.[2][3]
  • Men's 69 kg Răzvan Martin of Romania originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2020 after a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for steroids.[4]
  • Men's 85 kg Apti Aukhadov of Russia originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of his 2012 sample tested positive for steroids.[5]
  • Men's 94 kg Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan, Aleksandr Ivanov of Russia, and Anatolie Cîrîcu of Moldova originally won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, but were all disqualified in 2016 after retests of their 2012 samples were positive for steroids. Fourth-placed Andrey Demanov of Russia, sixth-placed Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan, and seventh-placed Almas Uteshov of Kazakhstan were also disqualified for the same reason.[6][7][8]
  • Men's 105 kg Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine originally won the gold medal, and Ruslan Nurudinov of Uzbekistan originally finished fourth, but were both disqualified as retests of their 2012 samples were positive for performance-enhancing drugs.[9][10][3]
  • Women's 53 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan and Cristina Iovu of Moldova originally won the gold and bronze medals respectively, but were both disqualified in 2016 after testing positive for steroids.[7][11]
  • Women's 58 kg Yuliya Kalina of Ukraine originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of her 2012 sample tested positive for steroids.[12]
  • Women's 63 kg Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of her 2012 sample tested positive for stanozolol.[11] Fourth-placed Sibel Şimşek of Turkey was also disqualified for the same reason.[8] On 5 April 2017, original silver medalist Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia was also disqualified for the same reason.[13]
  • Women's 69 kg Maryna Shkermankova of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of her 2012 sample was positive for steroids.[11] Fourth-placed Dzina Sazanavets of Belarus was also disqualified for the same reason.[11] Roxana Cocoș of Romania originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified in 2020 after a failed retest of her sample from 2012 tested positive for steroids.[4][14]
  • Women's 75 kg Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan, Natalya Zabolotnaya of Russia, and Iryna Kulesha of Belarus originally won the gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively, but were all disqualified in 2016 after retests of their 2012 samples were positive for steroids.[7][11]
  • Women's +75 kg Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a retest of her 2012 sample was positive for steroids.[7]
  • Men's +105 kg Ruslan Albegov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2024 after a doping violation. Fourth-place finisher Irakli Turmanidze of Georgia was also disqualified. [15]

Olympic and world records broken

Women

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record Day
Olympics – Women's 58 kg 30 July Snatch Li Xueying  China 108 kg OR 3
Olympics – Women's 58 kg 30 July Total Li Xueying  China 246 kg OR 3
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 August Snatch Tatiana Kashirina  Russia 151 kg WR 9
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 August Clean & Jerk Zhou Lulu  China 187 kg OR 9
Olympics – Women's +75 kg 5 August Total Zhou Lulu  China 333 kg WR 9

Men

Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight Record Day
Olympics – Men's 56 kg 29 July Clean and jerk Om Yun-Chol  North Korea 168 kg OR 2
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 July Snatch Kim Un-Guk  North Korea 153 kg OR 3
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 July Total Kim Un-Guk  North Korea 327 kg WR 3
Olympics – Men's 62 kg 30 July Clean and jerk Óscar Figueroa  Colombia 177 kg OR 3
Olympics – Men's 77 kg 1 August Snatch Lü Xiaojun  China 175 kg WR 5
Olympics – Men's 77 kg 1 August Total Lü Xiaojun  China 379 kg WR 5

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
  3. ^ a b IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocations from Olympic Games London 2012
  4. ^ a b IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
  5. ^ IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
  6. ^ IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  7. ^ a b c d IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
  8. ^ a b IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
  9. ^ "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - IWF". IWF. 22 December 2018.
  10. ^ IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
  11. ^ a b c d e IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
  12. ^ "IOC sanctions Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". IOC. 13 July 2016.
  13. ^ IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
  14. ^ "IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocations from Olympic Games London 2012 and PyeongChang 2018". IOC. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  15. ^ "IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocation from Olympic Games London 2012". Olympics. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

External links

Media related to Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

  • Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
  • Official results book – Weightlifting. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
  • Results by Events. International Weightlifting Federation. at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 July 2021)
  • Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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