Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Weightlifting

Medalists

Gold	Liao Hui China (CHN)	348 kg
Silver	Venceslas Dabaya-Tientcheu France (FRA)	338 kg
Bronze	Tigran G. Martirosyan Armenia (ARM)	338 kg

Records

The existing world and Olympic records

World Record	Snatch	Georgi Markov (BUL)	165 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guozheng (CHN)	197 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	11 September 2003
	Total	Galabin Boevski {BUL}	357 kg	Athens, Greece	24 November 1999
Olympic Record	Snatch	Georgi Markov (BUL)	165 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	195 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000
	Total	Galabin Boevski (BUL)	357.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	20 September 2000

Qualified Athletes

30 Weight lifters were selected

	Athlete	Date of Birth	PB	Notes
1	Gert Trasha (ALB)	January 31, 1988 (1988-01-31) (age 20)	309 kg
2	Tigran G. Martirosyan (ARM)	June 9, 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 20)	346 kg
3	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	October 14, 1983 (1983-10-14) (age 24)	309 kg
4	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	September 24, 1979 (1979-09-24) (age 28)	340 kg
5	Wellison Silva (BRA)	November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22) (age 24)	293 kg
6	Francis Luna-Grenier (CAN)	May 24, 1987 (1987-05-24) (age 21)	298 kg
7	Liao Hui (CHN)	October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05) (age 20)
8	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 28)	350 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2005 World Championships 2006 and 2007 World Championships
9	Edwin Mosquera (COL)	July 26, 1985 (1985-07-26) (age 23)	315 kg
10	Yordanis Borrero (CUB)	January 3, 1978 (1978-01-03) (age 30)	316 kg	2003 and 2007 Pan-American Games
11	Dimitrios Minasidis (CYP)	April 29, 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 19)	305 kg
12	Tarik Abdelazim (EGY)	May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18) (age 21)	305 kg
13	Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)	April 28, 1981 (1981-04-28) (age 27)	333 kg	2006 World Championships 2005 World Championships
14	Artyom Shaloyan (GER)	July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31) (age 32)	290 kg
15	Edi Kurniawan (INA)	January 7, 1988 (1988-01-07) (age 20)	305 kg
16	Giorgio De Luca (ITA)	June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 24)	316 kg
17	oshito Shintani (JPN)	December 7, 1981 (1981-12-07) (age 26)	306 kg
18	Lee Bae-Young (KOR)	December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10) (age 28)	342.5 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2005 World Championships
19	Ali Hussein Aldhilab (KSA)	September 22, 1982 (1982-09-22) (age 25)	286 kg
20	Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)	March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20) (age 19)	316 kg
21	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari (NEP)	July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20) (age 31)	255 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
22	Mark Spooner (NZL)	December 12, 1984 (1984-12-12) (age 23)	284 kg
23	Kim Chol Jin (PRK)	October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 29)	330 kg
24	Răzvan Martin (ROU)	December 22, 1991 (1991-12-22) (age 16)	280 kg
25	lexandru Roşu (ROU)	April 30, 1987 (1987-04-30) (age 21)	308 kg
26	Chinthana Vidanage (SRI)	December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) (age 26)		Tripartite Commission Wild Card 006 Commonwealth Games
27	Sittisak Suphalak (THA)	August 23, 1984 (1984-08-23) (age 23)	302 kg
28	Nizom Sangov (TJK)	June 26, 1983 (1983-06-26) (age 25)	223 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
29	Logona Esau (TUV)	March 2, 1987 (1987-03-02) (age 21)	246 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
30	Israel José Rubio (VEN)	January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) (age 27)	295 kg	2004 Olympic Games

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	1	2	3	Res	1	2	3	Res	Total (kg)
1	Liao Hui (CHN)	A	68.97	153.0	153.0	158.0	158.0	185.0	185.0	190.0	190.0	348.0
2	Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)	A	68.38	147.0	151.0	153.0	151.0	187.0	197.0	197.0	187.0	338.0
3	Tigran G. Martirosyan (ARM)	A	68.90	153.0	156.0	156.0	153.0	183.0	185.0	185.0	185.0	338.0
4	Yordanis Borrero (CUB)	A	68.92	140.0	145.0	148.0	148.0	171.0	171.0	180.0	180.0	328.0
5	Turan Mirzayev (AZE)	A	68.86	142.0	146.0	149.0	146.0	181.0	183.0	187.0	181.0	327.0
6	Kim Chol Jin (PRK)	A	68.64	140.0	146.0	150.0	146.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	326.0
7	Afgan Bayramov (AZE)	A	68.41	137.0	142.0	145.0	145.0	175.0	187.0	187.0	175.0	320.0
8	Sitthisak Suphalak (THA)	A	68.99	141.0	145.0	147.0	147.0	171.0	171.0	175.0	171.0	318.0
9	Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)	B	68.68	145.0	145.0	148.0	145.0	163.0	168.0	172.0	172.0	317.0
10	Shintani Yoshito (JPN)	B	68.76	130.0	130.0	135.0	135.0	170.0	175.0	177.0	175.0	310.0
11	Tarek Abdelazim (EGY)	B	68.87	138.0	142.0	142.0	138.0	168.0	172.0	175.0	172.0	310.0
12	Edi Kurniawan (INA)	B	68.85	135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	165.0	170.0	172.0	172.0	307.0
13	Israel José Rubio (VEN)	B	68.23	139.0	143.0	143.0	139.0	167.0	171.0	171.0	167.0	306.0
14	Artiom Shaloyan (GER)	B	68.79	130.0	133.0	135.0	135.0	160.0	165.0	171.0	165.0	300.0
15	Luis Miguel Pineda (COL)	B	68.14	127.0	132.0	135.0	132.0	161.0	167.0	170.0	167.0	299.0
16	Chinthana Vidanage (SRI)	C	68.90	120.0	125.0	128.0	128.0	160.0	165.0	168.0	165.0	293.0
17	Francis Luna-Greiner (CAN)	C	68.97	125.0	131.0	131.0	131.0	155.0	162.0	167.0	162.0	293.0
18	Welisson Silva (BRA)	C	68.92	130.0	135.0	138.0	135.0	155.0	162.0	162.0	155.0	290.0
19	Razvan Martin (ROU)	B	68.85	130.0	135.0	135.0	130.0	158.0	165.0	165.0	158.0	288.0
20	Dimitrios Minasides (CYP)	C	66.32	125.0	128.0	132.0	128.0	155.0	155.0	161.0	155.0	283.0
21	Mark Spooner (NZL)	C	68.86	123.0	127.0	127.0	123.0	153.0	158.0	161.0	158.0	281.0
22	Kamal Adhikari (NEP)	C	68.67	107.0	114.0	–	114.0	142.0	154.0	–	154.0	268.0
23	Logona Esau (TUV)	C	68.14	102.0	107.0	110.0	110.0	138.0	144.0	148.0	144.0	254.0
24	Nizom Sangov (TJK)	C	66.06	110.0	115.0	117.0	115.0	130.0	135.0	138.0	135.0	250.0
–	Lee Bae Young (KOR)	A	68.67	150.0	153.0	155.0	155.0	184.0	186.0	186.0	–	DNF
–	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	A	68.17	152.0	152.0	157.0	152.0	–	–	–	–	DNF
–	Alexandru Rosu (ROU)	B	68.91	136.0	136.0	141.0	136.0	165.0	165.0	165.0	–	DNF
–	Edwin Mosquera (COL)	B	68.59	134.0	–	–	134.0	–	–	–	–	DNF
–	Giorgio de Luca (ITA)	B	68.93	131.0	131.0	136.0	131.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	–	DNF
–	Gert Trasha (ALB)	B	68.68	136.0	136.0	136.0	–	–	–	–	–	DNF