Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Weightlifting

Medalists

Gold	Sa Jae-Hyouk South Korea (KOR)	366 kg
Silver	Li Hongli China (CHN)	366 kg
Bronze	Gevorg Davtian Armenia (ARM)	360 kg

Records

The existing world and Olympic records

World Record	Snatch	Sergey Filimonov (KAZ)	173 kg	Almaty, Kazakhstan	9 April 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	210 kg	Trencin, Slovakia	27 April 2001
	Total	Plamen Jelyazkov (BUL)	377 kg	Doha, Qatar	27 March 2001
Olympic Record	Snatch	Taner Sagir (TUR)	172.5 kg	Athens, Greece	19 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	207.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Total	Taner Sagir (TUR)	375 kg	Athens, Greece	19 August 2004

Qualified Athletes

29 Weight lifters were selected

	Athlete	Date of Birth	PB	Notes
1	Erkand Qerimaj (ALB)	August 10, 1988 (1988-08-10) (age 20)	345 kg
2	Carlos Espeleta (ARG)	March 21, 1984 (1984-03-21) (age 24)	317.5 kg
3	Gevorg Davtian (ARM)	January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04) (age 25)	363 kg	2007 World Championships
4	Ara Khachatryan (ARM)	September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13) (age 25)	361 kg	2006 World Championships
5	Siarhei Lahun (BLR)	May 27, 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 20)	345 kg
6	i Hongli (CHN)	December 26, 1980 (1980-12-26) (age 27)	365 kg	2005 World Championships 2006 World Championships 2007 World Championships
7	Gabriel Mena (COL)	July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13) (age 23)	325 kg
8	Iván Cambar (CUB)	December 29, 1983 (1983-12-29) (age 24)	343 kg	007 Pan American Games
9	Mahmoud Elhaddad (EGY)	March 10, 1986 (1986-03-10) (age 22)	336 kg
10	Josefa Vueti (FIJ)	February 6, 1979 (1979-02-06) (age 29)	271 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
11	Giovanni Bardis (FRA)	June 22, 1988 (1988-06-22) (age 20)	335 kg
12	Janós Baranyai (HUN)	June 24, 1984 (1984-06-24) (age 24)	325 kg
13	Sandow Nasution (INA)	March 25, 1981 (1981-03-25) (age 27)	331 kg
14	Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ)	April 21, 1984 (1984-04-21) (age 24)	345 kg
15	Kim Kwang-Hoon (vKOR)	January 31, 1982 (1982-01-31) (age 26)	356 kg
16	Sa Jae-Hyouk (KOR)	January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 23)	353 kg
17	Andrei Gutu (MDA)	September 16, 1980 (1980-09-16) (age 27)	318 kg
18	Romain Marchessou (MON)	September 9, 1985 (1985-09-09) (age 22)	253 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
19	Felix Ekpo (NGR)	May 10, 1981 (1981-05-10) (age 27)	335 kg
20	Richie Patterson (NZL)	April 30, 1983 (1983-04-30) (age 25)
21	rzysztof Szramiak (POL)	July 9, 1984 (1984-07-09) (age 24)	350 kg
22	Răzvan Rusu (ROU)	March 4, 1988 (1988-03-04) (age 20)	306 kg
23	Darryn Anthony (RSA)	December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) (age 22)	315 kg
24	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	September 6, 1975 (1975-09-06) (age 32)	375 kg	2004 Olympic Games
25	Taner Sağır (TUR)	March 13, 1985 (1985-03-13) (age 23)	375 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2006 World Championships
26	had Vaughn (USA)	May 11, 1980 (1980-05-11) (age 28)	332 kg
27	Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB)	October 10, 1982 (1982-10-10) (age 25)	319 kg
28	José Ocando (VEN)	April 18, 1987 (1987-04-18) (age 21)	342 kg	007 Pan American Games
29	Octavio Mejías (VEN)	July 21, 1982 (1982-07-21) (age 26)	342.5 kg	2007 Pan American 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	Sa Jae-Hyouk (KOR)	A	76.46	160	163	165	163	201	203	211	203	366
2	Li Hongli (CHN)	A	76.91	163	168	170	168	193	198	198	198	366
3	Gevorg Davtyan (ARM)	A	76.77	165	165	165	165	195	195	201	195	360
4	Kim Kwang-Hoon (KOR)	A	76.86	155	155	160	155	200	206	206	200	355
5	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	A	76.80	158	162	165	162	192	199	199	192	354
6	Iván Cambar (CUB)	A	76.53	152	157	160	157	190	196	196	196	353
7	Ara Khachatryan (ARM)	A	76.78	162	166	166	162	191	195	195	191	353
8	Krzysztof Szramiak (POL)	A	76.71	157	161	165	161	191	191	194	191	352
9	Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ)	A	76.86	155	160	160	160	191	191	197	191	351
10	Siarhei Lahun (BLR)	A	76.56	153	157	157	157	187	192	196	192	349
11	Sandow Nasution (INA)	A	76.92	145	152	153	153	185	194	200	194	347
12	Mahmoud Elhaddad (EGY)	A	76.73	145	150	155	150	192	198	198	192	342
13	Erkand Qerimaj (ALB)	B	76.52	145	150	154	154	182	187	193	187	341
14	Giovanni Bardis (FRA)	B	76.83	149	153	156	156	173	178	178	173	329
15	Felix Ekpo (NGR)	B	75.83	143	148	150	143	178	182	185	183	325
16	Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB)	B	76.24	140	144	148	144	178	185	185	178	322
17	José Ocando (VEN)	B	76.90	140	140	140	140	182	182	186	182	322
18	Răzvan Rusu (ROU)	B	76.69	130	135	140	140	170	175	175	170	310
19	Carlos Espeleta (ARG)	B	76.93	140	140	145	140	170	170	170	170	310
20	Andrei Gutu (MDA)	B	76.38	140	145	147	145	160	165	165	160	305
21	Richie Patterson (NZL)	B	76.57	130	137	137	130	170	176	176	170	300
22	Darryn Anthony (RSA)	B	76.98	135	135	144	135	160	170	173	160	295
23	Josefa Vueti (FIJ)	B	76.15	115	120	124	124	155	1162	162	155	279
24	Romain Marchessou (MON)	B	75.53	105	110	115	110	135	140	145	140	250
–	János Baranyai (HUN)	B	76.92	140	145	148	145	–	–	–	–	DNF
–	Octavio Mejías (VEN)	A	76.53	152	157	157	152	185	185	185	–	DNF
–	Taner Sağır (TUR)	A	76.73	165	165	165	–	–	–	–	-	DNF
–	Chad Vaughn (USA)	B	76.81	144	144	147	147	182	182	182	–	DNF