Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

The men's 85 kg weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the seventh Weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

The results for this event were unusual in that Andrei Rybakou of Belarus set a world record but failed to win the gold medal when Lu Yong of China tied his record but weighed in with slightly lower body weight. According to weightlifting tie-breaking rules, the lighter lifter wins a tie; however, according to record rules, only the earliest lifter's mark counts.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Medalists 3 Records 4 Qualified Athletes 5 Results 6 References

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, August 15, 2008	10:00-12:00	Group B
Friday, August 15, 2008	19:00-21:00	Group A

Medalists

Gold	Lu Yong China (CHN)
Silver	Andrei Rybakou Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Tigran Vardan Martirosyan Armenia (ARM)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	187 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	218 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	25 April 1998
	Total	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	393 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	180 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	215 kg
	Total	Olympic Standard	392.5 kg

Qualified Athletes

21 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	Date of Birth	Weight	PB [1]	Notes
1	Edgar Gevorgyan (ARM)	May 21, 1982(1982-05-21) (age 26)
2	Tigran V. Martirosyan (ARM)	March 3, 1983(1983-03-03) (age 25)		377 kg	2006 World Championships 2008 European Championships
3	Intigam Zairov (AZE)	April 21, 1985(1985-04-21) (age 23)		350 kg
4	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	March 4, 1982(1982-03-04) (age 26)		393 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2006 and 2007 World Championships
5	Vadzim Straltsou (BLR)	April 30, 1986(1986-04-30) (age 22)		375 kg	2007 World Championships 2007 European Championships
6	Lu Yong (CHN)	January 1, 1986(1986-01-01) (age 22)		385 kg	2005 World Championships
7	Brice Vivien Batchaya (CMR)	August 16, 1985(1985-08-16) (age 22)		320 kg	2008 African Championships
8	Carlos Andica (COL)	November 12, 1983(1983-11-12) (age 24)		352 kg
9	Jadiel Valladares (CUB)	October 11, 1982(1982-10-11) (age 25)		363 kg
10	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	August 24, 1984(1984-08-24) (age 23)		360 kg
11	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	May 24, 1987(1987-05-24) (age 21)		345 kg
12	Vladimir Sedov (KAZ)	March 2, 1988(1988-03-02) (age 20)		351 kg
13	Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ)	August 18, 1976(1976-08-18) (age 31)		350 kg
14	David Katoatau (KIR)	July 17, 1984(1984-07-17) (age 24)		292 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
15	Benedict Uloko (NGR)	March 19, 1984(1984-03-19) (age 24)		341 kg	2008 African Championships
16	Terrence Dixie (SEY)	October 15, 1983(1983-10-15) (age 24)		247 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
17	Ondrej Kutlík (SVK)	September 9, 1976(1976-09-09) (age 31)		362.5 kg
18	İzzet İnce (TUR)	January 1, 1981(1981-01-01) (age 27)		380 kg	2007 European Championships
19	Kendrick Farris (USA)	July 2, 1986(1986-07-02) (age 22)		347 kg
20	Mansurbek Chashemov (UZB)	June 22, 1983(1983-06-22) (age 25)		363 kg
21	Herbys Márquez (VEN)	December 1, 1980(1980-12-01) (age 27)		354 kg

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Res	1	2	3	Res
1 !	Lu Yong (CHN)	A	84.41	175.0	180.0	183.0	180.0	208.0	214.0	214.0	214.0	394.0
2 !	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	A	84.69	180.0	185.0	185.0	185.0 OR	200.0	204.0	209.0	209.0	394.0 WR
3 !	Tigran Vardan Martirosyan (ARM)	A	83.78	172.0	177.0	180.0	177.0	203.0	203.0	206.0	203.0	380.0
4	Vladimir Sedov (KAZ)	A	84.54	170.0	175.0	180.0	180.0	200.0	203.0	203.0	200.0	380.0
5	Jadiel Valladares (CUB)	A	84.84	161.0	166.0	169.0	169.0	198.0	198.0	203.0	203.0	372.0
6	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	A	84.55	157.0	162.0	162.0	162.0	196.0	201.0	205.0	205.0	367.0
7	Mamsurbek Chashemov (UZB)	A	84.71	165.0	165.0	169.0	165.0	195.0	199.0	202.0	202.0	367.0
8	Kendrick Farris (USA)	B	84.14	153.0	157.0	160.0	160.0	195.0	195.0	202.0	202.0	362.0
9	Intigam Zairov (AZE)	A	84.52	160.0	166.0	166.0	166.0	195.0	199.0	199.0	195.0	361.0
10	Carlos Andica (COL)	B	84.62	155.0	160.0	160.0	155.0	190.0	195.0	201.0	201.0	356.0
11	Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ)	B	84.74	152.0	160.0	160.0	152.0	182.0	190.0	194.0	194.0	346.0
12	Ondrej Kutlik (SVK)	B	84.89	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	186.0	191.0	193.0	193.0	343.0
13	Benedict Uloko (NGR)	B	84.97	144.0	148.0	151.0	148.0	187.0	187.0	191.0	191.0	339.0
14	Brice Batchaya (CMR)	B	82.77	150.0	153.0	155.0	153.0	180.0	185.0	185.0	180.0	333.0
15	David Katoatau (KIR)	B	84.17	130.0	130.0	135.0	135.0	170.0	178.0	178.0	178.0	313.0
16	Terence Dixie (SEY)	B	82.67	110.0	115.0	115.0	115.0	130.0	140.0	140.0	140.0	255.0
–	Edgar Gevorgyan (ARM)	A	84.69	170.0	170.0	176.0	176.0	196.0	196.0	196.0	–	DNF
–	Izzet Ince (TUR)	A	84.52	165.0	165.0	170.0	170.0	190.0	–	–	–	DNF
–	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	B	84.55	143.0	143.0	148.0	143.0	–	–	–	–	DNF
–	Vadzim Straltsou (BLR)	A	84.37	170.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
–	Herbys Márquez (VEN)	B	84.91	152.0	152.0	152.0	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

References