Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 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 women's +75 kg weightlifting event was the heaviest women's event at the weightlifting competition, allowing competitors with over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 16, starting at 19:00.

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 winner of the event, Jang Mi-Ran, broke a total of three world records, the snatch (140 kg, +1 kg), the clean and jerk (186 kg, +4 kg) and the total (326 kg, +7 kg).^[1]

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
Saturday, August 16, 2008	19:00-21:00	Group A

Medalists

Gold	Jang Mi-Ran South Korea (KOR)	326 kg	WR
Silver	Olha Korobka Ukraine (UKR)	277 kg
Bronze	Mariya Grabovetskaya Kazakhstan (KAZ)	270 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Mu Shuangshuang (CHN)	139 kg	Doha, Qatar	6 December 2006
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	182 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004
	Total	Mu Shuangshuang (CHN)	319 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	26 September 2007
Olympic Record	Snatch	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	135 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	182 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004
	Total	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	305 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004

Qualified Athletes

11 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	Date of Birth	Weight	PB [2]	Notes
1	Deborah Lovely (AUS)	June 20, 1983(1983-06-20) (age 25)		210 kg	2006 Commonwealth Games (75 kg)
2	Eva Dimas (ESA)	March 18, 1973(1973-03-18) (age 35)		256 kg	2008 Pan-American Championships
3	Victoria Mavridou (GRE)	July 8, 1991(1991-07-08) (age 17)		227 kg
4	Mariya Grabovetskaya (KAZ)	April 10, 1987(1987-04-10) (age 21)		277 kg
5	Jang Mi-Ran (KOR)	October 9, 1983(1983-10-09) (age 24)		319 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Championships
6	Mariam Usman (NGR)	November 9, 1990(1990-11-09) (age 17)		265 kg	2008 African Championships
7	Cristina Cornejo (PER)	June 9, 1985(1985-06-09) (age 23)		215 kg
8	Ele Opeloge (SAM)	July 11, 1985(1985-07-11) (age 23)		269 kg
9	Yuliya Dovhal (UKR)	June 2, 1983(1983-06-02) (age 25)		260 kg
10	Olha Korobka (UKR)	December 7, 1985(1985-12-07) (age 22)		293 kg	2006 and 2007 World Championships
11	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	April 19, 1983(1983-04-19) (age 25)		287 kg	2000 Olympic Games 2005 World Championships

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Res	1	2	3	Res
1 !	Jang Mi-Ran (KOR)	A	116.75	130.0	136.0	140.0	140.0 WR	175.0	183.0	186.0	186.0 WR	326.0 WR
2 !	Olha Korobka (UKR)	A	166.97	120.0	124.0	127.0	124.0	150.0	153.0	–	153.0	277.0
3 !	Mariya Grabovetskaya (KAZ)	A	112.93	115.0	115.0	120.0	120.0	145.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	270.0
4	Ele Opeloge (SAM)	A	123.89	113.0	116.0	119.0	119.0	145.0	150.0	152.0	150.0	269.0
5	Mariam Usman (NGR)	A	115.30	115.0	115.0	120.0	115.0	145.0	150.0	156.0	150.0	265.0
6	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	A	136.29	112.0	115.0	118.0	115.0	140.0	144.0	150.0	144.0	259.0
7	Yuliya Dovhal (UKR)	A	96.05	114.0	114.0	118.0	118.0	140.0	140.0	147.0	140.0	258.0
8	Deborah Lovely (AUS)	A	94.19	109.0	113.0	115.0	113.0	135.0	135.0	140.0	135.0	248.0
9	Viktoria Mavridou (GRE)	A	102.15	100.0	105.0	110.0	105.0	121.0	126.0	128.0	126.0	231.0
10	Cristina Cornejo (PER)	A	117.50	93.0	97.0	99.0	97.0	123.0	128.0	130.0	128.0	225.0
–	Eva Dimas (ESA)	A	86.85	100.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	125.0	127.0	127.0	–	DNF

References