Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Dates	28 July - 7 August 2012
Competitors	260

Weightlifting at the 2012 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

ExCel Exhibition Centre

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:

Qualification

Medal summary

The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after evidence of doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games that were undertaken in 2016: 16 lifters (13 medallists, and three further lifters who would have inherited forfeited medals) have tested positive for a variety of prohibited substances following these retests. Below are the results listed by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	2	0	7
2	North Korea	3	0	1	4
3	Iran	2	3	0	5
4	Poland	1	0	2	3
5	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
6	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
	Canada	1	0	0	1
9	Indonesia	0	2	1	3
10	Egypt	0	1	1	2
	Romania	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
	Russia	0	1	1	2
	Thailand	0	1	1	2
15	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
18	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Total		15	15	15	45

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Om Yun-chol  North Korea	Wu Jingbiao  China	Valentin Hristov  Azerbaijan
62 kg	Kim Un-guk  North Korea	Óscar Figueroa  Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
69 kg	Lin Qingfeng  China	Triyatno  Indonesia	Răzvan Martin  Romania
77 kg	Lü Xiaojun  China	Lu Haojie  China	Iván Cambar  Cuba
85 kg [a]	Adrian Zieliński  Poland	Kianoush Rostami  Iran	Tarek Yehia  Egypt
94 kg [b]	Saeid Mohammadpour  Iran	Kim Min-jae  South Korea	Tomasz Zieliński  Poland
105 kg	Oleksiy Torokhtiy  Ukraine	Navab Nassirshalal  Iran	Bartłomiej Bonk  Poland
+105 kg	Behdad Salimi  Iran	Sajjad Anoushiravani  Iran	Ruslan Albegov  Russia

Women's events

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

Notes

• ^{Men's 85 kg} Original silver medalist Apti Aukhadov of Russia was stripped by the IOC of his medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of his 2012 sample.^[2]
• ^{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 after testing positive for banned substances. Fourth-placed Andrey Demanov of Russia, six-placed Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan and seventh-placed Almas Uteshov of Kazakhstan were also disqualified.^[3][4][5]
• ^{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 after testing positive for banned substances.^[6][4]
• ^{Women's 58 kg} Original bronze medalist Yuliya Kalina of Ukraine was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2012 sample.^[7]
• ^{Women's 63 kg} Original gold medalist Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2012 sample.^[6] Fourth-placed Sibel Şimşek of Turkey was also disqualified.^[5] On 5 April 2017 original silver medalist Svetlana Tsarukayeva was also disqualified due to use of doping.^[8]
• ^{Women's 69 kg} Original bronze medalist Maryna Shkermankova of Belarus was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2012 sample.^[6] Fourth-placed Dzina Sazanavets of Belarus also failed retests.^[9]
• ^{Women's 75 kg} Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan, Natalia Zabolotnaya of Russia, and Iryna Kulesha of Belarus originally won the gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively, but were all disqualified after testing positive for banned substances.^[6][4]
• ^{Women's +75 kg} Original bronze medalist Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia was stripped by the IOC of her medal and result following a positive anti-doping test of her 2012 sample.^[4]

Olympic and world records broken

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Weight	Record	Day
Olympics – Women's 53 kg	29 July	Clean and jerk	Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Kazakhstan	131 kg	WR	2
Olympics – Women's 53 kg	29 July	Total	Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Kazakhstan	226 kg	OR	2
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 63 kg	31 July	Total	Maiya Maneza	Kazakhstan	245 kg	OR	4
Olympics – Women's 75 kg	3 August	Snatch	Natalia Zabolotnaya	Russia	131 kg	OR	7
Olympics – Women's 75 kg	3 August	Clean & Jerk	Svetlana Podobedova	Kazakhstan	161 kg	OR	7
Olympics – Women's 75 kg	3 August	Total	Natalia Zabolotnaya	Russia	291 kg	OR	7
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

• Results by Events. International Weightlifting Federation

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