Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg explained

Event:	Men's 69 kg
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date:	11–12 August
Competitors:	30
Nations:	26
Gold:	Liao Hui
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Vencelas Dabaya
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Yordanis Borrero
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large number of competitors. Group C weightlifters competed at 12:30 on the 11th, Group B competed at 10:00 on the 12th, 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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
11 August 2008	12:30	Group C
12 August 2008	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result
		A	68.97	153	153	158	158	185	185	190	190	348
		A	68.38	147	151	153	151	187	197	197	187	338
		A	68.92	140	145	148	148	171	171	180	180	328
4		A	68.86	142	146	149	146	181	183	187	181	327
5		A	68.64	140	146	150	146	180	180	180	180	326
6		A	68.41	137	142	145	145	175	187	187	175	320
7		A	68.99	141	145	147	147	171	171	175	171	318
8		B	68.76	130	130	135	135	170	175	177	175	310
9		B	68.87	138	142	142	138	168	172	175	172	310
10		B	68.85	135	140	140	135	165	170	172	172	307
11		B	68.23	139	143	143	139	167	171	171	167	306
12		B	68.79	130	133	135	135	160	165	171	165	300
13		B	68.14	127	132	135	132	161	167	170	167	299
14		C	68.90	120	125	128	128	160	165	168	165	293
15		C	68.97	125	131	131	131	155	162	167	162	293
16		C	68.92	130	135	138	135	155	162	162	155	290
17		B	68.85	130	135	135	130	158	165	165	158	288
18		C	66.32	125	128	132	128	155	155	161	155	283
19		C	68.86	123	127	127	123	153	158	161	158	281
20		C	68.67	107	114	—	114	142	154	—	154	268
21		C	68.14	102	107	110	110	138	144	148	144	254
22		C	66.06	110	115	117	115	130	135	138	135	250
—		A	68.17	152	152	157	152	—	—	—	—	—
—		B	68.91	136	136	141	136	165	165	165	—	—
—		B	68.93	131	131	136	131	160	160	160	—	—
—		B	68.68	136	136	136	—	—	—	—	—	—
—		B	68.59	134	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—		A	68.67	150	153	155	155	184	186	186	—	—
DQ		A	68.90	153	156	156	153	183	185	185	185	338
DQ		B	68.68	145	145	148	145	163	168	172	172	317

• Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol and turinabol.^[1]
• Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova originally finished ninth, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 . International Olympic Committee. 8 September 2016.