Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg explained

Event:Women's 75 kg
Games:2008 Summer
Date:15 August
Competitors:12
Nations:11
Gold:Alla Vazhenina
Goldnoc:KAZ
Silver:Lydia Valentín
Silvernoc:ESP
Bronze:Damaris Aguirre
Bronzenoc:MEX
Prev:2004
Next:2012

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event was the sixth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15 at 15:30. This event was the ninth Weightlifting event to conclude.[1]

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

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15 August 2008 15:30 Group A

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
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A 73.88 115 115 119 119 141 145 147 147 266
A 74.42 110 110 115 115 130 135 138 135 250
A 74.82 103 106 109 109 130 135 136 136 245
4 A 73.30 105 110 110 110 130 134 138 134 244
5 A 74.42 105 105 110 105 130 135 140 135 240
6 A 74.11 102 105 105 105 125 127 132 132 237
7 A 74.19 105 110 110 110 115 122 127 127 237
8 A 74.43 86 91 93 91 106 111 111 106 197
DQ A 73.16 120 125 128 128 147 154 159 154 282
DQ A 73.33 112 117 117 117 138 143 147 147 264
DQ A 74.78 112 116 118 118 128 133 137 137 255
DQ A 74.74 100 105 110 105 125 130 130 130 235

New records

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Clean & Jerk154 kg
Total275 kg
282 kg

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2008 Weightlifting - Olympic Results by Discipline.
  2. Web site: IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 . Olympics.
  3. Web site: IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008. 14 July 2021.
  4. Web site: PUBLIC DISCLOSURES. International Weightlifting Federation. 24 August 2016. 2016-10-07.
  5. Web site: PUBLIC DISCLOSURES. International Weightlifting Federation. 18 June 2016. 2016-10-07.