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

Event:	Women's +75 kg
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date:	16 August
Competitors:	11
Nations:	10
Gold:	Jang Mi-ran
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Ele Opeloge
Silvernoc:	SAM
Bronze:	Mariam Usman
Bronzenoc:	NGR
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The women's +75 kilograms 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 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] With the disqualification of Olha Korobka and Mariya Grabovetskaya, Jang won the competition by 57kg, an Olympic record margin.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
16 August 2008	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	116.75	130	136	140	140	175	183	186	186	326
		A	123.89	113	116	119	119	145	150	152	150	269
		A	115.30	115	115	120	115	145	150	156	150	265
4		A	136.29	112	115	118	115	140	144	150	144	259
5		A	96.05	114	114	118	118	140	140	147	140	258
6		A	94.19	109	113	115	113	135	135	140	135	248
7		A	102.15	100	105	110	105	121	126	128	126	231
8		A	117.50	93	97	99	97	123	128	130	128	225
—		A	86.85	100	105	105	105	125	127	127	—	—
DQ		A	166.97	120	124	127	124	150	153	—	153	277
DQ		A	112.93	115	115	120	120	145	150	150	150	270

• Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally finished second and third, respectively. But were both disqualified after they tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.^{[2] [3]}

New records

width=100 rowspan=2	Snatch	width=70	136 kg	width=250 align=left		width=70
140 kg
Clean & Jerk	183 kg
	186 kg
Total	315 kg
	323 kg
	326 kg

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Records tumble as Jang takes gold . . 2008-08-16 . 2008-08-16.
2. http://www.iwf.net/2016/08/24/public-disclosures-5/ Public disclosures
3. Web site: IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. IOC. 17 November 2016.