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

Event:Women's 69 kg
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beihang University Gymnasium
Date:13 August
Competitors:10
Nations:9
Gold:Oxana Slivenko
Goldnoc:RUS
Silver:Leydi Solís
Silvernoc:COL
Bronze:Abeer Abdelrahman
Bronzenoc:EGY
Prev:2004
Next:2012

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The women's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the fifth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the eighth 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

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13 August 2008 15:30 Group A

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
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A 68.47 110 115 115 115 136 140 140 255
A 67.54 99 103 105 105 125 132 135 135 240
A 69.00 100 105 105 105 133 133 136 133 238
4 A 68.63 100 104 106 106 120 124 124 124 230
5 A 68.65 105 110 110 105 120 126 126 120 225
6 A 68.65 87 87 90 87 115 120 122 122 209
A 65.33 87 90 93 90 120 120 120
A 68.07 103 103 103
DQ A 68.87 120 125 128 128 145 149 158 158 286
DQ A 68.63 110 113 115 115 130 133 135 135 250

New records

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128 kg
Clean & Jerk158 kg
Total277 kg
286 kg

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 . Olympics.
  2. Web site: IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. IOC. 17 November 2016.