Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg explained

Event:	Men's 94 kg
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL London
Date:	4 August
Competitors:	21
Nations:	18
Gold:	Saeid Mohammadpour
Goldnoc:	IRI
Silver:	Kim Min-jae
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Tomasz Zieliński
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The men's 94 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.^[1]

Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.^[2]

Artem Ivanov of Ukraine was on the start list,^[3] but he was disqualified after weighing in 500 grams overweight.

Arsen Kasabijew of Poland (who had competed for Georgia as Arsen Karabiev in Beijing) was forced to retire from the competition after injuring his arm and knee during his second attempt to snatch 174 kg.

Originally, Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin won the competition and broke the world record in the clean and jerk (with a lift of 233 kg), and well as the world record for the total (418 kg), but both records were later annulled for drug use.

The results of this event were significantly altered following the 2016 retesting of the original in-competition samples for banned substances.

Six of the top seven finishers, including the three original medalists, were disqualified after their 2012 samples were retested and found to be positive for the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. Thus, Saeid Mohammadpour of Iran, who had originally finished fifth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.^[4]

On 6 October 2016, the IWF reported that as a consequence of the IOC's reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games, a sample from Norayr Vardanyan of Armenia, who had originally finished 11th, had returned a positive result. In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions upon Vardanyan, who was later disqualified.^{[5] [6]} Subsequently, Endri Karina of Albania, who had originally finished 14th, was disqualified after he also tested positive.

At the Olympics in Rio, Zieliński tested positive for spironolactone and was sent home from the games. Since then, he was later upgraded to the bronze medal position from the London games.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
4 August 2012	15:30	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	94.00	177	180	183	183	219	224	226	219	402
		A	93.68	178	182	185	185	210	220	221	210	395
		B	93.61	167	172	175	175	208	210	215	210	385
4		B	93.65	165	170	175	175	200	205	209	209	384
5		B	93.59	160	166	166	166	200	206	206	206	372
6		B	93.21	165	170	173	170	200	205	205	200	370
7		B	93.06	140	150	155	155	171	180	185	180	335
8		B	93.37	138	142	142	138	180	185	190	190	328
9		B	93.32	135	140	140	140	185	190	190	185	325
10		B	93.20	130	135	140	140	170	177	180	180	320
11		B	93.63	140	140	140	140	180	180	185	180	320
12		B	93.32	130	137	141	137	170	175	176	176	313
—		A	93.56	170	174	174	170	—	—	—	—	—
DQ		A	93.52	177	182	185	185	224	228	233	233	418
DQ		A	93.30	180	185	185	185	215	224	229	224	409
DQ		A	93.29	178	181	181	181	220	226	228	226	407
DQ		A	93.85	175	180	182	182	215	225	225	225	407
DQ		A	93.17	175	175	182	182	215	223	225	215	397
DQ		A	93.15	167	173	175	175	213	220	225	220	395
DQ		A	93.83	170	175	175	170	210	216	216	210	380
DQ		B	93.90	155	155	161	155	185	190	195	195	350

New records

width=100 rowspan=2	Clean & Jerk	width=70	228 kg	width=250 align=left		width=70
233 kg
Total	413 kg
	418 kg

References

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting – Schedule & Results. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204182815/www.london2012.com/weightlifting/schedule-and-results/. dead.
2. Web site: Format competition – Weightlifting. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 1 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801003355/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/women-48kg/competition-format/index.html. dead.
3. Web site: Weightlifting – Start List Package. 27 July 2012. IWF. 27 July 2012.
4. Web site: Weightlifter set for 2012 Olympic bronze despite finishing ninth. 15 September 2016. BBC Sport. 15 September 2016.
5. Web site: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. International Weightlifting Federation. 6 October 2016. 2016-10-06.
6. Web site: IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012 . International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. 2016-11-21.