Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg explained

Event:Men's 85 kg
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Riocentro
Date:12 August 2016
Competitors:24
Nations:22
Win Label:Winning total
Win Value:396 kg WR
Gold:Kianoush Rostami
Goldnoc:IRI
Silver:Tian Tao
Silvernoc:CHN
Bronze:Denis Ulanov
Bronzenoc:KAZ
Prev:2012

The Men's 85 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]

On October 13, 2016, the IWF reported that bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian of Romania had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics.[2]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil

Date Time Event
12 August 2016 10:00 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordSnatch187 kgChiang Mai, Thailand22 September 2007
Clean & Jerk220 kgTehran, Iran31 May 2016
Total395 kgTehran, Iran31 May 2016
Olympic record Snatch 180 kg 23 September 2000
Clean & Jerk 215 kg 23 September 2000
Total 394 kg 15 August 2008

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody
weight
Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
A 84.26 174 179 182 179 215 215 217 217 396
A 84.85 173 178 178 178 210 210 217 217 395
A 84.95 170 175 175 175 215 215 215 215 390
4 A 84.73 170 173 175 175 210 210 212 210 385
5 A 84.24 165 170 173 170 201 207 215 207 377
6 A 84.47 166 170 173 170 195 201 201 195 365
7 A 84.79 151 155 158 158 197 203 208 203 361
8 B 84.63 160 160 165 165 185 190 192 192 357
9 A 84.43 155 160 160 155 195 202 202 195 350
10 A 84.49 150 150 150 150 200 205 205 200 350
11 B 84.58 151 156 160 160 186 190 197 190 350
12 B 85.00 150 155 155 155 185 185 190 190 345
13 B 84.44 150 157 157 150 190 195 195 190 340
14 B 84.58 140 145 150 150 180 180 186 186 336
15 B 84.13 145 149 149 149 181 186 187 181 330
16 B 84.27 135 140 145 145 172 180 185 180 325
17 B 84.69 140 145 150 145 180 190 190 180 325
18 B 84.79 140 145 148 145 170 175 175 175 320
19 B 80.57 120 127 130 120 153 160 165 165 285
20 B 83.52 121 125 130 130 153 153 157 153 283
B 84.87 118 118 118 DNF DNF
A 83.67 158 158 160 158 DNF
DSQ[3] A 84.33 167 171 173 173 204 212 217 217 390

was originally on the entry list but was ejected from the Games after testing positive for a banned substance on July 25.[4]

New records

Clean & Jerk217 kg
Total395 kg, =
Clean & Jerk217 kg=
Clean & Jerk217 kg=
Total396 kg,

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rio 2016: Weightlifting . . 17 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150417073527/http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/weightlifting . 17 April 2015 .
  2. Web site: Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test. October 13, 2016. Associated Press. 14 October 2016.
  3. Web site: CAS AD 16/10 and 16/11. The Anti-doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport Issues Decisions in the Cases of Gabriel Sincraian (ROM/Weightlifting-85kg) and Misha Aloian (RUS/Boxing-52kg). December 8, 2016. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 8 December 2016.
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/05/greek-athlete-fails-drug-test-rio-olympic-games Cypriot, Greek athletes kicked out of Olympics after failing drug tests