The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.
Men's 69 kgTigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[1]
Men's 85 kgAndrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[2]
Men's 94 kgIlya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and medal bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.[3][4]
Men's 105 kgDmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.[4]
Women's 48 kgChen Xiexia of China and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5][6][7]
Women's 53 kgNastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[2]
Women's 58 kgMarina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[1]
Women's 63 kgIrina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.[4]
Women's 69 kgLiu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.[5][4]
Women's 75 kgCao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[5][1]
Women's +75 kgOlha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.[2][4]
Participating nationsEdit
A total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
^ abcIOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
^ abcIOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
^IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
^ abcdeIOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
^ abcIOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012
^IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
^SIBEL ÖZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT , from tas-cas.org, official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
External linksEdit
International Weightlifting Federation 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
Official Result Book – Weightlifting
October 21, 2023
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China were held from August 9 to August 19 Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium Weightliftingat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeihang University GymnasiumDates9 19 August 2008No of events15Competitors253 from 83 nations 20042012 The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re analysis of competitors samples in 2015 2016 and 2017 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals Contents 1 Qualification 2 Medal table 3 Medalists 3 1 Men 3 2 Women 4 Participating nations 5 References 6 External linksQualification EditFurther information Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics QualificationMedal table EditRankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp China CHN 51062 nbsp South Korea KOR 22043 nbsp Russia RUS 12034 nbsp Chinese Taipei TPE 1102 nbsp North Korea PRK 11026 nbsp Thailand THA 10237 nbsp Poland POL 10128 nbsp Belarus BLR 1001 nbsp Germany GER 1001 nbsp Kazakhstan KAZ 100111 nbsp Colombia COL 020212 nbsp Armenia ARM 011213 nbsp France FRA 0101 nbsp Georgia GEO 0101 nbsp Samoa SAM 0101 nbsp Spain ESP 0101 nbsp Vietnam VIE 010118 nbsp Cuba CUB 0033 nbsp Indonesia INA 003320 nbsp Canada CAN 0011 nbsp Egypt EGY 0011 nbsp Latvia LAT 0011 nbsp Mexico MEX 0011 nbsp Nigeria NGR 0011Totals 24 entries 15151545Medalists EditMen Edit Event Gold Silver Bronze56 kgdetails Long Qingquan nbsp China Hoang Anh Tuấn nbsp Vietnam Eko Yuli Irawan nbsp Indonesia62 kgdetails Zhang Xiangxiang nbsp China Diego Salazar nbsp Colombia Triyatno nbsp Indonesia69 kg a details Liao Hui nbsp China Vencelas Dabaya nbsp France Yordanis Borrero nbsp Cuba77 kgdetails Sa Jae hyouk nbsp South Korea Li Hongli nbsp China Gevorg Davtyan nbsp Armenia85 kg b details Lu Yong nbsp China Tigran Martirosyan nbsp Armenia Jadier Valladares nbsp Cuba94 kg c details Szymon Kolecki nbsp Poland Arsen Kasabiev nbsp Georgia Yoandry Hernandez nbsp Cuba105 kg d details Andrei Aramnau nbsp Belarus Dmitry Klokov nbsp Russia Marcin Dolega nbsp Poland 105 kgdetails Matthias Steiner nbsp Germany Evgeny Chigishev nbsp Russia Viktors Scerbatihs nbsp LatviaWomen Edit Event Gold Silver Bronze48 kg e details Chen Wei ling nbsp Chinese Taipei Im Jyoung hwa nbsp South Korea Pensiri Laosirikul nbsp Thailand53 kg g details Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon nbsp Thailand Yoon Jin hee nbsp South Korea Raema Lisa Rumbewas nbsp Indonesia58 kg h details Chen Yanqing nbsp China O Jong ae nbsp North Korea Wandee Kameaim nbsp Thailand63 kg i details Pak Hyon suk nbsp North Korea Lu Ying chi nbsp Chinese Taipei Christine Girard nbsp Canada69 kg j details Oxana Slivenko nbsp Russia Leydi Solis nbsp Colombia Abeer Abdelrahman nbsp Egypt75 kg k details Alla Vazhenina nbsp Kazakhstan Lydia Valentin nbsp Spain Damaris Aguirre nbsp Mexico 75 kg l details Jang Mi ran nbsp South Korea Ele Opeloge nbsp Samoa Mariam Usman nbsp NigeriaMen s 69 kg Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal but he was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of his 2008 sample 1 Men s 85 kg Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal but he was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of his 2008 sample 2 Men s 94 kg Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and medal bronze medal respectively but they were disqualified after positive anti doping tests of their 2008 samples 3 4 Men s 105 kg Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal but he was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of his 2008 sample 4 Women s 48 kg Chen Xiexia of China and Sibel Ozkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively but they were disqualified after a positive anti doping test of their 2008 samples 5 6 7 Women s 53 kg Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal but she was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of her 2008 sample 2 Women s 58 kg Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal but she was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of her 2008 sample 1 Women s 63 kg Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal but she was disqualified after a positive anti doping test of her 2008 sample 4 Women s 69 kg Liu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively but they were disqualified after positive anti doping tests of their 2008 samples 5 4 Women s 75 kg Cao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively but they were disqualified after positive anti doping test of their 2008 samples 5 1 Women s 75 kg Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively but they were disqualified after positive anti doping test of their 2008 samples 2 4 Participating nations EditA total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games nbsp Albania 3 nbsp Algeria 1 nbsp Armenia 6 nbsp Australia 2 nbsp Azerbaijan 5 nbsp Belarus 10 nbsp Belgium 1 nbsp Bolivia 1 nbsp Brazil 1 nbsp Cameroon 1 nbsp Canada 5 nbsp Chile 1 nbsp China 10 nbsp Chinese Taipei 5 nbsp Colombia 9 nbsp Cook Islands 1 nbsp Cuba 6 nbsp Cyprus 1 nbsp Czech Republic 1 nbsp Dominican Republic 2 nbsp Ecuador 2 nbsp Egypt 5 nbsp El Salvador 1 nbsp Federated States of Micronesia 1 nbsp Fiji 1 nbsp Finland 1 nbsp France 4 nbsp Georgia 3 nbsp Germany 5 nbsp Great Britain 1 nbsp Greece 4 nbsp Guatemala 1 nbsp Hungary 1 nbsp Indonesia 5 nbsp Iran 3 nbsp Italy 4 nbsp Japan 6 nbsp Kazakhstan 8 nbsp Kiribati 1 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 1 nbsp Latvia 1 nbsp Lithuania 1 nbsp Malaysia 1 nbsp Mauritius 1 nbsp Mexico 2 nbsp Moldova 5 nbsp Monaco 1 nbsp Mongolia 1 nbsp Nauru 1 nbsp Nepal 1 nbsp New Zealand 2 nbsp Nicaragua 1 nbsp Nigeria 3 nbsp North Korea 7 nbsp Norway 1 nbsp Papua New Guinea 1 nbsp Peru 1 nbsp Philippines 1 nbsp Poland 10 nbsp Puerto Rico 1 nbsp Romania 5 nbsp Russia 10 nbsp Samoa 1 nbsp Seychelles 1 nbsp Slovakia 2 nbsp Solomon Islands 1 nbsp South Africa 1 nbsp South Korea 9 nbsp Spain 2 nbsp Sri Lanka 1 nbsp Syria 1 nbsp Tajikistan 1 nbsp Thailand 7 nbsp Tonga 1 nbsp Tunisia 2 nbsp Turkey 6 nbsp Turkmenistan 2 nbsp Tuvalu 1 nbsp Ukraine 9 nbsp United States 6 nbsp Uzbekistan 2 nbsp Venezuela 7 nbsp Vietnam 2 References Edit a b c IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti doping tests at Beijing 2008 a b c IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti doping test at Beijing 2008 IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 a b c d e IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti doping tests at Beijing 2008 a b c IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti doping test at Beijing 2008 SIBEL OZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT from tas cas org official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport External links EditInternational Weightlifting Federation Archived 2012 08 02 at the Wayback Machine Official Result Book Weightlifting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1169569138, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
