Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

The Men's 77 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 10 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.^[1] Nijat Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a doping violation (urine substitutions in the weeks before the Games).^[2][3] As of March 2022, medals for this event have not been reallocated, a process that could extend to 2024.^[4] If the medal is reallocated, Lü Xiaojun stands to win his third Olympic weightlifting gold medal.

Men's 77 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	10 August 2016
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Winning total	379 kg
Medalists
vacant Lü Xiaojun  China Mohamed Ehab  Egypt
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Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Event
10 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 record	Snatch	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	176 kg	Wrocław, Poland	24 October 2013
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	210 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	27 April 2001
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	380 kg	Wrocław, Poland	24 October 2013
Olympic record	Snatch	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	175 kg	London, United Kingdom	1 August 2012
	Clean & Jerk	Zhan Xugang (CHN)	207 kg	Sydney, Australia	22 September 2000
	Total	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	379 kg	London, United Kingdom	1 August 2012

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
^[1]	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	A	76.83	170	175	177	177 WR	197	197	202	202	379
^[1]	Mohamed Ehab (EGY)	A	76.69	160	165	168	165 AF	196	196	203	196	361
4^[1]	Chatuphum Chinnawong (THA)	A	76.52	160	165	165	165	191	191	191	191	356
5	Alexandru Șpac (MDA)	A	76.52	150	155	158	155	185	190	192	192	347
6	Andrés Caicedo (COL)	B	76.26	150	150	155	155	191	197	197	191	346
7	Andrés Mata (ESP)	B	76.32	145	150	153	153	185	190	190	190	343
8	Choe Jon-wi (PRK)	A	76.54	153	157	158	153	184	190	194	190	343
9	Ibrahim Abdelbaki (EGY)	A	76.90	147	152	152	152	186	186	192	186	338
10	Nico Müller (GER)	B	76.70	145	149	151	151	177	181	185	181	332
11	Sathish Sivalingam (IND)	B	76.96	143	148	153	148	176	181	186	181	329
12	Deni (INA)	B	69.38	140	146	149	146	172	177	181	177	323
–	Andranik Karapetyan (ARM)	A	76.75	170	174	176	174 ER	195	195	–	DNF	DNF
–	Dumitru Captari (ROU)	B	76.68	145	150	150	145	–	–	–	DNF	DNF
DSQ^[1]	Nijat Rahimov (KAZ)	A	76.19	160	165	168	165	202	214	–	214 WR	379

¹ Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a doping violation.^[2] IOC has not yet redistributed the medals.^[5][4]

New records

Snatch	177 kg	Lü Xiaojun (CHN)	OR, WR
Clean & Jerk	214 kg	Nijat Rahimov (KAZ)	OR, WR

References

1. . Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
2. "Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal and banned". BBC Sport. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
3. "The ITA welcomes the decision of CAS confirming the sanction of weightlifter Nijat Rahimov for sample swapping". International Testing Agency. 12 Dec 2023. Retrieved 1 Feb 2024. CAS confirmed that Nijat Rahimov should be sanctioned with 8 years of ineligibility. The disqualification of all results obtained by the athlete from 15 March 2016 (date of the first evidence of urine substitution) until the provisional suspension imposed on 18 January 2021, which includes the gold medal obtained at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 (Men's 77 kg), was also confirmed.
4. Oliver, Brian (22 March 2022). "More shame for weightlifting as memorable Rio 2016 contest exposed as a sham". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2022-03-26. The reallocation process goes through several phases and, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it could be finished this year or it could take until 2024.
5. "Rio 2016 Weightlifting 77kg Men Results". IOC. Retrieved 1 May 2023.