The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event was the sixth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15 at 15:30. This event was the ninth Weightlifting event to conclude.[1]
| Women's 75 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 15 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 edit
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2008 | 15:30 | Group A |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
131 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 25 September 2007 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  Liu Chunhong (CHN) |
159 kg | Doha, Qatar | 13 November 2005 | ||
| Total | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) |
286 kg | Hangzhou, China | 2 June 2006 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch |  Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
125 kg | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  Pawina Thongsuk (THA) |
150 kg | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 | ||
| Total | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
272 kg | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 | ||
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
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 Alla Vazhenina (KAZ) |
A | 73.88 | 115 | 119 | 119 | 141 | 145 | 147 | 147 | 266 | |
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 Lydia Valentín (ESP) |
A | 74.42 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 250 | ||
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 Damaris Aguirre (MEX) |
A | 74.82 | 103 | 106 | 109 | 109 | 130 | 135 | 136 | 136 | 245 |
| 4 |  Ubaldina Valoyes (COL) |
A | 73.30 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 130 | 134 | 134 | 244 | ||
| 5 |  Jeane Lassen (CAN) |
A | 74.42 | 105 | 105 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 240 | |||
| 6 |  Nadiya Myronyuk (UKR) |
A | 74.11 | 102 | 105 | 105 | 125 | 127 | 132 | 132 | 237 | |
| 7 |  Yuliya Novakovich (BLR) |
A | 74.19 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 115 | 122 | 127 | 127 | 237 | |
| 8 |  Elizabeth Poblete (CHI) |
A | 74.43 | 86 | 91 | 91 | 106 | 106 | 197 | |||
| DQ |  Cao Lei (CHN) |
A | 73.16 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 128 | 147 | 154 | 154 | ||
| DQ | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) |
A | 73.33 | 112 | 117 | 117 | 138 | 143 | 147 | 147 | ||
| DQ | Iryna Kulesha (BLR) |
A | 74.78 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 118 | 128 | 133 | 137 | 137 | |
| DQ |  Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM) |
A | 74.74 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 125 | 130 | 130 | |||
- Cao Lei of China originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for GHRP-2 and GHRP-2 M2.[2]
- Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and EPO.[3]
- Iryna Kulesha of Belarus originally finished fourth, but was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for oral turinabol.[4]
- Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia originally finished eleventh, but she was disqualified after a re-analysis of her samples from Beijing 2008 tested positive for stanozolol.[5]
New records edit
| Snatch | 128 kg | Cao Lei (CHN) |
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| Clean & Jerk | 154 kg | Cao Lei (CHN) |
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| Total | 275 kg | Cao Lei (CHN) |
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| 282 kg | Cao Lei (CHN) |
References edit
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Weightlifting - Olympic Results by Discipline".
- ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012 IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012]
- ^ "IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". 14 July 2021.
- ^ International Weightlifting Federation (24 August 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ International Weightlifting Federation (18 June 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.