Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

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Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Date15 August
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alla Vazhenina  Kazakhstan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lydia Valentín  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Damaris Aguirre  Mexico
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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]

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

All times are

China Standard Time (UTC+08:00
)

Date Time Event
15 August 2008 15:30 Group A

Records

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

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Alla Vazhenina (KAZ) A 73.88 115 115 119 119 141 145 147 147 266
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lydia Valentín (ESP) A 74.42 110 110 115 115 130 135 138 135 250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Damaris Aguirre (MEX) A 74.82 103 106 109 109 130 135 136 136 245
4  Ubaldina Valoyes (COL) A 73.30 105 110 110 110 130 134 138 134 244
5  Jeane Lassen (CAN) A 74.42 105 105 110 105 130 135 140 135 240
6  Nadiya Myronyuk (UKR) A 74.11 102 105 105 105 125 127 132 132 237
7  Yuliya Novakovich (BLR) A 74.19 105 110 110 110 115 122 127 127 237
8  Elizabeth Poblete (CHI) A 74.43 86 91 93 91 106 111 111 106 197
DQ  Cao Lei (CHN) A 73.16 120 125 128 128 147 154 159 154 282
DQ  Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) A 73.33 112 117 117 117 138 143 147 147 264
DQ  Iryna Kulesha (BLR) A 74.78 112 116 118 118 128 133 137 137 255
DQ  Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM) A 74.74 100 105 110 105 125 130 130 130 235
  • 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]
  • 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

Snatch 128 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
Clean & Jerk 154 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
Total 275 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR
282 kg  Cao Lei (CHN) OR

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2008 Weightlifting - Olympic Results by Discipline".
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008". 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ International Weightlifting Federation (24 August 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. ^ International Weightlifting Federation (18 June 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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