Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

The men's 77 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 22.[1][2]

Men's 77 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date22 September
Competitors18 from 16 nations
Medalists
Zhan Xugang  China
Viktor Mitrou  Greece
Arsen Melikyan  Armenia

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

Date Time Event
22 September 200010:30Group B
18:30Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan (ARM)170.5 kgAthens, Greece25 November 1999
Clean & Jerk Zlatan Vanev (BUL)207.5 kgSofia, Bulgaria28 April 2000
TotalWorld Standard372.5 kg1 January 1998
Olympic RecordSnatchOlympic Standard167.5 kg1 January 1997
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard202.5 kg1 January 1997
TotalOlympic Standard370.0 kg1 January 1997

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
 Zhan Xugang (CHN)A76.20160.0165.0165.0160.0202.5207.5207.5367.5
 Viktor Mitrou (GRE)A76.48160.0165.0167.5165.0195.0200.0202.5202.5367.5
 Arsen Melikyan (ARM)A76.68162.5167.5167.5167.5197.5202.5202.5197.5365.0
4 Sergey Filimonov (KAZ)B76.90162.5162.5167.5167.5190.0195.0200.0195.0362.5
5 Ilirjan Suli (ALB)A76.66162.5167.5167.5162.5192.5200.0192.5355.0
6 Jon Chol-ho (PRK)B76.58160.0162.5162.5162.5190.0195.0200.0190.0352.5
7 Ingo Steinhöfel (GER)B76.58155.0160.0160.0160.0190.0195.0195.0190.0350.0
8 Dmytro Hnidenko (UKR)A76.58160.0165.0165.0160.0190.0195.0190.0350.0
9 Idalberto Aranda (CUB)B76.86145.0150.0155.0150.0200.0200.0208.0200.0350.0
10 Mehmet Yılmaz (TUR)B76.60155.0155.0160.0160.0180.0187.5192.5187.5347.5
11 Ruslan Savchenko (UKR)B76.90150.0157.5162.5157.5180.0185.0185.0180.0337.5
12 Oscar Chaplin (USA)B76.84150.0155.0155.0155.0180.0190.0190.0180.0335.0
13 Ayhan Çiçek (TUR)B76.88140.0145.0150.0145.0175.0180.0185.0180.0325.0
14 Damian Brown (AUS)B76.80145.0145.0150.0145.0170.0170.0175.0175.0320.0
15 Carlos Saurí (PUR)B76.92140.0145.0145.0140.0165.0165.0165.0165.0305.0
16 Joseph Bellon (SLE)B76.4890.092.595.095.0100.0102.5105.0105.0200.0
 Mohammad Hossein Barkhah (IRI)A76.16157.5157.5160.0
 Adrián Popa (HUN)B76.54

New records

Clean & Jerk 207.5 kg  Zhan Xugang (CHN) OR

References

  1. "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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