Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg

The men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large number of competitors. Group C weightlifters competed at 12:30 on the 11th, Group B competed at 10:00 on the 12th, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the seventh Weightlifting event to conclude.

Men's 69 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Date11–12 August
Competitors30 from 26 nations
Medalists
Liao Hui  China
Vencelas Dabaya  France
Yordanis Borrero  Cuba

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
11 August 200812:30Group C
12 August 200810:00Group B
19:00Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Georgi Markov (BUL)165 kgSydney, Australia20 September 2000
Clean & Jerk Zhang Guozheng (CHN)197 kgQinhuangdao, China11 September 2003
Total Galabin Boevski (BUL)357 kgAthens, Greece24 November 1999
Olympic RecordSnatch Georgi Markov (BUL)165 kgSydney, Australia20 September 2000
Clean & Jerk Galabin Boevski (BUL)196 kgSydney, Australia20 September 2000
Total Galabin Boevski (BUL)357 kgSydney, Australia20 September 2000

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
 Liao Hui (CHN)A68.97153153158158185185190190348
 Vencelas Dabaya (FRA)A68.38147151153151187197197187338
 Yordanis Borrero (CUB)A68.92140145148148171171180180328
4 Turan Mirzayev (AZE)A68.86142146149146181183187181327
5 Kim Chol-jin (PRK)A68.64140146150146180180180180326
6 Afgan Bayramov (AZE)A68.41137142145145175187187175320
7 Sitthisak Suphalak (THA)A68.99141145147147171171175171318
8 Yoshito Shintani (JPN)B68.76130130135135170175177175310
9 Tarek Yehia (EGY)B68.87138142142138168172175172310
10 Edi Kurniawan (INA)B68.85135140140135165170172172307
11 Israel José Rubio (VEN)B68.23139143143139167171171167306
12 Artyom Shaloyan (GER)B68.79130133135135160165171165300
13 Luis Miguel Pineda (COL)B68.14127132135132161167170167299
14 Chinthana Vidanage (SRI)C68.90120125128128160165168165293
15 Francis Luna-Grenier (CAN)C68.97125131131131155162167162293
16 Welisson Silva (BRA)C68.92130135138135155162162155290
17 Răzvan Martin (ROU)B68.85130135135130158165165158288
18 Dimitris Minasidis (CYP)C66.32125128132128155155161155283
19 Mark Spooner (NZL)C68.86123127127123153158161158281
20 Kamal Bahadur Adhikari (NEP)C68.67107114114142154154268
21 Logona Esau (TUV)C68.14102107110110138144148144254
22 Nizom Sangov (TJK)C66.06110115117115130135138135250
 Shi Zhiyong (CHN)A68.17152152157152
 Alexandru Roșu (ROU)B68.91136136141136165165165
 Giorgio De Luca (ITA)B68.93131131136131160160160
 Gert Trasha (ALB)B68.68136136136
 Edwin Mosquera (COL)B68.59134
 Lee Bae-young (KOR)A68.67150153155155184186186
DQ Tigran Martirosyan (ARM)A68.90153156156153183185185185338
DQ Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA)B68.68145145148145163168172172317
  • Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol and turinabol.[1]
  • Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova originally finished ninth, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol.

References

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