Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.
The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.
Qualification
Medal table
Medalists Men 56 kg 62 kg 69 kg77 kg85 kg94 kg 105 kg +105 kg
Women 48 kg53 kg58 kg63 kg69 kg75 kg +75 kg
Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. Chen Xiexia of China and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012IOC sanctions Turkish weightlifter for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008SIBEL ÖZKAN KONAK APPEAL DISMISSED BY THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT, from tas-cas.org, official website of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample. Liu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples. Cao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples. Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.
Participating nations A total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
References
External links International Weightlifting Federation Official Result Book – Weightlifting