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.
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) DateTimeEvent 11 August 2008 12:30 Group C 12 August 2008 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A
Records
Results
RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 68.97 153 153 158 158 185 185 190 190 348 A 68.38 147 151 153 151 187 197 197 187 338 A 68.92 140 145 148 148 171 171 180 180 328 4 A 68.86 142 146 149 146 181 183 187 181 327 5 A 68.64 140 146 150 146 180 180 180 180 326 6 A 68.41 137 142 145 145 175 187 187 175 320 7 A 68.99 141 145 147 147 171 171 175 171 318 8 B 68.76 130 130 135 135 170 175 177 175 310 9 B 68.87 138 142 142 138 168 172 175 172 310 10 B 68.85 135 140 140 135 165 170 172 172 307 11 B 68.23 139 143 143 139 167 171 171 167 306 12 B 68.79 130 133 135 135 160 165 171 165 300 13 B 68.14 127 132 135 132 161 167 170 167 299 14 C 68.90 120 125 128 128 160 165 168 165 293 15 C 68.97 125 131 131 131 155 162 167 162 293 16 C 68.92 130 135 138 135 155 162 162 155 290 17 B 68.85 130 135 135 130 158 165 165 158 288 18 C 66.32 125 128 132 128 155 155 161 155 283 19 C 68.86 123 127 127 123 153 158 161 158 281 20 C 68.67 107 114 — 114 142 154 — 154 268 21 C 68.14 102 107 110 110 138 144 148 144 254 22 C 66.06 110 115 117 115 130 135 138 135 250 — A 68.17 152 152 157 152 — — — — — — B 68.91 136 136 141 136 165 165 165 — — — B 68.93 131 131 136 131 160 160 160 — — — B 68.68 136 136 136 — — — — — — — B 68.59 134 — — — — — — — — — A 68.67 150 153 155 155 184 186 186 — — DQ A 68.90 153 156 156 153 183 185 185 185 338 DQ B 68.68 145 145 148 145 163 168 172 172 317
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. 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.
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