The men's 85 kilograms weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, 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.

Tie-breaking rules determined the winner. Andrei Rybakou of Belarus it seemed set a world record. He lost out in the gold medal as Lu Yong of China tied this but weighed in slightly lighter – and per Olympic rules, the lighter lifter won. The record rules first meant the earliest lifter's mark counted as to record entries, but Rybakou's world (and Olympic) records were later annulled due to doping.

Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) DateTimeEvent 15 August 2008 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A

Records

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 84.41 175 180 183 180 208 214 214 214 394 A 83.78 172 177 180 177 203 203 206 203 380 A 84.84 161 166 169 169 198 198 203 203 372 4 A 84.55 157 162 162 162 196 201 205 205 367 5 A 84.71 165 165 169 165 195 199 202 202 367 6 B 84.14 153 157 160 160 195 195 202 202 362 7 B 84.62 155 160 160 155 190 195 201 201 356 8 B 84.74 152 160 160 152 182 190 194 194 346 9 B 84.89 150 155 155 150 186 191 193 193 343 10 B 84.97 144 148 151 148 187 187 191 191 339 11 B 82.77 150 153 155 153 180 185 185 180 333 12 B 84.17 130 130 135 135 170 178 178 178 313 13 B 82.67 110 115 115 115 130 140 140 140 255 — A 84.29 165 165 170 170 190 — — — — — A 84.37 170 — — — — — — — — — B 84.55 143 143 148 143 — — — — — — B 84.91 152 152 152 — — — — — — — A 84.69 170 170 176 176 196 196 196 — — DQ A 84.69 180 185 185 185 200 204 209 209 394 DQ A 84.54 170 175 180 180 200 203 203 200 380 DQ A 84.52 160 166 166 166 195 199 199 195 361

Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally finished second, but was disqualified after he tested positive for oral turinabol and stanozolol.Public disclosures Vladimir Sedov of Kazakhstan originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol. Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan originally finished ninth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for doping.

New records Snatch185 kgTotal394 kg394 kg

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