The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.
Medalists Men 56 kg 62 kg 69 kg77 kg85 kg94 kg105 kg +105 kg
Women
48 kg 53 kg58 kg63 kg69 kg75 kg +75 kg
Notes Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol. Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.
Medal table
Participating nations A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
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