Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg

The men's 94 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.

Summary Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

Artem Ivanov of Ukraine was on the start list, but he was disqualified after weighing in 500 grams overweight.

Arsen Kasabijew of Poland (who had competed for Georgia as Arsen Karabiev in Beijing) was forced to retire from the competition after injuring his arm and knee during his second attempt to snatch 174 kg.

Originally, Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin won the competition and broke the world record in the clean and jerk (with a lift of 233 kg), and well as the world record for the total (418 kg), but both records were later annulled for drug use.

The results of this event were significantly altered following the 2016 retesting of the original in-competition samples for banned substances.

Six of the top seven finishers, including the three original medalists, were disqualified after their 2012 samples were retested and found to be positive for the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. Thus, Saeid Mohammadpour of Iran, who had originally finished fifth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.

On 6 October 2016, the IWF reported that as a consequence of the IOC's reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games, a sample from Norayr Vardanyan of Armenia, who had originally finished 11th, had returned a positive result. In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions upon Vardanyan, who was later disqualified. Subsequently, Endri Karina of Albania, who had originally finished 14th, was disqualified after he also tested positive.

At the Olympics in Rio, Zieliński tested positive for spironolactone and was sent home from the games. Since then, he was later upgraded to the bronze medal position from the London games.

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 4 August 2012 15:30 Group B 19:00 Group A

Records

Results RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 94.00 177 180 183 183 219 224 226 219 402 A 93.68 178 182 185 185 210 220 221 210 395 B 93.61 167 172 175 175 208 210 215 210 385 4 B 93.65 165 170 175 175 200 205 209 209 384 5 B 93.59 160 166 166 166 200 206 206 206 372 6 B 93.21 165 170 173 170 200 205 205 200 370 7 B 93.06 140 150 155 155 171 180 185 180 335 8 B 93.37 138 142 142 138 180 185 190 190 328 9 B 93.32 135 140 140 140 185 190 190 185 325 10 B 93.20 130 135 140 140 170 177 180 180 320 11 B 93.63 140 140 140 140 180 180 185 180 320 12 B 93.32 130 137 141 137 170 175 176 176 313 — A 93.56 170 174 174 170 — — — — — DQ A 93.52 177 182 185 185 224 228 233 233 418 DQ A 93.30 180 185 185 185 215 224 229 224 409 DQ A 93.29 178 181 181 181 220 226 228 226 407 DQ A 93.85 175 180 182 182 215 225 225 225 407 DQ A 93.17 175 175 182 182 215 223 225 215 397 DQ A 93.15 167 173 175 175 213 220 225 220 395 DQ A 93.83 170 175 175 170 210 216 216 210 380 DQ B 93.90 155 155 161 155 185 190 195 195 350

New records Clean & Jerk228 kg233 kgTotal413 kg418 kg

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