The Men's 85 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.

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that silver medalist Apti Aukhadov had tested positive for prohibited substances (dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and drostanolone). It was confirmed that Aukhadov was stripped of his medal by the IOC on 18 October 2016

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 3 August 2012 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A

Records

Andrei Rybakou's world and Olympic records were rescinded in 2016.

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 84.62 170 174 176 174 206 206 211 211 385 A 84.35 171 174 174 171 209 214 214 209 380 A 84.70 160 165 167 165 205 210 216 210 375 4 A 84.71 168 172 172 172 203 209 209 203 375 5 A 84.81 161 165 167 165 202 207 210 207 372 6 A 82.28 158 158 163 163 205 210 210 205 368 7 B 84.70 150 150 155 155 190 200 208 200 355 8 B 84.72 150 155 159 155 180 195 195 195 350 9 B 84.47 152 156 156 152 193 196 202 196 348 10 B 83.01 145 150 156 150 195 195 200 195 345 11 B 84.46 150 150 154 150 183 186 195 186 336 12 B 84.74 135 140 145 140 175 180 185 180 320 13 B 83.45 130 130 140 140 160 170 175 175 315 — B 84.57 160 165 168 160 188 188 190 — — — A 84.54 175 178 180 178 205 205 205 — — — A 84.19 166 166 166 — — — — — — — A 84.44 163 163 163 — — — — — — — B 84.74 165 165 165 — — — — — — — A 84.09 175 175 180 — — — — — — DQ A 84.75 169 173 175 175 205 210 212 210 385 DQ B 84.71 163 167 170 167 192 196 200 196 363 DQ B 84.49 162 167 167 162 195 200 202 200 362 DQ A 84.07 167 167 167 — — — — — —

Apti Aukhadov of Russia originally finished second, but was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and drostanolone. Mikalai Novikau of Belarus originally finished eighth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol. Rauli Tsirekidze of Georgia originally finished ninth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone and stanozolol. Gabriel Sîncrăian of Romania, who failed to achieve a total, was disqualified after he tested positive for Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids.

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