The Men's 77 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.
China's Lü Xiaojun set two world records with a lift of 175 kilograms in the snatch and a total weight of 379 kilograms. Lü Xiaojun planned to attempt 177 kg in the snatch after he made the 175 kg world record lift, but was not given a chance to perform his third attempt due to a timing miscommunication between the officials and coaches. China's Lu Haojie posted 170 kg in the snatch, and went on to lift 190 kg in the clean and jerk despite an elbow injury.
South Korea's Sa Jae-hyouk was forced to retire from the competition after he dislocated his elbow during his second snatch attempt.
Two lifters who were on the start list did not compete: Armenia's Tigran Martirosyan was forced to scratch from the competition due to a back injury during the warm-up, while Albania's Hysen Pulaku was ejected from the Games after he tested positive for stanozolol.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 1 August 2012 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A
Records
Results RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 76.62 170 175 177 175 195 204 204 204 379 A 76.37 170 175 — 170 190 191 — 190 360 A 76.70 150 155 160 155 190 194 — 194 349 4 A 76.64 157 161 162 157 191 195 195 191 348 5 A 76.79 150 155 155 155 192 192 197 192 347 6 B 76.93 145 150 153 150 183 188 190 188 338 7 A 76.97 150 153 154 150 182 182 189 182 332 8 B 76.23 146 151 151 151 180 188 188 180 331 9 B 76.77 138 143 147 147 165 175 175 175 322 10 B 76.45 135 135 140 140 160 165 170 170 310 11 B 75.95 117 122 125 122 157 163 167 167 289 — A 76.56 158 162 — 158 — — — — —
New records Snatch175 kgTotal379 kg
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