The Men's 77 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 10 August at Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Nijat Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a doping violation (urine substitutions in the weeks before the Games). As of March 2022, medals for this event have not been reallocated, a process that could extend to 2024. If reallocated, Lü Xiaojun would be awarded his third Olympic weightlifting gold medal, adding to his victories in 2012 and 2020.
Schedule All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00) Date TimeEvent 10 August 2016 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A
Records Before this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World recordSnatch176 kgWrocław, Poland24 October 2013Clean & Jerk210 kgTrenčín, Slovakia27 April 2001Total380 kgWrocław, Poland24 October 2013Olympic record Snatch 175 kg London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012 Clean & Jerk 207 kg Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000 Total 379 kg London, United Kingdom 1 August 2012
Results RankAthleteGroupBodyweight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 76.83 170 175 177 177 197 197 202 202 379 A 76.69 160 165 168 165 AF 196 196 203 196 361 4 A 76.52 160 165 165 165 191 191 191 191 356 5 A 76.52 150 155 158 155 185 190 192 192 347 6 B 76.26 150 150 155 155 191 197 197 191 346 7 B 76.32 145 150 153 153 185 190 190 190 343 8 A 76.54 153 157 158 153 184 190 194 190 343 9 A 76.90 147 152 152 152 186 186 192 186 338 10 B 76.70 145 149 151 151 177 181 185 181 332 11 B 76.96 143 148 153 148 176 181 186 181 329 12 B 69.38 140 146 149 146 172 177 181 177 323 – A 76.75 170 174 176 174 ER 195 195 – DNF DNF – B 76.68 145 150 150 145 – – – DNF DNF DSQ A 76.19 160 165 168 165 202 214 – 214 379
Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a doping violation. IOC has not yet redistributed the medals.
New records Snatch177 kg, Clean & Jerk214 kg,
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