Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 2
Dates	6–16 August 2016
No. of events	15
Competitors	260 from 94 nations
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Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of weightlifters
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. ^[1] Bulgaria ^[2] and Russia ^[3] were banned from participating in the sport for systematic doping.

Events

15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:

56 kg Men 62 kg Men 69 kg Men 77 kg Men 85 kg Men 94 kg Men 105 kg Men +105 kg Men

48 kg Women 53 kg Women 58 kg Women 63 kg Women 69 kg Women 75 kg Women +75 kg Women

Competition schedule

There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program:

• Morning session: 10:00–14:00 BRT
• Afternoon session: 15:30–17:30 BRT
• Evening session: 19:00–21:00 BRT

Q

Qualification

F

Final

Date →	Sat 6	Sun 7			Mon 8			Tue 9			Wed 10			Thu 11	Fri 12			Sat 13		Sun 14	Mon 15		Tue 16
Event ↓	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E		M	A	E	A	E	E	A	E	A	E
Men's
Men's 56 kg		Q		F
Men's 62 kg					Q		F
Men's 69 kg								Q		F
Men's 77 kg											Q		F
Men's 85 kg															Q		F
Men's 94 kg																		Q	F
Men's 105 kg																					Q	F
Men's +105 kg																							Q	F
Women's
Women's 48 kg	F
Women's 53 kg		Q	F
Women's 58 kg					Q	F
Women's 63 kg								Q	F
Women's 69 kg											Q	F
Women's 75 kg															Q	F
Women's +75 kg																				F

Qualification

Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, leaving the remaining berths up for grabs in both the men's and women's competitions respectively. ^{[4] [5]}

Participation

Participating nations

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	2	0	7
2	Thailand	2	1	1	4
3	Iran	2	0	0	2
4	North Korea	1	3	0	4
5	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
	Colombia	1	0	1	2
	Georgia	1	0	1	2
8	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
9	Armenia	0	2	0	2
	Belarus	0	2	0	2
	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
12	Kazakhstan	0	1	4	5
13	Philippines	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
15	Egypt	0	0	2	2
16	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		14	15	15	44

Olympic records broken

Five Olympic records were broken. ^[6]

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg details	Long Qingquan   China WR	Om Yun-chol   North Korea	Sinphet Kruaithong   Thailand
62 kg details	Óscar Figueroa   Colombia	Eko Yuli Irawan   Indonesia	Farkhad Kharki   Kazakhstan
69 kg details [a]	Shi Zhiyong   China	Daniyar Ismayilov   Turkey	Luis Javier Mosquera   Colombia
77 kg details [b]	vacant	Lü Xiaojun   China WR	Mohamed Ihab   Egypt	Chatuphum Chinnawong   Thailand
85 kg details [c]	Kianoush Rostami   Iran WR OR	Tian Tao   China OR	Denis Ulanov   Kazakhstan
94 kg details	Sohrab Moradi   Iran	Vadzim Straltsou   Belarus	Aurimas Didžbalis   Lithuania
105 kg details	Ruslan Nurudinov   Uzbekistan OR	Simon Martirosyan   Armenia	Aleksandr Zaychikov   Kazakhstan
+105 kg details	Lasha Talakhadze   Georgia WR OR	Gor Minasyan   Armenia	Irakli Turmanidze   Georgia

• ^{Men's 69kg} Kyrgyzstan's Izzat Artykov originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for strychnine. ^{[7] [8]}
• ^{Men's 77kg} On 22 March 2022, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original gold medalist Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, was disqualified due to a doping offence. ^[9] IOC has not yet redistributed the medals. ^[10]
• ^{Men's 85kg} On 8 December 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that the original bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian, of Romania, was disqualified after he tested positive for exogenous Testosterone. ^[11]

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Sopita Tanasan   Thailand	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani   Indonesia	Hiromi Miyake   Japan
53 kg details	Hsu Shu-ching   Chinese Taipei	Hidilyn Diaz   Philippines	Yoon Jin-hee   South Korea
58 kg details	Sukanya Srisurat   Thailand OR	Pimsiri Sirikaew   Thailand	Kuo Hsing-chun   Chinese Taipei
63 kg details	Deng Wei   China WR	Choe Hyo-sim   North Korea	Karina Goricheva   Kazakhstan
69 kg details	Xiang Yanmei   China	Zhazira Zhapparkul   Kazakhstan	Sara Ahmed   Egypt
75 kg details	Rim Jong-sim   North Korea	Darya Naumava   Belarus	Lydia Valentín   Spain
+75 kg details	Meng Suping   China	Kim Kuk-hyang   North Korea	Sarah Robles   United States

See also

• Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

• "Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
• Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Results Book – Weightlifting