Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

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Men's 77 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Date1 August
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lü Xiaojun  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lu Haojie  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iván Cambar  Cuba
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Men's 77 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Schedule[]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Event
1 August 2012 10:00 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record Snatch  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) 174 kg Goyang, South Korea 24 November 2009
Clean & Jerk  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) 210 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 27 April 2001
Total  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) 378 kg Goyang, South Korea 24 November 2009
Olympic Record Snatch  Taner Sağır (TUR) 172 kg Athens, Greece 19 August 2004
Clean & Jerk  Zhan Xugang (CHN) 207 kg Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000
Total  Taner Sağır (TUR) 375 kg Athens, Greece 19 August 2004

Results[]

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) A 76.62 170 175 177 175 195 204 204 204 379
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lu Haojie (CHN) A 76.37 170 175 — 170 190 191 — 190 360
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Iván Cambar (CUB) A 76.70 150 155 160 155 190 194 — 194 349
4  Chatuphum Chinnawong (THA) A 76.64 157 161 162 157 191 195 195 191 348
5  Ibrahim Ramadan (EGY) A 76.79 150 155 155 155 192 192 197 192 347
6  Andrés Mata (ESP) B 76.93 145 150 153 150 183 188 190 188 338
7  Krzysztof Zwarycz (POL) A 76.97 150 153 154 150 182 182 189 182 332
8  Felix Ekpo (NGR) B 76.23 146 151 151 151 180 188 188 180 331
9  Kirill Pavlov (KAZ) B 76.77 138 143 147 147 165 175 175 175 322
10  Jack Oliver (GBR) B 76.45 135 135 140 140 160 165 170 170 310
11  Toafitu Perive (SAM) B 75.95 117 122 125 122 157 163 167 167 289
—  Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR) A 76.56 158 162 — 158 — — — — —

New records[]

Snatch 175 kg  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) WR
Total 379 kg  Lü Xiaojun (CHN) WR

References[]

  1. ^ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ^ Reuters. "Hysen Pulaku becomes first doping cheat of London Olympics". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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