Weightlifting at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad |
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Venue | Riocentro – Pavilion 2 |
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Dates | 6–16 August 2016 |
Competitors | 260 |
Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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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 |
Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Around 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 due to multiple doping cases.
Events
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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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 | |||||||||||||
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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 nationBrazil 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
- Albania (2)
- Algeria (2)
- American Samoa (1)
- Argentina (1)
- Armenia (7)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (1)
- Belarus (8)
- Belgium (1)
- Brazil (5)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (2)
- Chile (2)
- China (10)
- Colombia (9)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Croatia (1)
- Cuba (2)
- Cyprus (1)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Dominican Republic (3)
- Ecuador (3)
- El Salvador (1)
- Estonia (1)
- Egypt (9)
- Fiji (2)
- Finland (2)
- France (5)
- Georgia (4)
- Germany (5)
- Ghana (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (1)
- Guatemala (1)
- Haiti (1)
- Honduras (1)
- Hungary (1)
- India (2)
- Indonesia (7)
- Iran (5)
- Iraq (1)
- Israel (1)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (7)
- Kazakhstan (8)
- Kenya (1)
- Kiribati (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (2)
- Latvia (2)
- Lithuania (1)
- Madagascar (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Malta (1)
- Marshall Islands (1)
- Mauritius (1)
- Mexico (4)
- Moldova (3)
- Mongolia (2)
- Morocco (2)
- Nauru (1)
- New Zealand (2)
- Nicaragua (1)
- Nigeria (1)
- North Korea (8)
- Papua New Guinea (1)
- Peru (2)
- Philippines (2)
- Poland (5)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Qatar (1)
- Romania (4)
- Samoa (2)
- Saudi Arabia (1)
- Serbia (1)
- Seychelles (1)
- Slovakia (1)
- Solomon Islands (1)
- South Korea (7)
- Spain (4)
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Syria (1)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Thailand (9)
- Tunisia (2)
- Turkey (4)
- Turkmenistan (2)
- Ukraine (8)
- United Arab Emirates (1)
- United States (4)
- Uruguay (1)
- Uzbekistan (5)
- Venezuela (4)
- Vietnam (4)
Competitors
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Armenia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Belarus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |