# Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium.
The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Long Qingquan China | Hoàng Anh Tuấn Vietnam | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia |
| 62 kg details | Zhang Xiangxiang China | Diego Salazar Colombia | Triyatno Indonesia |
| 69 kg details | Liao Hui China | Vencelas Dabaya France | Yordanis Borrero Cuba |
| 77 kg details | Sa Jae-hyouk South Korea | Li Hongli China | Gevorg Davtyan Armenia |
| 85 kg details | Lu Yong China | Tigran Martirosyan Armenia | Jadier Valladares Cuba |
| 94 kg details | Szymon Kołecki Poland | Arsen Kasabiev Georgia | Yoandry Hernández Cuba |
| 105 kg details | Andrei Aramnau Belarus | Dmitry Klokov Russia | Marcin Dołęga Poland |
| +105 kg details | Matthias Steiner Germany | Evgeny Chigishev Russia | Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei | Im Jyoung-hwa South Korea | Pensiri Laosirikul Thailand |
| 53 kg details | Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon Thailand | Yoon Jin-hee South Korea | Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia |
| 58 kg details | Chen Yanqing China | O Jong-ae North Korea | Wandee Kameaim Thailand |
| 63 kg details | Pak Hyon-suk North Korea | Lu Ying-chi Chinese Taipei | Christine Girard Canada |
| 69 kg details | Oxana Slivenko Russia | Leydi Solís Colombia | Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt |
| 75 kg details | Alla Vazhenina Kazakhstan | Lydia Valentín Spain | Damaris Aguirre Mexico |
| +75 kg details | Jang Mi-ran South Korea | Ele Opeloge Samoa | Mariam Usman Nigeria |
* $^{Men's69kg}$ Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.
* $^{Men's85kg}$ Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.
* $^{Men's94kg}$ Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.
* $^{Men's105kg}$ Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample.
* $^{Women's48kg}$ Chen Xiexia of China and Sibel Özkan of Turkey originally won the gold and silver medal respectively, but they were disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.
* $^{Women's53kg}$ Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally won the bronze medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.
* $^{Women's58kg}$ Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.
* $^{Women's63kg}$ Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of her 2008 sample.
* $^{Women's69kg}$ Liu Chunhong of China and Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples.
* $^{Women's75kg}$ Cao Lei of China and Nadezhda Evstyukhina of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.
* $^{Women's+75kg}$ Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally won the silver and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping test of their 2008 samples.

## Participating nations

A total of 253 weightlifters from 83 nations competed at the Beijing Games:
* Albania (3)
* Algeria (1)
* Armenia (6)
* Australia (2)
* Azerbaijan (5)
* Belarus (10)
* Belgium (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (5)
* Chile (1)
* China (10)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Colombia (9)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Cuba (6)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (5)
* El Salvador (1)
* Federated States of Micronesia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (4)
* Georgia (3)
* Germany (5)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (4)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (3)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kiribati (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Moldova (5)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Nepal (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Nigeria (3)
* North Korea (7)
* Norway (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (10)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (10)
* Samoa (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (9)
* Spain (2)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Syria (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Thailand (7)
* Tonga (1)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (6)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Tuvalu (1)
* Ukraine (9)
* United States (6)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Venezuela (7)
* Vietnam (2)