# Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg

The men's 105 kilograms weightlifting event was the seventh men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 18, but was divided into two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 15:30, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the fourteenth Weightlifting event to conclude.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 18 August 2008 | 15:30 | Group B |
| 18 August 2008 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | 199 kg | Władysławowo, Poland | 7 May 2006 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Alan Tsagaev (BUL) | 237 kg | Kyiv, Ukraine | 25 April 2004 |
| World Record | Total | Denys Hotfrid (UKR) | 430 kg | Athens, Greece | 28 November 1999 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Dmitry Berestov (RUS) | 195 kg | Athens, Greece | 24 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 235 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Olympic Standard | 427 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | A | 104.76 | 193 | 197 | 200 | 200 | 225 | 230 | 236 | 236 | 436 |
| | Dmitry Klokov (RUS) | A | 104.72 | 185 | 190 | 193 | 193 | 222 | 226 | 230 | 230 | 423 |
| | Marcin Dołęga (POL) | A | 104.37 | 195 | 200 | 201 | 195 | 225 | 228 | 228 | 225 | 420 |
| 4 | Bakhyt Akhmetov (KAZ) | A | 102.13 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 190 | 221 | 225 | 230 | 225 | 415 |
| 5 | Albert Kuzilov (GEO) | A | 102.48 | 178 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 220 | 227 | 228 | 227 | 409 |
| 6 | Sergey Istomin (KAZ) | A | 102.03 | 181 | 181 | 187 | 181 | 215 | 220 | 225 | 225 | 406 |
| 7 | Robert Dołęga (POL) | A | 104.27 | 178 | 181 | 184 | 184 | 217 | 221 | 221 | 221 | 405 |
| 8 | Nikolaos Kourtidis (GRE) | B | 103.36 | 171 | 176 | 176 | 176 | 210 | 215 | 221 | 221 | 397 |
| 9 | Mohsen Beiranvand (IRI) | B | 104.34 | 180 | 180 | 184 | 180 | 210 | 210 | 216 | 210 | 390 |
| 10 | Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) | B | 104.64 | 172 | 177 | 181 | 177 | 213 | 220 | 220 | 213 | 390 |
| 11 | Ahed Joughili (SYR) | B | 104.90 | 170 | 170 | 175 | 170 | 215 | 215 | 216 | 216 | 386 |
| 12 | Abdelrahman El-Sayed (EGY) | B | 104.84 | 172 | 175 | 178 | 175 | 210 | 216 | 216 | 210 | 385 |
| 13 | Bünyamin Sudaş (TUR) | B | 104.39 | 163 | 166 | 166 | 166 | 202 | 207 | 210 | 207 | 373 |
| 14 | Libor Wälzer (CZE) | B | 104.64 | 158 | 163 | 166 | 163 | 187 | 187 | 193 | 187 | 350 |
| 15 | Christian López (GUA) | B | 103.76 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 150 | 180 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 336 |
| 16 | Moreno Boer (ITA) | B | 104.45 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 180 | 185 | 185 | 180 | 330 |
| — | Ramūnas Vyšniauskas (LTU) | A | 104.18 | 180 | 180 | 183 | 180 | 220 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Martin Tešovič (SVK) | B | 104.47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Dmitry Lapikov (RUS) | A | 104.30 | 190 | 195 | 195 | 190 | 222 | 226 | 230 | 230 | 420 |
| DQ | Ihor Razoronov (UKR) | A | 104.58 | 185 | 185 | 187 | 187 | 223 | 234 | 234 | 223 | 410 |
* Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally finished third, but was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
* Ihor Razoronov of Ukraine originally finished sixth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone.

## New records

| Snatch | 197 kg | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | OR |
| Snatch | 200 kg | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 236 kg | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | OR |
| Total | 430 kg | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | OR |
| Total | 436 kg | Andrei Aramnau (BLR) | WR |