# Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 69 kg

The men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the third lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place between August 11 and 12 and was divided in three parts due to the large number of competitors. Group C weightlifters competed at 12:30 on the 11th, Group B competed at 10:00 on the 12th, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the seventh 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 |
| 11 August 2008 | 12:30 | Group C |
| 12 August 2008 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 12 August 2008 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 165 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guozheng (CHN) | 197 kg | Qinhuangdao, China | 11 September 2003 |
| World Record | Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357 kg | Athens, Greece | 24 November 1999 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Georgi Markov (BUL) | 165 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 196 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Galabin Boevski (BUL) | 357 kg | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |

## 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 |
| | Liao Hui (CHN) | A | 68.97 | 153 | 153 | 158 | 158 | 185 | 185 | 190 | 190 | 348 |
| | Vencelas Dabaya (FRA) | A | 68.38 | 147 | 151 | 153 | 151 | 187 | 197 | 197 | 187 | 338 |
| | Yordanis Borrero (CUB) | A | 68.92 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 148 | 171 | 171 | 180 | 180 | 328 |
| 4 | Turan Mirzayev (AZE) | A | 68.86 | 142 | 146 | 149 | 146 | 181 | 183 | 187 | 181 | 327 |
| 5 | Kim Chol-jin (PRK) | A | 68.64 | 140 | 146 | 150 | 146 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 326 |
| 6 | Afgan Bayramov (AZE) | A | 68.41 | 137 | 142 | 145 | 145 | 175 | 187 | 187 | 175 | 320 |
| 7 | Sitthisak Suphalak (THA) | A | 68.99 | 141 | 145 | 147 | 147 | 171 | 171 | 175 | 171 | 318 |
| 8 | Yoshito Shintani (JPN) | B | 68.76 | 130 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 170 | 175 | 177 | 175 | 310 |
| 9 | Tarek Yehia (EGY) | B | 68.87 | 138 | 142 | 142 | 138 | 168 | 172 | 175 | 172 | 310 |
| 10 | Edi Kurniawan (INA) | B | 68.85 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 135 | 165 | 170 | 172 | 172 | 307 |
| 11 | Israel José Rubio (VEN) | B | 68.23 | 139 | 143 | 143 | 139 | 167 | 171 | 171 | 167 | 306 |
| 12 | Artyom Shaloyan (GER) | B | 68.79 | 130 | 133 | 135 | 135 | 160 | 165 | 171 | 165 | 300 |
| 13 | Luis Miguel Pineda (COL) | B | 68.14 | 127 | 132 | 135 | 132 | 161 | 167 | 170 | 167 | 299 |
| 14 | Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) | C | 68.90 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 128 | 160 | 165 | 168 | 165 | 293 |
| 15 | Francis Luna-Grenier (CAN) | C | 68.97 | 125 | 131 | 131 | 131 | 155 | 162 | 167 | 162 | 293 |
| 16 | Welisson Silva (BRA) | C | 68.92 | 130 | 135 | 138 | 135 | 155 | 162 | 162 | 155 | 290 |
| 17 | Răzvan Martin (ROU) | B | 68.85 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 130 | 158 | 165 | 165 | 158 | 288 |
| 18 | Dimitris Minasidis (CYP) | C | 66.32 | 125 | 128 | 132 | 128 | 155 | 155 | 161 | 155 | 283 |
| 19 | Mark Spooner (NZL) | C | 68.86 | 123 | 127 | 127 | 123 | 153 | 158 | 161 | 158 | 281 |
| 20 | Kamal Bahadur Adhikari (NEP) | C | 68.67 | 107 | 114 | — | 114 | 142 | 154 | — | 154 | 268 |
| 21 | Logona Esau (TUV) | C | 68.14 | 102 | 107 | 110 | 110 | 138 | 144 | 148 | 144 | 254 |
| 22 | Nizom Sangov (TJK) | C | 66.06 | 110 | 115 | 117 | 115 | 130 | 135 | 138 | 135 | 250 |
| — | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | A | 68.17 | 152 | 152 | 157 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Alexandru Roșu (ROU) | B | 68.91 | 136 | 136 | 141 | 136 | 165 | 165 | 165 | — | — |
| — | Giorgio De Luca (ITA) | B | 68.93 | 131 | 131 | 136 | 131 | 160 | 160 | 160 | — | — |
| — | Gert Trasha (ALB) | B | 68.68 | 136 | 136 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Edwin Mosquera (COL) | B | 68.59 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Lee Bae-young (KOR) | A | 68.67 | 150 | 153 | 155 | 155 | 184 | 186 | 186 | — | — |
| DQ | Tigran Martirosyan (ARM) | A | 68.90 | 153 | 156 | 156 | 153 | 183 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 338 |
| DQ | Alexandru Dudoglo (MDA) | B | 68.68 | 145 | 145 | 148 | 145 | 163 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 317 |
* Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol and turinabol.
* Alexandru Dudoglo of Moldova originally finished ninth, but he was disqualified in 2016 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2008 Olympics resulted in a positive test for stanozolol.