# Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

The men's 77 kilograms weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the ninth 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 |
| 13 August 2008 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 13 August 2008 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Sergey Filimonov (KAZ) | 173 kg | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 9 April 2004 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | 210 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 27 April 2001 |
| World Record | Total | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) | 377 kg | Doha, Qatar | 27 March 2002 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Taner Sağır (TUR) | 172 kg | Athens, Greece | 19 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhan Xugang (CHN) | 207 kg | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Taner Sağır (TUR) | 375 kg | Athens, Greece | 19 August 2004 |

## 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 |
| | Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR) | A | 76.46 | 160 | 163 | 165 | 163 | 201 | 203 | 211 | 203 | 366 |
| | Li Hongli (CHN) | A | 76.91 | 163 | 168 | 170 | 168 | 193 | 198 | 198 | 198 | 366 |
| | Gevorg Davtyan (ARM) | A | 76.77 | 165 | 165 | 165 | 165 | 195 | 195 | 201 | 195 | 360 |
| 4 | Kim Kwang-hoon (KOR) | A | 76.86 | 155 | 155 | 160 | 155 | 200 | 206 | 206 | 200 | 355 |
| 5 | Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) | A | 76.80 | 158 | 162 | 165 | 162 | 192 | 199 | 199 | 192 | 354 |
| 6 | Iván Cambar (CUB) | A | 76.53 | 152 | 157 | 160 | 157 | 190 | 196 | 196 | 196 | 353 |
| 7 | Ara Khachatryan (ARM) | A | 76.78 | 162 | 166 | 166 | 162 | 191 | 195 | 195 | 191 | 353 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) | A | 76.71 | 157 | 161 | 165 | 161 | 191 | 191 | 194 | 191 | 352 |
| 9 | Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ) | A | 76.86 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 191 | 191 | 197 | 191 | 351 |
| 10 | Siarhei Lahun (BLR) | A | 76.56 | 153 | 157 | 157 | 157 | 187 | 192 | 196 | 192 | 349 |
| 11 | Sandow Nasution (INA) | A | 76.92 | 145 | 152 | 153 | 153 | 185 | 194 | 200 | 194 | 347 |
| 12 | Mahmoud El-Haddad (EGY) | A | 76.73 | 145 | 150 | 155 | 150 | 192 | 198 | 198 | 192 | 342 |
| 13 | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | B | 76.52 | 145 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 182 | 187 | 193 | 187 | 341 |
| 14 | Giovanni Bardis (FRA) | B | 76.83 | 149 | 153 | 156 | 156 | 173 | 178 | 178 | 173 | 329 |
| 15 | Felix Ekpo (NGR) | B | 75.83 | 143 | 148 | 150 | 143 | 178 | 182 | 185 | 183 | 325 |
| 16 | Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB) | B | 76.24 | 140 | 144 | 148 | 144 | 178 | 185 | 185 | 178 | 322 |
| 17 | José Ocando (VEN) | B | 76.90 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 182 | 182 | 186 | 182 | 322 |
| 18 | Răzvan Rusu (ROU) | B | 76.69 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 170 | 310 |
| 19 | Carlos Espeleta (ARG) | B | 76.93 | 140 | 140 | 145 | 140 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 310 |
| 20 | Andrei Guțu (MDA) | B | 76.38 | 140 | 145 | 147 | 145 | 160 | 165 | 165 | 160 | 305 |
| 21 | Richie Patterson (NZL) | B | 76.57 | 130 | 137 | 137 | 130 | 170 | 176 | 176 | 170 | 300 |
| 22 | Darryn Anthony (RSA) | B | 76.98 | 135 | 135 | 144 | 135 | 160 | 170 | 173 | 160 | 295 |
| 23 | Josefa Vueti (FIJ) | B | 76.15 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 124 | 155 | 162 | 162 | 155 | 279 |
| 24 | Romain Marchessou (MON) | B | 75.53 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 110 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 140 | 250 |
| — | János Baranyai (HUN) | B | 76.92 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Octavio Mejías (VEN) | A | 76.53 | 152 | 157 | 157 | 152 | 185 | 185 | 185 | — | — |
| — | Taner Sağır (TUR) | A | 76.73 | 165 | 165 | 165 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Chad Vaughn (USA) | B | 76.81 | 144 | 144 | 147 | 147 | 182 | 182 | 182 | — | — |