# Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 3 August 2012.

## Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.
The results of this event were significantly altered following the 2016 retesting of the original in-competition samples for banned substances.
In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by the IWF that retests of samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that gold medalist Svetlana Podobedova had tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanazolol. A few weeks later, the IWF reported the second wave of re-testing indicated both silver medalist Natalya Zabolotnaya and bronze medalist Iryna Kulesha had tested positive for prohibited anabolic agents.
On 26 October 2016, Podobedova was disqualified, and both Zabolotnaya and Kulesha were disqualified on 21 November 2016.
Thus, Lydia Valentín of Spain, who had originally finished fourth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 3 August 2012 | 12:30 | Group B |
| 3 August 2012 | 15:30 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 135 kg | Belgorod, Russia | 17 December 2011 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | 163 kg | Paris, France | 10 November 2011 |
| World Record | Total | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 296 kg | Belgorod, Russia | 17 December 2011 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Cao Lei (CHN) Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 128 kg 125 kg | Beijing, China Athens, Greece | 15 August 2008 20 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Cao Lei (CHN) Pawina Thongsuk (THA) | 154 kg 150 kg | Beijing, China Athens, Greece | 15 August 2008 20 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Cao Lei (CHN) Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 282 kg 272 kg | Beijing, China Athens, Greece | 15 August 2008 20 August 2004 |
* Cao Lei's Olympic records were rescinded in 2017 because of a doping violation.

## 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 |
| | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | A | 74.39 | 115 | 115 | 120 | 120 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 145 | 265 |
| | Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY) | A | 74.60 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 118 | 140 | 148 | 151 | 140 | 258 |
| | Madias Nzesso (CMR) | B | 74.55 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 131 | 136 | 140 | 131 | 246 |
| 4 | Ewa Mizdal (POL) | A | 70.58 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 127 | 132 | 133 | 127 | 231 |
| 5 | Jaqueline Ferreira (BRA) | B | 74.12 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 102 | 121 | 126 | 128 | 128 | 230 |
| 6 | María Fernanda Valdés (CHI) | B | 74.70 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 96 | 120 | 127 | 131 | 127 | 223 |
| 7 | Lim Ji-hye (KOR) | B | 74.81 | 97 | 102 | 103 | 97 | 125 | 126 | 132 | 126 | 223 |
| 8 | Thuraia Sobh (SYR) | B | 73.36 | 80 | 86 | 91 | 86 | 105 | 113 | 115 | 115 | 201 |
| 9 | Khadija Mohammed (UAE) | B | 74.72 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 113 |
| — | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | A | 74.23 | 125 | 125 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) | A | 74.58 | 126 | 126 | 130 | 130 | 150 | 156 | 161 | 161 | 291 |
| DQ | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | A | 74.80 | 125 | 128 | 131 | 131 | 147 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 291 |
| DQ | Iryna Kulesha (BLR) | A | 74.95 | 116 | 121 | 125 | 121 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 148 | 269 |

## New records

| Snatch | 130 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) | OR |
| Snatch | 131 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 155 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 156 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 160 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 161 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) | OR |
| Total | 286 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | OR |
| Total | 291 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | OR |