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

Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Victory ceremony — all three medalists were consequently stripped of their medals for doping.
VenueExCeL London
Date3 August
Competitors13 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lydia Valentín  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Madias Nzesso  Cameroon
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Summary

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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.[2]

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 prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol.[3] 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.[4]

On 26 October 2016, Podobedova was disqualified,[5] and both Zabolotnaya and Kulesha were disqualified on 21 November 2016.[6]

Thus, Lydia Valentín of Spain, who had originally finished fourth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Event
3 August 2012 12:30 Group B
15:30 Group A

Records

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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
Clean & Jerk  Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) 163 kg Paris, France 10 November 2011
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
Clean & Jerk  Cao Lei (CHN)
 Pawina Thongsuk (THA)		 154 kg
150 kg		 Beijing, China
Athens, Greece		 15 August 2008
20 August 2004
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.

Results

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Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lydia Valentín (ESP) A 74.39 115 115 120 120 140 145 148 145 265
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY) A 74.60 112 116 118 118 140 148 151 140 258
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ^ IWF public disclosures
  4. ^ "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES – International Weightlifting Federation". 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012, from Olympic.org.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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