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Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories.
- 260 from 94 nations
- 15
- 6–16 August 2016
- Riocentro – Pavilion 2
Official Weightlifting results from the Rio 2016 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
Results: Disqualified. Find out who took home gold, silver and bronze in 2016. Official results of the weightlifting 77kg men event at the Rio Summer Olympics.
Mar 6, 2024 · Rio de Janeiro, 2016 The Rio Games had their share of thrills on the platform, most notably in the men’s 77kg (170 lbs) competition. Defending Olympic champion Lu Xiaojun of China set an early world record with a snatch of 177kg (390 lbs), and seemed sure to repeat as gold medalist.
Colombia’s Oscar Figueroa and Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Nurudinov became the first men from their countries to win weightlifting golds at Rio 2016, while China and Iran’s lifters collected two golds apiece and Georgia won two medals for the first time in any Olympic event in the heaviest category.
Aug 16, 2016 · Dates. 6 – 16 August 2016. Medal Events. 15. Weightlifting is one of the original nine sports contested in the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896, first as a men’s only sport which included two contests, the one-hand lift and two-hand lift. Now evolved to the snatch and clean and jerk, there are 15 different weight classes, eight for men ...
[1] Schedule. All times are Time in Brazil ( UTC-03:00) Records. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results. Serghei Cechir, winner of group B, finishing 6th. 1 Artykov originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after he tested positive for strychnine. [2] References.
