Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the Olympics
Weightlifting at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall |
Dates | 14–25 August 2004 |
No. of events | 15 |
Competitors | 249 from 79 nations |
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.[1]
Medalists
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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56 kg details | Halil Mutlu Turkey | Wu Meijin China | Sedat Artuç Turkey |
62 kg details | Shi Zhiyong China | Le Maosheng China | Israel José Rubio Venezuela |
69 kg details | Zhang Guozheng China | Lee Bae-young South Korea | Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia |
77 kg details | Taner Sağır Turkey | Sergey Filimonov Kazakhstan | Reyhan Arabacıoğlu Turkey |
85 kg details | Giorgi Asanidze Georgia | Andrei Rybakou Belarus | Pyrros Dimas Greece |
94 kg details | Milen Dobrev Bulgaria | Khadzhimurat Akkaev Russia | Eduard Tyukin Russia |
105 kg details | Dmitry Berestov Russia | Ihor Razoronov Ukraine | Gleb Pisarevskiy Russia |
+105 kg details | Hossein Rezazadeh Iran | Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia | Velichko Cholakov Bulgaria |
Women
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Participating nations
A total of 249 weightlifters from 79 nations competed at the Athens Games:
- Albania (2)
- Algeria (2)
- American Samoa (1)
- Argentina (2)
- Armenia (4)
- Aruba (1)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (1)
- Azerbaijan (5)
- Belarus (8)
- Bulgaria (9)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (2)
- China (10)
- Chinese Taipei (8)
- Colombia (9)
- Comoros (1)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Croatia (1)
- Cuba (2)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Dominican Republic (1)
- Ecuador (2)
- Egypt (5)
- El Salvador (1)
- Federated States of Micronesia (1)
- Fiji (1)
- France (5)
- Georgia (2)
- Germany (4)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (10)
- Guatemala (1)
- Guyana (1)
- Hungary (7)
- India (3)
- Indonesia (6)
- Iran (6)
- Iraq (1)
- Japan (4)
- Kazakhstan (3)
- Kiribati (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Latvia (1)
- Libya (2)
- Lithuania (1)
- Malaysia (1)
- Mauritius (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Moldova (3)
- Mongolia (1)
- Morocco (1)
- Myanmar (1)
- Nauru (3)
- Nigeria (2)
- North Korea (4)
- Norway (1)
- Papua New Guinea (1)
- Peru (1)
- Poland (7)
- Qatar (2)
- Romania (7)
- Russia (9)
- Samoa (1)
- Saudi Arabia (4)
- Seychelles (1)
- Slovakia (3)
- South Korea (7)
- Spain (2)
- Thailand (5)
- Tunisia (2)
- Turkey (9)
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Uganda (1)
- Ukraine (9)
- United States (5)
- Uzbekistan (3)
- Venezuela (3)
- Vietnam (1)
Doping
A total of twelve weightlifters were disqualified for doping, amongst them Greek star Leonidas Sabanis, who had won two silver medals in previous Olympics and who had originally been awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 62 kg division.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Report: Greece's Sampanis Tests Positive for Drugs". The Washington Post. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Greek weightlifter stripped of bronze". The Guardian. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Greek despair at failed drugs test". CNN.com. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Sampanis stripped of bronze". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
- Official result book – Weightlifting