Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 85 kg
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Each lifter performed in both the snatch
Snatch (weightlifting)
The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
and clean and jerk
Clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
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.
The results for this event were unusual in that Andrei Rybakou
Andrei Rybakou
Andrei Rybakou is a Belarusian weightlifter who won silver medals in Men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.In April 2006 he won the European Championship...
of Belarus
Belarus
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set a world record but failed to win the gold medal when Lu Yong
Lu Yong
Lu Yong is a male Chinese weightlifter. He is 172 cm tall.In the 85 kg category, Lu won the silver medal in the World Championships in 2005 but placed sixth in the World Championships in 2007 due to a sprain injury during the competition....
of China
China
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tied his record but weighed in with slightly lower body weight. According to weightlifting tie-breaking rules, the lighter lifter wins a tie; however, according to record rules, only the earliest lifter's mark counts.
Schedule
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| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 10:00-12:00 | Group B |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 19:00-21:00 | Group A |
Medalists
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.| World Record | Snatch |  Andrei RybakouAndrei Rybakou Andrei Rybakou is a Belarusian weightlifter who won silver medals in Men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.In April 2006 he won the European Championship... (BLR) Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... |
187 kg | Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
22 September 2007 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Zhang Yong (CHN)China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
218 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
25 April 1998 | |
| Total | Andrei Rybakou Andrei Rybakou Andrei Rybakou is a Belarusian weightlifter who won silver medals in Men's 85 kg at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.In April 2006 he won the European Championship... (BLR) Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... |
393 kg | Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... |
22 September 2007 | |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Olympic Standard | 180 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 215 kg | |||
| Total | Olympic Standard | 392.5 kg | |||
Qualified Athletes
21 lifters were selected for the games.| Athlete | |Notes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | May 21, 1982 (age 26) | ||||||||||
| 2 | March 03, 1983 (age 25) | 377 kg | 2006 World Championships | 3 | April 21, 1985 (age 23) | 350 kg | |||||
| 4 | March 04, 1982 (age 26) | 393 kg |  2004 Olympic GamesWeightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 85 kg These are the results of the men's 85 kg competition in weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...  20062006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic... and 2007 World Championships 2007 World Weightlifting Championships The Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:... |
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| 5 | April 30, 1986 (age 22) | 375 kg |  2007 World Championships2007 World Weightlifting Championships The Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:... 2007 European Championships2007 European Weightlifting Championships The 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-References:*... |
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| 6 | January 01, 1986 (age 22) | 385 kg | 2005 World Championships 2005 World Weightlifting Championships The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from November 9 to November 17.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Ranking by Big medals... |
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| 7 | August 16, 1985 (age 22) | 320 kg | 2008 African Championships |
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| 8 | November 12, 1983 (age 24) | 352 kg | |||||||||
| 9 | October 11, 1982 (age 25) | 363 kg | |||||||||
| 10 | August 24, 1984 (age 23) | 360 kg | |||||||||
| 11 | May 24, 1987 (age 21) | 345 kg | |||||||||
| 12 | March 02, 1988 (age 20) | 351 kg | |||||||||
| 13 | August 18, 1976 (age 31) | 350 kg | |||||||||
| 14 | July 17, 1984 (age 24) | 292 kg | Tripartite Commission Wild Card | ||||||||
| 15 | March 19, 1984 (age 24) | 341 kg | 2008 African Championships |
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| 16 | October 15, 1983 (age 24) | 247 kg | Tripartite Commission Wild Card | ||||||||
| 17 | September 09, 1976 (age 31) | 362.5 kg | |||||||||
| 18 | January 01, 1981 (age 27) | 380 kg | 2007 European Championships 2007 European Weightlifting Championships The 2007 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 17 April to 22 April 2007. It was the 86th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-References:*... |
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| 19 | July 02, 1986 (age 22) | 347 kg | |||||||||
| 20 | June 22, 1983 (age 25) | 363 kg | |||||||||
| 21 | December 01, 1980 (age 27) | 354 kg | |||||||||
Results
| Rank | Name | Group | Body Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Res | 1 | 2 | 3 | Res | |||||
| A | 84.41 | 175.0 | 180.0 | |
180.0 | 208.0 | |
214.0 | 214.0 | 394.0 | ||
| A | 84.69 | 180.0 | |
185.0 | 185.0 OR | 200.0 | 204.0 | 209.0 | 209.0 | 394.0 WR | ||
| A | 83.78 | 172.0 | 177.0 | |
177.0 | |
203.0 | |
203.0 | 380.0 | ||
| 4 | A | 84.54 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 200.0 | |
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200.0 | 380.0 | |
| 5 | A | 84.84 | 161.0 | 166.0 | 169.0 | 169.0 | |
198.0 | 203.0 | 203.0 | 372.0 | |
| 6 | A | 84.55 | 157.0 | |
162.0 | 162.0 | 196.0 | 201.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 367.0 | |
| 7 | A | 84.71 | |
165.0 | |
165.0 | 195.0 | 199.0 | 202.0 | 202.0 | 367.0 | |
| 8 | B | 84.14 | 153.0 | 157.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | |
195.0 | 202.0 | 202.0 | 362.0 | |
| 9 | A | 84.52 | 160.0 | |
166.0 | 166.0 | 195.0 | |
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195.0 | 361.0 | |
| 10 | B | 84.62 | 155.0 | |
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155.0 | 190.0 | 195.0 | 201.0 | 201.0 | 356.0 | |
| 11 | B | 84.74 | 152.0 | |
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152.0 | 182.0 | 190.0 | 194.0 | 194.0 | 346.0 | |
| 12 | B | 84.89 | 150.0 | |
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150.0 | 186.0 | |
193.0 | 193.0 | 343.0 | |
| 13 | B | 84.97 | 144.0 | 148.0 | |
148.0 | |
187.0 | 191.0 | 191.0 | 339.0 | |
| 14 | B | 82.77 | 150.0 | 153.0 | |
153.0 | 180.0 | |
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180.0 | 333.0 | |
| 15 | B | 84.17 | |
130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 170.0 | |
178.0 | 178.0 | 313.0 | |
| 16 | B | 82.67 | 110.0 | |
115.0 | 115.0 | 130.0 | |
140.0 | 140.0 | 255.0 | |
| – | A | 84.69 | |
170.0 | 176.0 | 176.0 | |
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– | DNF | |
| – | A | 84.52 | |
165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | |
– | – | – | DNF | |
| – | B | 84.55 | |
143.0 | |
143.0 | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| – | A | 84.37 | |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| – | B | 84.91 | |
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– | – | – | – | – | DNF |