Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 kg

Men's 77 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date 13 August
Competitors 28 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Sa Jae-hyouk  South Korea
2nd, silver medalist(s) Li Hongli  China
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gevorg Davtyan  Armenia
Weightlifting at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the ninth weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk 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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
13 August 2008 10:00 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Snatch  Sergey Filimonov (KAZ) 173 kg Almaty, Kazakhstan 9 April 2004
Clean & Jerk  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) 210 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 27 April 2001
Total  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) 377 kg Doha, Qatar 27 March 2002
Olympic record Snatch  Taner Sağır (TUR) 172 kg Athens, Greece 19 August 2004
Clean & Jerk  Zhan Xugang (CHN) 207 kg Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000
Total  Taner Sağır (TUR) 375 kg Athens, Greece 19 August 2004

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st, gold medalist(s)  Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR) A 76.46 160 163 165 163 201 203 211 203 366
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Li Hongli (CHN) A 76.91 163 168 170 168 193 198 198 198 366
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Gevorg Davtyan (ARM) A 76.77 165 165 165 165 195 195 201 195 360
4  Kim Kwang-hoon (KOR) A 76.86 155 155 160 155 200 206 206 200 355
5  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) A 76.80 158 162 165 162 192 199 199 192 354
6  Iván Cambar (CUB) A 76.53 152 157 160 157 190 196 196 196 353
7  Ara Khachatryan (ARM) A 76.78 162 166 166 162 191 195 195 191 353
8  Krzysztof Szramiak (POL) A 76.71 157 161 165 161 191 191 194 191 352
9  Vladimir Kuznetsov (KAZ) A 76.86 155 160 160 160 191 191 197 191 351
10  Siarhei Lahun (BLR) A 76.56 153 157 157 157 187 192 196 192 349
11  Sandow Nasution (INA) A 76.92 145 152 153 153 185 194 200 194 347
12  Mahmoud El-Haddad (EGY) A 76.73 145 150 155 150 192 198 198 192 342
13  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) B 76.52 145 150 154 154 182 187 193 187 341
14  Giovanni Bardis (FRA) B 76.83 149 153 156 156 173 178 178 173 329
15  Felix Ekpo (NGR) B 75.83 143 148 150 143 178 182 185 183 325
16  Sherzodjon Yusupov (UZB) B 76.24 140 144 148 144 178 185 185 178 322
17  José Ocando (VEN) B 76.90 140 140 140 140 182 182 186 182 322
18  Răzvan Rusu (ROU) B 76.69 130 135 140 140 170 175 175 170 310
19  Carlos Espeleta (ARG) B 76.93 140 140 145 140 170 170170 170 310
20  Andrei Gutu (MDA) B 76.38 140 145 147 145 160 165165 160 305
21  Richie Patterson (NZL) B 76.57 130 137 137 130 170 176176 170 300
22  Darryn Anthony (RSA) B 76.98 135 135 144 135 160 170173 160 295
23  Josefa Vueti (FIJ) B 76.15 115120 124 124 155 162162 155 279
24  Romain Marchessou (MON) B 75.53 105110 115 110 135 140145 140 250
 János Baranyai (HUN) B 76.92 140 145 148 145
 Octavio Mejías (VEN) A 76.53 152 157 157 152 185 185 185
 Taner Sağır (TUR) A 76.73 165 165 165
 Chad Vaughn (USA) B 76.81 144 144 147 147 182 182 182

References

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