Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg

The Men's +105 kilograms weightlifting event was the heaviest men's event at the 2008 Summer Olympics weightlifting competition, allowing competitors of over 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 19, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 15:30, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the fifteenth and last weightlifting event to conclude.

Men's +105 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Date19 August
Competitors14 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthias Steiner  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Evgeny Chigishev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Viktors Ščerbatihs  Latvia
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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

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

Date Time Event
19 August 2008 15:30 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 213 kg Qinhuangdao, China 14 September 2003
Clean & Jerk   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 263 kg Athens, Greece 25 August 2004
Total   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 472 kg Sydney, Australia 26 September 2000
Olympic Record Snatch   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 212 kg Sydney, Australia 26 September 2000
Clean & Jerk   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 263 kg Athens, Greece 25 August 2004
Total   Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) 472 kg Sydney, Australia 26 September 2000

Results

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Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
    Matthias Steiner (GER) A 145.93 198 203 207 203 246 248 258 258 461
    Evgeny Chigishev (RUS) A 124.13 200 205 210 210 240 247 250 250 460
    Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT) A 144.97 198 203 206 206 242 244 257 242 448
4   Artem Udachyn (UKR) A 144.09 197 203 207 207 235 235 241 235 442
5   Ihor Shymechko (UKR) A 130.25 193 197 201 201 217 227 232 232 433
6   Rashid Sharifi (IRI) B 142.89 188 192 196 196 230 238 238 230 426
7   Grzegorz Kleszcz (POL) A 131.16 185 185 190 185 232 234 234 234 419
8   Almir Velagić (GER) B 132.16 180 184 188 188 220 225 230 225 413
9   Damon Kelly (AUS) B 154.15 165 170 170 165 211 211 221 221 386
10   Itte Detenamo (NRU) B 148.48 165 170 175 175 205 210 215 210 385
11   Antti Everi (FIN) B 130.04 166 166 171 171 195 201 201 195 366
12   Sam Pera (COK) B 122.96 148 155 155 155 188 188 195 195 350
13   Maamaloa Lolohea (TGA) B 135.13 127 135 140 140 173 185 185 173 313
  Jeon Sang-guen (KOR) A 155.49 195 195 195

References

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