Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg
| Women's 75 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||
 Women's 75 kg victory ceremony - all three medalists shown were consequently stripped of their medals for doping. | |||||||
| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 3 August | ||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 12 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2012 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 Women's 75 kg weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.[1]
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.[2]
In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that gold medalist Svetlana Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol.[3] On 26 October 2016, the positive test was confirmed, and Podobedova was stripped of her results, records and gold medal.[4]
In July 2016, IWF reported in the second wave of re-sampling that both silver medalist Natalia Zabolotnaya and bronze medalist Iryna Kulesha have tested positive for prohibited anabolic agents.[5] On 21 November 2016, both medalist tested positive and both was disqualified, stripped of their results and medals.[6]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | 12:30 | Group B |
| 15:30 | Group A |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Snatch |  Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
135 kg | Belgorod, Russia | 17 December 2011 |
| Clean & Jerk | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) |
163 kg | Paris, France | 10 November 2011 | |
| Total | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
296 kg | Belgorod, Russia | 17 December 2011 | |
| Olympic record | Snatch |  Cao Lei (CHN) | 128 kg | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
| Clean & Jerk | Cao Lei (CHN) | 154 kg | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 | |
| Total | Cao Lei (CHN) | 282 kg | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
| DSQ |  Svetlana PodobedovaΔ[7] (KAZ) | A | 74.58 | | 126 | 130 | 130 | 150 | 156 | 161 | 161 | 291 |
| DSQ | Natalia ZabolotnayaΔ[8] (RUS) | A | 74.80 | 125 | 128 | 131 | 131 | 147 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 291 |
| DSQ |  Iryna KuleshaΔ[9] (BLR) | A | 74.95 | 116 | 121 | | 121 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 148 | 269 |
| 4 |  Lidia Valentín (ESP) | A | 74.39 | | 115 | 120 | 120 | 140 | 145 | | 145 | 265 |
| 5 |  Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY) | A | 74.60 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 118 | 140 | | | 140 | 258 |
| 6 |  Madias Nzesso (CMR) | B | 74.55 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 131 | | | 131 | 246 |
| 7 |  Ewa Mizdal (POL) | A | 70.58 | 100 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 127 | | | 127 | 231 |
| 8 |  Jaqueline Ferreira (BRA) | B | 74.12 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 102 | 121 | 126 | 128 | 128 | 230 |
| 9 |  María Fernanda Valdés (CHI) | B | 74.70 | 96 | | | 96 | 120 | 127 | | 127 | 223 |
| 10 |  Lim Ji-hye (KOR) | B | 74.81 | 97 | | | 97 | | 126 | | 126 | 223 |
| 11 |  Thuraia Sobh (SYR) | B | 73.36 | 80 | 86 | | 86 | 105 | | 115 | 115 | 201 |
| 12 |  Khadija Mohammed (UAE) | B | 74.72 | 47 | 51 | | 51 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 113 |
| — | Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS) | A | 74.23 | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New records
The following records were set during the competition, but all have since been annulled because of positive drugs tests.
| Snatch | 130 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) |
OR |
| Snatch | 131 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 155 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
OR |
| Total | 286 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 156 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) |
OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 160 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
OR |
| Total | 291 kg | Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS) |
OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 161 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) |
OR |
References
- ↑ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ IWF public disclosures
- ↑ IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012, from Olympic.org.
- ↑
- ↑ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "IWF PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". IWF. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ↑ "IWF PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". IWF. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "IWF PUBLIC DISCLOSURES". IWF. Retrieved 2016-07-27.