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

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Competitors
  
20 from 16 nations

Date
  
18 August 2008

Location
  
Beihang University Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Venue
  
Beihang University Gymnasium

The men's 105 kg weightlifting event was the seventh men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 18, 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 fourteenth Weightlifting event to conclude.

Contents

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)

Records

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

Results

  • Dmitry Lapikov of Russia originally finished third, but was disqualified after he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
  • Ihor Razoronov of Ukraine originally finished sixth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone.
  • References

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