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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg

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Competitors
  
18 from 14 nations

Date
  
17 August 2008

Location
  
Beihang University Gymnasium, Beijing, China

Venue
  
Beihang University Gymnasium

The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, 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 thirteenth 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

  • Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan originally finished first, but in August 2016, it was announced that he tested positive for stanozolol. In November 2016 he was disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his medal.
  • Khadzhimurat Akkayev of Russia originally finished third, but in August 2016, it was announced that he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone. In November 2016 he was disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his medal.
  • Nizami Pashayev of Azerbaijan originally finished fifth, but in August 2016, it was announced that he tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, oxandrolone and stanozolol. In November 2016 he was disqualified by the IOC.
  • References

    Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg Wikipedia