Venue Riocentro – Pavilion 2 No. of events 15 | Dates 6–16 August 2016 Competitors 260 from 94 nations | |
Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Around 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. Bulgaria and Russia were banned from participating in the sport due to multiple doping cases.
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Events
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
Competition schedule
There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program:
Qualification
Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, leaving the remaining berths up for grabs in both the men's and women's competitions respectively.
Olympic records broken
Five Olympic records were broken.