Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.[1]
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| Venue | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre |
| Dates | 16–26 September 2000 |
| Competitors | 246 from 76 nations |
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| 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 | ||
Medal summary
Men's competition
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg [a] |
Halil Mutlu |
Wu Wenxiong |
Zhang Xiangxiang |
| 62 kg [b] |
Nikolaj Pešalov |
Leonidas Sabanis |
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| 69 kg |
Galabin Boevski |
Georgi Markov |
Siarhei Laurenau |
| 77 kg |
Zhan Xugang |
Viktor Mitrou |
Arsen Melikyan |
| 85 kg |
Pyrros Dimas |
Marc Huster |
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| 94 kg |
Akakios Kakiasvilis |
Szymon Kołecki |
Aleksey Petrov |
| 105 kg |
Hossein Tavakkoli |
Alan Tsagaev |
Said Saif Asaad |
| +105 kg [c] |
Hossein Rezazadeh |
Ronny Weller |
Andrey Chemerkin |
Women's competition
Women's weightlifting was included as a medal sport for the first time in Sydney 2000[2]
Notes
- a Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
- b Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
- c Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.[4]
- d Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
Participating nations
A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 nations) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
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References
- "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "Ola Rio 2016".
- "Bulgarian lifters sent home". BBC Sport. 22 September 2000.
- "Two more fail drug tests". BBC Sport. 1 October 2000.
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
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