Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 94 kg

The men's 94 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.[1]

Men's 94 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Date4 August
Competitors21 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Saeid Mohammadpour  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Min-jae  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tomasz Zieliński  Poland
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Summary

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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]

Artem Ivanov of Ukraine was on the start list,[3] but he was disqualified after weighing in 500 grams overweight.

Arsen Kasabijew of Poland (who had competed for Georgia as Arsen Karabiev in Beijing) was forced to retire from the competition after injuring his arm and knee during his second attempt to snatch 174 kg.

Originally, Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin won the competition and broke the world record in the clean and jerk (with a lift of 233 kg), and well as the world record for the total (418 kg), but both records were later annulled for drug use.

The results of this event were significantly altered following the 2016 retesting of the original in-competition samples for banned substances.

Six of the top seven finishers, including the three original medalists, were disqualified after their 2012 samples were retested and found to be positive for the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. Thus, Saeid Mohammadpour of Iran, who had originally finished fifth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.[4]

On 6 October 2016, the IWF reported that as a consequence of the IOC's reanalyses of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games, a sample from Norayr Vardanyan of Armenia, who had originally finished 11th, had returned a positive result. In line with the relevant rules and regulations, the IWF imposed mandatory provisional suspensions upon Vardanyan, who was later disqualified.[5][6] Subsequently, Endri Karina of Albania, who had originally finished 14th, was disqualified after he also tested positive.

At the Olympics in Rio, Zieliński tested positive for spironolactone and was sent home from the games. Since then, he was later upgraded to the bronze medal position from the London games.

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Event
4 August 2012 15:30 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 188 kg Athens, Greece 27 November 1999
Clean & Jerk   Szymon Kołecki (POL) 232 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 29 April 2000
Total   Akakios Kakiasvilis (GRE) 412 kg Athens, Greece 27 November 1999
Olympic Record Snatch   Kourosh Bagheri (IRI) 187 kg Sydney, Australia 24 September 2000
Clean & Jerk   Szymon Kołecki (POL) 224 kg Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Total   Milen Dobrev (BUL) 407 kg Athens, Greece 23 August 2004

Results

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Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
    Saeid Mohammadpour (IRI) A 94.00 177 180 183 183 219 224 226 219 402
    Kim Min-jae (KOR) A 93.68 178 182 185 185 210 220 221 210 395
    Tomasz Zieliński (POL) B 93.61 167 172 175 175 208 210 215 210 385
4   Aliaksandr Makaranka (BLR) B 93.65 165 170 175 175 200 205 209 209 384
5   Kostyantyn Piliyev (UKR) B 93.59 160 166 166 166 200 206 206 206 372
6   David Kavelasvili (GRE) B 93.21 165 170 173 170 200 205 205 200 370
7   Abbas Al-Qaisoum (KSA) B 93.06 140 150 155 155 171 180 185 180 335
8   Peter Kirkbride (GBR) B 93.37 138 142 142 138 180 185 190 190 328
9   David Katoatau (KIR) B 93.32 135 140 140 140 185 190 190 185 325
10   Cristopher Pavón (HON) B 93.20 130 135 140 140 170 177 180 180 320
11   Miika Antti-Roiko (FIN) B 93.63 140 140 140 140 180 180 185 180 320
12   Jean Greeff (RSA) B 93.32 130 137 141 137 170 175 176 176 313
  Arsen Kasabijew (POL) A 93.56 170 174 174 170
DQ   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) A 93.52 177 182 185 185 224 228 233 233 418
DQ   Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) A 93.30 180 185 185 185 215 224 229 224 409
DQ   Anatolie Cîrîcu (MDA) A 93.29 178 181 181 181 220 226 228 226 407
DQ   Andrey Demanov (RUS) A 93.85 175 180 182 182 215 225 225 225 407
DQ   Intigam Zairov (AZE) A 93.17 175 175 182 182 215 223 225 215 397
DQ   Almas Uteshov (KAZ) A 93.15 167 173 175 175 213 220 225 220 395
DQ   Norayr Vardanyan (ARM) A 93.83 170 175 175 170 210 216 216 210 380
DQ   Endri Karina (ALB) B 93.90 155 155 161 155 185 190 195 195 350

New records

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Clean & Jerk 228 kg   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) OR
233 kg   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) WR
Total 413 kg   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) WR
418 kg   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) WR

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting – Start List Package" (PDF). IWF. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Weightlifter set for 2012 Olympic bronze despite finishing ninth". BBC Sport. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ^ International Weightlifting Federation (6 October 2016). "PUBLIC DISCLOSURE". Retrieved 2016-10-06.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.