The women's 69 kilograms weightlifting event was the fifth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the eighth Weightlifting event to conclude.
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) DateTimeEvent 13 August 2008 15:30 Group A
Records
Results RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 68.47 110 115 115 115 136 140 — 140 255 A 67.54 99 103 105 105 125 132 135 135 240 A 69.00 100 105 105 105 133 133 136 133 238 4 A 68.63 100 104 106 106 120 124 124 124 230 5 A 68.65 105 110 110 105 120 126 126 120 225 6 A 68.65 87 87 90 87 115 120 122 122 209 — A 65.33 87 90 93 90 120 120 120 — — — A 68.07 103 103 103 — — — — — — DQ A 68.87 120 125 128 128 145 149 158 158 286 DQ A 68.63 110 113 115 115 130 133 135 135 250
Liu Chunhong of China originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after a positive anti-doping retest of her 2008 sample. Nataliya Davydova of Ukraine originally finished third, but she was disqualified in November 2016 after she tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
New records Snatch125 kg128 kgClean & Jerk158 kgTotal277 kg286 kg
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