The women's +75 kilograms weightlifting event was the heaviest women's event at the weightlifting competition, allowing competitors with over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 16, starting at 19:00.
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.
The winner of the event, Jang Mi-ran, broke three world records: the snatch (140 kg, +1 kg), the clean and jerk (186 kg, +4 kg) and the total (326 kg, +7 kg). With the disqualification of Olha Korobka and Mariya Grabovetskaya, Jang won the competition by 57kg, an Olympic record margin.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
DateTimeEvent 16 August 2008 19:00 Group A
Records
Results
RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 116.75 130 136 140 140 175 183 186 186 326 A 123.89 113 116 119 119 145 150 152 150 269 A 115.30 115 115 120 115 145 150 156 150 265 4 A 136.29 112 115 118 115 140 144 150 144 259 5 A 96.05 114 114 118 118 140 140 147 140 258 6 A 94.19 109 113 115 113 135 135 140 135 248 7 A 102.15 100 105 110 105 121 126 128 126 231 8 A 117.50 93 97 99 97 123 128 130 128 225 — A 86.85 100 105 105 105 125 127 127 — — DQ A 166.97 120 124 127 124 150 153 — 153 277 DQ A 112.93 115 115 120 120 145 150 150 150 270
Olha Korobka of Ukraine and Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan originally finished second and third, respectively. But were both disqualified after they tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Oxandrolone.Public disclosures
New records Snatch136 kg140 kgClean & Jerk183 kg186 kgTotal315 kg323 kg326 kg
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