This article details the qualifying phase for weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics . The competition at these Games includes 260 athletes. Each competing nation is allowed to enter a maximum of 10 competitors, 6 men and 4 women.[1] 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships are the main qualifying events for the 2016 Olympic games. NOCs achieve qualification places according to their position in the joint team classification by points adding those scored in the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. One continental qualification event is held for each continent in 2016. Only NOCs which have not gained quota places in the Main Qualification Events may obtain quota places.[1]
On November 19, 2015, the International Weightlifting Federation banned Bulgaria from competing at the Rio Olympics due to doping, and took one Olympic entry place from Romania and Uzbekistan because of "multiple positive cases" of doping.[2] [3]
On 22 June 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced that a number of countries would lose quota places in weightlifting at the Games because of doping violations. IWF then went on to state that if the testing of 'B' samples confirmed any country had three or more violations in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic retesting programme, that country would be suspended from international weightlifting for one year, and would thereby be excluded from the Games in Rio, alongside the already suspended Bulgaria.
IWF clarified that after retesting of 'A' samples from 2008 and 2012 that the three countries therefore scheduled for suspension were Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. Russia is appealing this decision also to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 July 2016. In addition, quota places have been removed from Azerbaijan (2), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), Moldova (2), North Korea (2), Russia (2), Romania (1) and Uzbekistan (1).[4]
Summary [ edit ] * The International Olympic Committee and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have decided to remove one quota place from Romania (men) and Uzbekistan (women) due to "multiple positive cases" of doping. ** On June 22, 2016, IWF further removed 11 quotas from 6 NOCs:[4]
*** On July 29, 2016, the IWF banned the entire Russian team (which had quota for eight athletes; five men and three women). The IWF then reallocated the quota as follows:[5]
Timeline [ edit ] Event Date Venue 2014 World Championships November 8–16, 2014 Almaty , Kazakhstan 2015 World Championships November 20–28, 2015 Houston , United States 2016 European Championships April 10–16, 2016 Førde , Norway 2016 Asian Championships April 22–30, 2016 Tashkent , Uzbekistan 2016 African Championships May 8–13, 2016 Yaoundé , Cameroon 2016 Oceania Championships May 24–28, 2016 Suva , Fiji 2016 Pan American Championships June 7–11, 2016 Cartagena , Colombia Olympic Qualification Ranking List June 20, 2016 — Tripartite Commission Invitations June 2016 —
Individual ranking events Event Date Venue 2014 Commonwealth Games July 24–31, 2014 Glasgow , Great Britain 2014 IWF Grand Prix – President's Cup[6] September 5–8, 2014 Noyabrsk , Russia 2014 Asian Games September 20–26, 2014 Incheon , South Korea 2015 IWF Junior World Championships[7] June 6–13, 2015 Wrocław , Poland 2015 Pacific Games July 5–8, 2015 Port Moresby , Papua New Guinea 2015 Pan American Games July 11–15, 2015 Toronto , Canada 2015 African Games September 7–9, 2015 Brazzaville , Congo 2015 IWF Grand Prix[8] September 21–23, 2015 Fuzhou , China 2015 IWF Grand Prix – President's Cup December 12–13, 2015 Grozny , Russia 2016 IWF Grand Prix – President's Cup March 18–20, 2016 Kazan , Russia 2016 IWF Grand Prix – Fajr Cup May 31 – June 2, 2016 Tehran , Iran
Note: In the 2015 Qualification ranking, the IWF deleted Bulgaria (BUL) from the ranking list and recalculated all scores accordingly (i.e. as if Bulgarian athletes had not competed). If the same changes are made to the 2014 ranking, point scores were changed and ranking places were altered.
World Championships [ edit ] Teams 1st–6th: 6 athletes Teams 7th–12th: 5 athletes Teams 13th–18th: 4 athletes Teams 19th–24th: 3 athletes[9] Rank Quota NOC Year Category Subtotal Total 56 62 69 77 85 94 105 +105 1 6 Russia 2014 22 25+22 21 23 28+0 141 286 2015 25 22 28+23 0 25+22 0 145 2 6 China 2014 23+22 23 28 28 21 20 22 146 248 2015 25+0 28 28 21+0 0 0 102 3 6 Belarus 2014 20 22 20+19 22+16 21 124 246 2015 20 17 10 20 28+0 16 21 122 4 6 Kazakhstan 2014 20 16 23 28+25 28 12 +8 140 228 2015 0 13 28+19 0 0+0 28 88 5 6 Egypt 2014 19 25 20+18 15 23+17 122 214 2015 8 25 13+9 18 9 18+0 92 6 6 North Korea 2014 28 28 23+17 25+21 142 213 2015 28 21+0 22 0+0 71 7 5 Indonesia 2014 13 25+21 20+14 14 0 107 201 2015 17+15 22+14 16+10 0 3 94 8 5 Colombia 2014 16+15 22+0 10 0+0 8 71 190 2015 21+18 25+23 11 9 +0 21 119 9 5 Armenia 2014 9 21 12+7 13 19 13+0 87 188 2015 15 23+0 21 23+19 101 10 5 Uzbekistan 2014 0 15 23+14 25+15 14 106 184 2015 7 18+11 6 18+17 7 78 11 5 Iran 2014 14 18+0 28+5 21+13 25 119 180 2015 2 0 0 25 22 0 12 61 12 5 Thailand 2014 18+6 17+1 13+0 0 9 64 167 2015 20+19 10+6 9 20+18 16 103 13 4 Poland 2014 6 19+0 20+9 10+9 73 159 2015 13 25+20 20+0 8+0 86 14 4 Moldova 2014 12 18+9 0 19 15 17 17 98 158 2015 3 11+0 12 17+0 17+0 60 15 4 Germany 2014 5 13+6 12 10+8 19+0 68 150 2015 6 +5 15+7 15+11 20+14 82 16 4 Ukraine 2014 0 18+0 0 18+5 41 136 2015 22 23+14 19 13+4 95 17 4 South Korea 2014 11 18 10 18+7 64 136 2015 17 0 11 15+0 17+12 0 72 18 4 France 2014 19+0 17+11 8 55 120 2015 18+0 16+12 9+8 2 65 19 3 Georgia 2014 7 0 5 4+0 20 36 109 2015 0 5 11 10+3 28+16 73 20 3 Romania 2014 12+6 1 11 30 104 2015 0 15+4 12+8 21+14 74 21 3 Vietnam 2014 25+21 3 0 0 49 101 2015 23+12 12 0 5 52 22 3 Spain 2014 5 3 12+8 16+15 0 +0 59 93 2015 16+0 0 8+0 4+0 6 34 23 3 Chinese Taipei 2014 19+10 8 6+0 6 1 50 91 2015 9 3+0 7 0 22 41 24 3 Japan 2014 8+4 0 +0 9 1+0 15 37 90 2015 11 19+0 3+0 12+8 0 53 25 United States 2014 13 4 8+0 12 3+0 7 47 89 2015 0 14+0 3+1 15+0 9 42 26 Turkey 2014 5+0 0 0 0 5 10 85 2015 8+5 18+16 23+2 0 5 75 27 Hungary 2014 15 0 0 0+0 12 16 43 67 2015 0 0 0 13 11 24 28 Venezuela 2014 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 66 2015 13+1 0+0 14 0 7 14 49 29 Lithuania 2014 0 23+14 0 3+0 40 60 2015 4+0 10+0 6+0 0 20 30 Saudi Arabia 2014 17+0 16+11 0+0 0 1 45 55 2015 0 5+0 4+1 10 31 Azerbaijan 2014 3 10 13 26 52 2015 0 0 0+0 19+0 7+0 26 32 Italy 2014 0 14 3 17 50 2015 14 19 33 33 Albania 2014 0 0+0 4+0 6+3 13 48 2015 19 16 35 34 Estonia 2014 0 0 22+0 22 47 2015 25 25 35 Mexico 2014 47 2015 13 9 20+0 5 47 36 Cuba 2014 10+9 7 26 46 2015 6 10 0 4 20 37 Turkmenistan 2014 0 4+2 2 11 19 43 2015 0 0 0+0 7+0 0 17 24 38 Latvia 2014 16 16 39 2015 23 23 39 Israel 2014 9 4 13 32 2015 13 6 19 40 Greece 2014 0 1 16+10 2 29 29 2015 41 Czech Republic 2014 0 0+0 0 28 2015 0 3 0 15+10 28 42 Tunisia 2014 23 2015 0 21 2+0 23 43 Canada 2014 0 0 11 11 23 2015 0 8+2 2 0 12 44 Ecuador 2014 0 2+0 0+0 6 8 23 2015 10 0 0 0 5 15 45 Philippines 2014 22 2015 22 22 46 Slovakia 2014 7+0 11+2 0 20 20 2015 47 India 2014 2 2 0 5+0 0 9 17 2015 7+1 0 0 0+0 8 48 Austria 2014 14 14 14 2015 0 0 49 Malaysia 2014 11 3 14 14 2015 50 Belgium 2014 7 7 13 2015 6 6 51 Algeria 2014 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 8 2015 52 Kyrgyzstan 2014 0 7 0 7 7 2015 0 0 53 Finland 2014 0 0 2 2 5 2015 1+0 2 3 54 Great Britain 2014 0 0 0 0 4 2015 0 4 4 55 Fiji 2014 4 2015 4 4 56 Nauru 2014 3 2015 3 3 57 Mongolia 2014 0 0 2 2015 2 0 0 0+0 2 58 Chile 2014 1 1 1 2015 0 0 0 59 Croatia 2014 0 0 0 1 2015 1 0 1 60 Libya 2014 1 1 1 2015 61 Kiribati 2014 1 2015 1 1 62 Norway 2014 1 2015 1 1 — American Samoa 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Argentina 2014 0 0 0 2015 — Cyprus 2014 0 0 0 2015 0 0 — Denmark 2014 0 0 0 2015 0 0 0 — Dominican Republic 2014 0 2015 0 0 — El Salvador 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Federated States of Micronesia 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Ghana 2014 0 2015 0 0 0 — Ireland 2014 0 0 0 0 2015 0 0 — Kosovo 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Marshall Islands 2014 0 2015 0 0 — New Zealand 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Palau 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Papua New Guinea 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Sri Lanka 2014 0 2015 0 0 0 0 — Switzerland 2014 0 2015 0 0 — Uganda 2014 0 0 0 2015 0 0
European Championships [ edit ] Asian Championships [ edit ] African Championships [ edit ] Oceania Championships [ edit ] Pan American Championships [ edit ] In the 2015 Qualification ranking, the IWF eliminated Bulgaria (BUL) from the ranking list and recalculated all scores accordingly, as if Bulgarian athletes had not been present at all. If the same changes are made to the 2014 ranking, point scores will change and ranking places may be altered.
World Championships [ edit ] Teams 1st–9th: 4 athletes Teams 10th–16th: 3 athletes Teams 17th–21st: 2 athletes[10] Rank Quota NOC Year Category Subtotal Total 48 53 58 63 69 75 +75 1 4 China 2014 28 23 28 28 23 25 25 109 221 2015 28 25 25 28 28 28 25 112 2 4 Russia 2014 – – 14 25+16 20 28 28+21 102 201 2015 – – – 25 22 +23 23+21 28 99 3 4 North Korea 2014 – – 0 23+19 28 23+0 – 93 186 2015 22+20 – – 23 21 25 23 93 4 4 Kazakhstan 2014 0 28 – 20+1 25+19 21 – 94 183 2015 – 20 – 21 25+16 22 21+18 89 5 4 Thailand 2014 23 22 25+23 21 – – 23+22 94 180 2015 14 22+21 21 19 – – 22 86 6 4 Chinese Taipei 2014 – 25 21+13 22 – 16 – 84 176 2015 21 28 23+16 20 – 12 – 92 7 4 Colombia 2014 – 20+15 22+20 15 21 20 – 83 157 2015 10 17+12 20 18 – 19 – 74 8 4 Japan 2014 10 +0 18+17 18 – – 8 17 70 134 2015 23 13 18 10+7 – – – 64 9 4 Ukraine 2014 17 21 12 17+9 12 18 73 132 2015 9 18 1 22 2 8 11 59 10 3 South Korea 2014 19+12 12 – 5 16 19 66 129 2015 19+4 10 4 – – 15 19+10 63 11 3 Belarus 2014 3 – 3 18+12 22+14 15 69 125 2015 – – [BLR] – 17+19 20 – 56 12 3 Egypt 2014 – 14 11 14 11 – 20+15 63 112 2015 – 0 – 8 20 4 16+5 49 13 3 Venezuela 2014 – 2 17+8 0 – 13 16 53 111 2015 – 15+9 15 – 1 – 15+13 58 14 3 United States 2014 16+4 – 7 10 13 – 13+6 52 109 2015 3 – 9 – 10 18 20+3 57 15 3 Mexico 2014 6 – 15 3 – 10 14 45 98 2015 – – 13+10 16 5 +8 14 8 53 16 3 Turkey 2014 25+0 10 – 6 +0 4 +0 – – 44 96 2015 18+6 14+11 – 3 – – – 52 17 2 Dominican Republic 2014 20+9 16 0 – – – – 45 90 2015 15 0 17 – – 11+2 – 43 18 2 Ecuador 2014 2 – 10 13 – – 12 37 90 2015 – – 19 – 14 13+6 7+2 53 19 2 Armenia 2014 1 6 – 8+0 17 11 42 84 2015 – 0 11 – 12 7 12 42 20 2 Indonesia 2014 22 11 – – 4 – 7 44 82 2015 16 8+2 – 12 – – – 38 21 2 Romania 2014 – – 19+6 – – – 10 35 78 2015 7 – 12 – 7 – 17 43 22 France 2014 14 3 2 – – 19 2 38 76 2015 11+8 – 2 – – 17 0 38 23 Italy 2014 21 9 9 11 9 3 1 50 75 2015 5 1 5 14 – – – 25 24 India 2014 15 1 – 6+0 – 5 – 27 74 2015 17+12 7 – 11 – – – 47 25 Poland 2014 7 – 16 2 0 – 8+4 35 67 2015 – 0 12+8 – 3 9 0 +0 32 26 Azerbaijan 2014 – 19+0 – 0 – – – 19 60 2015 – – 28 – 13 – – 41 27 Spain 2014 8 7 0 0 8 22 – 45 58 2015 0 4 0 0 9 – – 13 28 Uzbekistan 2014 5+0 0 5 – 0 – – 10 56 2015 – 19+5 7 – 15 5 – 46 29 Great Britain 2014 – – – 0+0 10 9 – 19 49 2015 – – – 17+13 – – 0 30 30 Canada 2014 – 4 – – 7 17+12 – 40 44 2015 0 – 0 – 4 – – 4 31 Mongolia 2014 – 0+0 – – 18+2 – – 20 41 2015 – 0+0 0 0 18 3 – 21 32 Germany 2014 – 13 – 7 – 11+7 0 38 40 2015 2 – – – 0 – – 2 33 Chile 2014 – – – – – 14+2 – 16 32 2015 – – – – – 16 – 16 34 Australia 2014 – 8+0 0 0 – 4 9+5 26 30 2015 – 3 0 0+0 – 1 0 4 35 Moldova 2014 – – – – – 18 – 18 28 2015 – – – – – 10 – 10 36 Norway 2014 – – – – 15 – – 15 26 2015 – – – – 11 – – 11 37 Nigeria 2014 – – – – – – – 24 2015 – – – 15 – – 9 24 38 Vietnam 2014 – – – 24 2015 24 – – – – – – 24 39 Philippines 2014 – – – 23 2015 – 23 – – – – – 23 40 Latvia 2014 – 5 – – – – – 5 21 2015 – 16 – – – – – 16 41 Sweden 2014 – – – 21 2015 – – 6 9 6 – – 21 42 Albania 2014 18 – – 0 – – – 18 18 2015 – – – – – – – 43 Mauritius 2014 – – 1 – – – 3 4 17 2015 13 – – – – – 0 13 44 Georgia 2014 – – – – – – – 14 2015 – – – 0 – – 14 14 45 Puerto Rico 2014 13 – – – – – – 13 13 2015 – – – – – – – 46 Kyrgyzstan 2014 11 – – – – – – 11 12 2015 1 – – – – – – 47 Greece 2014 – – 4+0 – – – – 4 10 2015 – – – – – – 6 6 48 Hungary 2014 – – 0 0+0 1 6 – 7 7 2015 – – – – – – – 49 Papua New Guinea 2014 – – – 6 2015 – 6 – – – – – 6 50 South Africa 2014 – – – 6 2015 – – – 6 – – – 6 51 Czech Republic 2014 – 0 – – 5 – – 5 5 2015 – – – – – – – 52 Finland 2014 – 0 – 0 3 – – 3 5 2015 – 0 0 – 2 – – 2 53 Lebanon 2014 – – – 0 – – – 0 5 2015 – – – 5 – – – 5 54 Cuba 2014 – – – – – – – 4 2015 – – 0 4 – – – 4 55 Tunisia 2014 – – – – – – – 4 2015 – – – – – – 4 4 56 Solomon Islands 2014 – – – – – – – – 3 2015 – – 3 – – – – 3 57 New Zealand 2014 – – – – – – – 1 2015 – – – – 0 – 1 1 58 Seychelles 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – – 1 – – – 1 — Netherlands 2014 – – – – 0 – – 0 0 2015 – – – – – – – — Croatia 2014 – – 0 0 – – – 0 0 2015 – – – – – – – — United Arab Emirates 2014 – – 0 – – – – 0 0 2015 – – – – – – – — Israel 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – 0 – – – – – 0 — Hong Kong 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – 0 – – – – – 0 — Nicaragua 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 — Uruguay 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – 0 – – – – – 0 — Denmark 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – 0 0 – – – – 0 — Marshall Islands 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – 0 – – – – 0 — Iceland 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – 0 0 – – – 0 — Ireland 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – 0+0 – – – – 0 — Aruba 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – – 0 – – – 0 — Cyprus 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – – 0 – – – 0 — Belgium 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – – – – – 0 0 — Cook Islands 2014 – – – – – – – 0 2015 – – – – – – 0 0
European Championships [ edit ] Asian Championships [ edit ] African Championships [ edit ] Oceania Championships [ edit ] Pan American Championships [ edit ] BLR Nastassia Novikava 's 4th-place finish in the 58 kg discipline during the 2015 IWF World Championships was invalidated due to a positive doping test.[11] Individual qualification [ edit ] Eight places for men and seven places for women are allocated based on the Olympic Qualification Ranking Lists. Individual quota places are allocated to the athletes, ranked in the top 15 places for men and the top 10 places for women in each bodyweight category, from NOCs which have not gained any quota place(s) through the Main or Continental Qualification Events.[1]
Standings after Pan American Championships Standings after Pan American Championships No. Weight Name Record Meet Rank Note 1 58 kg Boyanka Kostova (AZE ) 252 2015 World Championships 1 [AZE] 2 Did not allocate 3 Did not allocate 4 Did not allocate 5 Did not allocate 6 Did not allocate 7 Did not allocate
Notes :
AZE : Azerbaijan was stripped of a quota for men and women;[4] as the country does not have any quota for either gender as an NOC, no athlete is eligible for the Games. Tripartite commission invitations [ edit ] Reallocation of unused quota places [ edit ] On June 23, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the re-allocation of 20 unused quota places.[12] On July 29, 2016, the IWF announced more re-allocation of unused quota places.[5]
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