Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg
| Men's 85 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Riocentro | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 396 kg WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification List of weightlifters | ||
| 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 | ||
The Men's 85 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]
On October 13, 2016, the IWF reported that bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian of Romania had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics.[2]
Schedule
[edit]All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 12 August 2016 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 19:00 | Group A |
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Snatch |  Andrei Rybakou (BLR) | 187 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 22 September 2007 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Kianoush Rostami (IRN) | 220 kg | Tehran, Iran | 31 May 2016 | |
| Total | Kianoush Rostami (IRN) | 395 kg | Tehran, Iran | 31 May 2016 | |
| Olympic record | Snatch |  Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) | 180 kg | Sydney, Australia | 23 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Pyrros Dimas (GRE) | 215 kg | Sydney, Australia | 23 September 2000 | |
| Total |  Yong Lu (CHN) | 394 kg | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
Results
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
 |  Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | A | 84.26 | 174 | 179 | 179 | 215 | 217 | 217 OR | 396 WR OR | ||
 | Tian Tao (CHN) | A | 84.85 | 178 | 178 | 217 | 217 OR | 395 | ||||
 |  Denis Ulanov (KAZ) | A | 84.95 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 215 | 215 | 390 | |||
| 4 |  Oleksandr Pielieshenko (UKR) | A | 84.73 | 170 | 173 | 175 | 175 | 210 | 210 | 385 | ||
| 5 |  Petr Asayonak (BLR) | A | 84.24 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 201 | 207 | 207 | 377 | ||
| 6 | Pavel Khadasevich (BLR) | A | 84.47 | 166 | 170 | 170 | 195 | 195 | 365 | |||
| 7 |  Fares El-Bakh (QAT) | A | 84.79 | 151 | 155 | 158 | 158 | 197 | 203 | 203 | 361 | |
| 8 |  Giovanni Bardis (FRA) | B | 84.63 | 160 | 165 | 165 | 185 | 192 | 192 | 357 | ||
| 9 | Benjamin Hennequin (FRA) | A | 84.43 | 155 | 155 | 195 | 195 | 350 | ||||
| 10 |  Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) | A | 84.49 | 150 | 150 | 200 | 200 | 350 | ||||
| 11 | Theodoros Iakovidis (GRE) | B | 84.58 | 151 | 156 | 160 | 160 | 186 | 190 | 190 | 350 | |
| 12 |  Pascal Plamondon (CAN) | B | 85.00 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 185 | 190 | 190 | 345 | ||
| 13 |  Yu Dong-ju (KOR) | B | 84.44 | 150 | 150 | 190 | 190 | 340 | ||||
| 14 |  Amar Musić (CRO) | B | 84.58 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 180 | 186 | 186 | 336 | |
| 15 |  Richie Patterson (NZL) | B | 84.13 | 145 | 149 | 149 | 181 | 181 | 330 | |||
| 16 |  Hoàng Tấn Tài (VIE) | B | 84.27 | 135 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 172 | 180 | 180 | 325 | |
| 17 |  Welisson Silva (BRA) | B | 84.69 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 180 | 180 | 325 | |||
| 18 |  Milko Tokola (FIN) | B | 84.79 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 320 | ||
| 19 |  Khalid El-Aabidi (MAR) | B | 80.57 | 120 | 120 | 153 | 160 | 165 | 165 | 285 | ||
| 20 |  Christian Amoah (GHA) | B | 83.52 | 121 | 125 | 130 | 130 | 153 | 153 | 283 | ||
| – |  Kyle Micallef (MLT) | B | 84.87 | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | |||
| – |  Arakel Mirzoyan (ARM) | A | 83.67 | 158 | 158 | — | — | — | — | DNF | ||
| DSQ[3] |  Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU) | A | 84.33 | 167 | 171 | 173 | 173 | 204 | 212 | 217 | 217 OR | 390 |
Antonis Martasidis (CYP) was originally on the entry list but was ejected from the Games after testing positive for a banned substance on July 25.[4]
New records
[edit]| Clean & Jerk | 217 kg | Tian Tao (CHN) | OR |
| Total | 395 kg | Tian Tao (CHN) | OR, =WR |
| Clean & Jerk | Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU) | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 217 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | =OR |
| Total | 396 kg | Kianoush Rostami (IRI) | OR, WR |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Associated Press. October 13, 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "CAS AD 16/10 and 16/11. The Anti-doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport Issues Decisions in the Cases of Gabriel Sincraian (ROM/Weightlifting-85kg) and Misha Aloian (RUS/Boxing-52kg)" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. December 8, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Cypriot, Greek athletes kicked out of Olympics after failing drug tests. The Guardian (2016-08-05)
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