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Media related to Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013) Official results book – Weightlifting. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013) Results by Events.
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 .
On 22 December 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan's Valentin Hristov, London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. [3] In March 2019, Hristov was disqualified after the re-analysis of his samples were positive for oralturinabol. [4] Medals were reallocated. [5]
The results below came from the IWF's 2012 Summer Olympics Results Page [1]. Men's 56 kg: Om Yun-chol; Wu Jingbiao; Valentin Hristov Men's 62 kg: Kim Un-guk; Óscar Figueroa; Eko Yuli Irawan
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.
On 13 July 2016, the IOC announced that Yuliya Kalina of Ukraine has been disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58 kg weightlifting event. Reanalysis of Kalina's samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone . [55]
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
On 13 July 2016, IOC announced that Yuliya Kalina of Ukraine was disqualified from the 2012 Summer Olympics and ordered to return the bronze medal from this event. Reanalysis of Kalina's samples from London 2012 resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone . [3] The positions were adjusted accordingly.