Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.
Contents
Medal summary
Men's competition
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 56 kg [a] |
Halil Mutlu Turkey |
Wu Wenxiong China |
Zhang Xiangxiang China |
| – 62 kg [b] |
Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia |
Leonidas Sabanis Greece |
Gennady Oleshchuk Belarus |
| – 69 kg |
Galabin Boevski Bulgaria |
Georgi Markov Bulgaria |
Sergey Lavrenov Belarus |
| – 77 kg |
Zhan Xugang China |
Viktor Mitrou Greece |
Arsen Melikyan Armenia |
| – 85 kg |
Pyrros Dimas Greece |
Marc Huster Germany |
Giorgi Asanidze 23x15px Georgia |
| – 94 kg |
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Greece |
Szymon Kołecki Poland |
Aleksei Petrov Russia |
| – 105 kg |
Hossein Tavakkoli Iran |
Alan Tsagaev Bulgaria |
Said Saif Asaad Qatar |
| + 105 kg [c] |
Hossein Rezazadeh Iran |
Ronny Weller Germany |
Andrei Chemerkin Russia |
- a Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. [1]
- b Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. [1]
- c Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol. [2]
Women's competition
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| – 48 kg [d] |
Tara Nott United States |
Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia |
Sri Indriyani Indonesia |
| – 53 kg |
Yang Xia China |
Li Fengying Chinese Taipei |
Winarni Binti Slamet Indonesia |
| – 58 kg |
Soraya Jiménez Mexico |
Ri Song-Hui North Korea |
Khassaraporn Suta Thailand |
| – 63 kg |
Chen Xiaomin China |
Valentina Popova Russia |
Ioanna Khatziioannou Greece |
| – 69 kg |
Lin Weining China |
Erzsébet Márkus Hungary |
Karnam Malleswari India |
| – 75 kg |
María Isabel Urrutia Colombia |
Ruth Ogbeifo Nigeria |
Kuo Yi-Hang Chinese Taipei |
| + 75 kg |
Ding Meiyuan China |
Agata Wróbel Poland |
Cheryl Haworth United States |
- d Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.[1]
Participating nations
A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) |
5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Greece (GRE) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Colombia (COL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Poland (POL) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Indonesia (INA) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Russia (RUS) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Hungary (HUN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 North Korea (PRK) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Thailand (THA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22x20px Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Armenia (ARM) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
See also
References
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