The
Weightlifting Competition at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney
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, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.
Medalists
Men
Women
Notes
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Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.
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Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.
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Ashot Danielyan
Ashot Danielyan ( hy, Աշոտ Դանիելյան , born April 11, 1974, in Yerevan, Armenian SSR) is a retired Armenian weightlifter.
Danielyan is a two-time European champion, having won consecutive gold medals at the 1999 and 2000 European ...
of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.
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Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.
Medal table
Participating nations
A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
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Weightlifting in Australia