The Men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
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,
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, took place at
ExCeL London
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on 31 July 2012.
Summary
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the
snatch and the
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, 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. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.
On 25 November 2020
Răzvan Martin
Răzvan Constantin Martin (; born 22 December 1991) is a Romanian weightlifter. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 2012.
On 25 November 2020, the reanalysed doping tests from the 2012 Summer Olympics turned out ...
of Romania, who had originally been the bronze medalist, was disqualified after a retest of his sample tested positive for doping.
IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
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Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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( UTC+01:00)
Records
Results
References
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Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics