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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. China's

Lü Xiaojun Lü Xiaojun (; born 27 July 1984) is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a three-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federati ...

set two world records with a lift of 175 kilograms in the snatch and a total weight of 379 kilograms. Lü Xiaojun planned to attempt 177 kg in the snatch after he made the 175 kg world record lift, but was not given a chance to perform his third attempt due to a timing miscommunication between the officials and coaches. China's Lu Haojie posted 170 kg in the snatch, and went on to lift 190 kg in the clean and jerk despite an elbow injury. South Korea's

Sa Jae-hyouk Sa Jae-Hyouk (Hangul: 사재혁, Hanja: 史載赫; ; born January 29, 1985, in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea) is a South Korean weightlifter. He is 165 cm tall. In 2005, Sa won two gold medals in the clean and jerk and total ...

was forced to retire from the competition after he dislocated his elbow during his second snatch attempt. Two lifters who were on the start list did not compete: Armenia's Tigran Martirosyan was forced to scratch from the competition due to a back injury during the warm-up, while Albania's

Hysen Pulaku Hysen Pulaku (born 8 December 1992) is an Albanian weightlifter. On July 23, 2012 Pulaku tested positive for stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. On July 28, the International Olympic Committee formally ejected Pulaku from the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

was ejected from the Games after he tested positive for

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Schedule

All times are

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Records

Results

New records

References

Results
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