The men's 105 kilograms weightlifting event at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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,
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, took place at
ExCeL London.
Summary
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. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.
Russia's
Khadzhimurat Akkaev
Khadzhimurat Magomedovich Akkaev (russian: Хаджимурат Магомедович Аккаев; born March 27, 1985 in Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkaria, USSR) is a Russian weightlifter.
Career
Akkaev competed in the men's 94 kg category ...
and
Dmitry Klokov
Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Klokov (russian: Дмитрий Вячеславович Клоков; born February 18, 1983) is a Russian former Olympic weightlifter, and World Champion. He competed in the 105 kg category.
Biography
Klokov was born ...
were on the start list but did not compete. Akkaev later failed a drug test, and it was suggested that they did not compete to cover-up their use of performance enhancing drugs.
On 22 December 2018, it was announced that Ukraine's
Oleksiy Torokhtiy, who had originally been the gold medalist, and Uzbek
Ruslan Nurudinov
Ruslan Nurudinov ( uz, Ruslan Shamil'evich Nurudinov; born 24 November 1991) is an Uzbekistani weightlifter of Tatar ethnic origin. He is the first world champion for Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Уз ...
, who had originally finished fourth, had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
In May 2019, Nurudinov was disqualified, and in December 2019, Torokhtiy was also disqualified. Medals were reallocated.
IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocations from Olympic Games London 2012
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Schedule
All times are British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00)
Records
Results
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 105 kg
Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics