The Men's 77 kg weightlifting competitions at the

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took place on 10 August at the Pavilion 2 of

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. Nijat Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the

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for a doping violation (urine substitutions in the weeks before the Games). As of March 2022, medals for this event have not been reallocated, a process that could extend to 2024. If reallocated, Lü Xiaojun would be awarded his third Olympic weightlifting gold medal adding to his victories in 2012 and 2020.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC-03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the

after a doping violation. IOC has not yet redistributed the medals.

New records

References

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