Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.

[edit] Medal Summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 56 kg details	Halil Mutlu Turkey (TUR)	Wu Wenxiong China (CHN) ^[1]	Zhang Xiangxiang China (CHN)
– 62 kg details	Nikolaj Pešalov Croatia (CRO)	Leonidas Sabanis Greece (GRE)	Gennady Oleshchuk Belarus (BLR) ^[2]
– 69 kg details	Galabin Boevski Bulgaria (BUL)	Georgi Markov Bulgaria (BUL)	Sergey Lavrenov Belarus (BLR)
– 77 kg details	Zhan Xugang China (CHN)	Viktor Mitrou Greece (GRE)	Arsen Melikyan Armenia (ARM)
– 85 kg details	Pyrros Dimas Greece (GRE)	Marc Huster Germany (GER)	Giorgi Asanidze Georgia (GEO)
– 94 kg details	Akakios Kakiasvilis Greece (GRE)	Szymon Kołecki Poland (POL)	Aleksei Petrov Russia (RUS)
– 105 kg details	Hossein Tavakkoli Iran (IRI)	Alan Tsagaev Bulgaria (BUL)	Said Saif Asaad Qatar (QAT)
+ 105 kg details	Hossein Rezazadeh Iran (IRI)	Ronny Weller Germany (GER)	Andrei Chemerkin Russia (RUS) ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg details	Tara Nott United States (USA) ^[4]	Raema Lisa Rumbewas Indonesia (INA)	Sri Indriyani Indonesia (INA)
– 53 kg details	Yang Xia China (CHN)	Li Fengying Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Winarni Binti Slamet Indonesia (INA)
– 58 kg details	Soraya Jiménez Mexico (MEX)	Ri Song-Hui North Korea (PRK)	Khassaraporn Suta Thailand (THA)
– 63 kg details	Chen Xiaomin China (CHN)	Valentina Popova Russia (RUS)	Ioanna Khatziioannou Greece (GRE)
– 69 kg details	Lin Weining China (CHN)	Erzsébet Márkus Hungary (HUN)	Karnam Malleswari India (IND)
– 75 kg details	María Isabel Urrutia Colombia (COL)	Ruth Ogbeifo Nigeria (NGR)	Kuo Yi-Hang Chinese Taipei (TPE)
+ 75 kg details	Ding Meiyuan China (CHN)	Agata Wróbel Poland (POL)	Cheryl Haworth United States (USA)

A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	1	1	7
2	Greece (GRE)	2	2	1	5
3	Iran (IRI)	2	0	0	2
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	2	0	3
5	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
6	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
10	Poland (POL)	0	2	0	2
12	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	2	3
12	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
14	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
15	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
18	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
19	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Total	15	15	15	45

^ Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide August, Melissa; Castronovo, Val; Cooper, Matthew; Fonda, Daren; Minhua, Ling; Luscombe, Belinda; Martens, Ellin; Nugent, Benjamin et al. (2000-10-02). "You Lose". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998118,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
^ Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide name="Minchev Dragneva">"Two Bulgarian weightlifters stripped of medals for doping: IOC". CNN Sports Illustrated. 2000-09-22. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/22/3266020128_afp/. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
^ Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze but was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol. "Sydney Dreams Realized ... By Some". CBS News. 2000-10-01. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/10/01/sports/main237626.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_237626. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
^ Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won this event but was disqualified after she tested positive for furosemide.