Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

The Men's +105 kg weightlifting event was the heaviest men's event at the 2008 Summer Olympics weightlifting competition, allowing competitors of over 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 19, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 15:30, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the fifteenth and last weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008	15:30-17:10	Group B
Tuesday, August 19, 2008	19:00-20:40	Group A

Medalists

Gold	Matthias Steiner Germany (GER)
Silver	Evgeny Chigishev Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Viktors Ščerbatihs Latvia (LAT)

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	213 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	14 September 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	263.5 kg	Athens, Greece	25 August 2004
	Total	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	472.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	26 September 2000
Olympic Record	Snatch	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	212.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	26 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	263.5 kg	Athens, Greece	25 August 2004
	Total	Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI)	472.5 kg	Sydney, Australia	26 September 2000

Qualified Athletes

15 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	Date of Birth	Weight	PB	Notes
1	Damon Kelly (AUS)	December 1, 1983(1983-12-01) (age 24)		378 kg
2	Sam Pera Junior (COK)	March 11, 1989(1989-03-11) (age 19)		340 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
3	Antti Everi (FIN)	December 22, 1981(1981-12-22) (age 26)		375 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
4	Matthias Steiner (GER)	August 25, 1982(1982-08-25) (age 25)		446 kg	2008 European Championship
5	Almir Velagic (GER)	August 22, 1981(1981-08-22) (age 26)		402 kg
6	Rashid Sharifi (IRI)	September 21, 1984(1984-09-21) (age 23)		426 kg
7	Jeon Sang-Guen (KOR)	February 28, 1981(1981-02-28) (age 27)		397.5
8	Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT)	October 6, 1974(1974-10-06) (age 33)		455 kg	2004 Olympic Games 2007 World Championships 1997, 1998 and 2003 World Championships 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 European Championships
9	Itte Detenamo (NRU)	September 22, 1986(1986-09-22) (age 21)		379 kg
10	Grzegorz Kleszcz (POL)	November 12, 1977(1977-11-12) (age 30)		425 kg
11	Jaber Saeed Salem (QAT)	January 3, 1975(1975-01-03) (age 33)		460 kg	2005 and 2007 World Championships
12	Evgeny Chigishev (RUS)	May 28, 1979(1979-05-28) (age 29)		457 kg	2005 and 2007 World Championships 2007 European Championship 2008 European Championship
13	Maamaloa Lolohea (TGA)	May 27, 1968(1968-05-27) (age 40)		325 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
14	Ihor Shymechko (UKR)	May 27, 1986(1986-05-27) (age 22)		414 kg
15	Artem Udachyn (UKR)	March 26, 1980(1980-03-26) (age 28)		450 kg	2005 World Championships

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Res	1	2	3	Res
	Matthias Steiner (GER)	A	145.93	198	203	207	203	246	248	258	258	461
	Evgeny Chigishev (RUS)	A	124.13	200	205	210	210	240	247	250	250	460
	Viktors Ščerbatihs (LAT)	A	144.97	198	203	206	206	242	244	257	242	448
4	Artem Udachyn (UKR)	A	144.09	197	203	207	207	235	235	241	235	442
5	Ihor Shymechko (UKR)	A	130.25	193	197	201	201	217	227	232	232	433
6	Rashid Sharifi (IRI)	B	142.89	188	192	196	196	230	238	238	230	426
7	Grzegorz Kleszcz (POL)	A	131.16	185	185	190	185	232	234	234	234	419
8	Almir Velagic (GER)	B	132.16	180	184	188	188	220	225	230	225	413
9	Damon Kelly (AUS)	B	154.15	165	170	170	165	211	211	221	221	386
10	Itte Detenamo (NRU)	B	148.48	165	170	175	175	205	210	215	210	385
11	Antti Everi (FIN)	B	130.04	166	166	171	171	195	201	201	195	366
12	Sam Pera Junior (COK)	B	122.96	148	155	155	155	188	188	195	195	350
13	Maama Lolohea (TGA)	B	135.13	127	135	140	140	173	185	185	173	313
–	Jeon Sang-Guen (KOR)	A	155.49	195	195	195	-	-	-	-	-	DNF