Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 3 August 2012.^[1]

Women's 75 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Victory ceremony — all three medalists were consequently stripped of their medals for doping.
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	3 August
Competitors	13 from 12 nations
Medalists
Lydia Valentín  Spain Abeer Abdelrahman  Egypt Madias Nzesso  Cameroon
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.^[2]

The results of this event were significantly altered following the 2016 retesting of the original in-competition samples for banned substances.

In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by the IWF that retests of samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that gold medalist Svetlana Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol.^[3] A few weeks later, the IWF reported the second wave of re-testing indicated both silver medalist Natalya Zabolotnaya and bronze medalist Iryna Kulesha had tested positive for prohibited anabolic agents.^[4]

On 26 October 2016, Podobedova was disqualified,^[5] and both Zabolotnaya and Kulesha were disqualified on 21 November 2016.^[6]

Thus, Lydia Valentín of Spain, who had originally finished fourth, was declared the 2012 Olympic champion.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
3 August 2012	12:30	Group B
	15:30	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	135 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
	Clean & Jerk	Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS)	163 kg	Paris, France	10 November 2011
	Total	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	296 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
Olympic Record	Snatch	Cao Lei (CHN)  Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	128 kg 125 kg	Beijing, China Athens, Greece	15 August 2008 20 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Cao Lei (CHN)  Pawina Thongsuk (THA)	154 kg 150 kg	Beijing, China Athens, Greece	15 August 2008 20 August 2004
	Total	Cao Lei (CHN)  Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	282 kg 272 kg	Beijing, China Athens, Greece	15 August 2008 20 August 2004

• Cao Lei's Olympic records were rescinded in 2017.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Lydia Valentín (ESP)	A	74.39	115	115	120	120	140	145	148	145	265
	Abeer Abdelrahman (EGY)	A	74.60	112	116	118	118	140	148	151	140	258
	Madias Nzesso (CMR)	B	74.55	105	110	115	115	131	136	140	131	246
4	Ewa Mizdal (POL)	A	70.58	100	102	104	104	127	132	133	127	231
5	Jaqueline Ferreira (BRA)	B	74.12	95	100	102	102	121	126	128	128	230
6	María Fernanda Valdés (CHI)	B	74.70	96	100	100	96	120	127	131	127	223
7	Lim Ji-hye (KOR)	B	74.81	97	102	103	97	125	126	132	126	223
8	Thuraia Sobh (SYR)	B	73.36	80	86	91	86	105	113	115	115	201
9	Khadija Mohammed (UAE)	B	74.72	47	51	53	51	53	58	62	62	113
—	Nadezhda Evstyukhina (RUS)	A	74.23	125	125	125	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	A	74.58	126	126	130	130	150	156	161	161	291
DQ	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	A	74.80	125	128	131	131	147	155	160	160	291
DQ	Iryna Kulesha (BLR)	A	74.95	116	121	125	121	140	145	148	148	269

New records

Snatch	130 kg	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	OR
	131 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	OR
Clean & Jerk	155 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	OR
	156 kg	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	OR
	160 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	OR
	161 kg	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	OR
Total	286 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	OR
	291 kg	Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS)	OR

References

1. "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
2. "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. IWF public disclosures
4. "PUBLIC DISCLOSURES – International Weightlifting Federation". 27 July 2016.
5. IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012, from Olympic.org.
6. "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

External links

• Results Archived 2017-03-22 at the Wayback Machine