Weightlifting competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were held from 28 July to 7 August in the ExCeL venue. Fifteen gold medals were awarded and 260 athletes took part (156 men and 104 women).
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| Venue | ExCeL London |
| Dates | 28 July - 7 August 2012 |
| Competitors | 260 |
Events
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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Qualification
Medal summary
The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 | |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 56 kg [a] | Om Yun-chol North Korea | Wu Jingbiao China | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn Vietnam |
| 62 kg | Kim Un-guk North Korea | Óscar Figueroa Colombia | Eko Yuli Irawan Indonesia |
| 69 kg [b] | Lin Qingfeng China | Triyatno Indonesia | Kim Myong-hyok North Korea |
| 77 kg | Lü Xiaojun China | Lu Haojie China | Iván Cambar Cuba |
| 85 kg [c] | Adrian Zieliński Poland | Kianoush Rostami Iran | Tarek Yehia Egypt |
| 94 kg [d] | Saeid Mohammadpour Iran | Kim Min-jae South Korea | Tomasz Zieliński Poland |
| 105 kg [e] | Navab Nassirshalal Iran | Bartłomiej Bonk Poland | Ivan Efremov Uzbekistan |
| +105 kg [f] | Behdad Salimi Iran | Sajjad Anoushiravani Iran | Jeon Sang-guen South Korea |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Wang Mingjuan China | Hiromi Miyake Japan | Ryang Chun-hwa North Korea |
| 53 kg [g] | Hsu Shu-ching Chinese Taipei | Citra Febrianti Indonesia | Iulia Paratova Ukraine |
| 58 kg [h] | Li Xueying China | Pimsiri Sirikaew Thailand | Rattikan Gulnoi Thailand |
| 63 kg [i] | Christine Girard Canada | Milka Maneva Bulgaria | Luz Acosta Mexico |
| 69 kg [j] | Rim Jong-sim North Korea | Anna Nurmukhambetova Kazakhstan | Ubaldina Valoyes Colombia |
| 75 kg [k] | Lydia Valentín Spain | Abeer Abdelrahman Egypt | Madias Nzesso Cameroon |
| +75 kg [l] | Zhou Lulu China | Tatiana Kashirina Russia | Jang Mi-ran South Korea |
Olympic and world records broken
Women
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record | Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympics – Women's 58 kg | 30 July | Snatch | Li Xueying | China | 108 kg | OR | 3 |
| Olympics – Women's 58 kg | 30 July | Total | Li Xueying | China | 246 kg | OR | 3 |
| Olympics – Women's +75 kg | 5 August | Snatch | Tatiana Kashirina | Russia | 151 kg | WR | 9 |
| Olympics – Women's +75 kg | 5 August | Clean & Jerk | Zhou Lulu | China | 187 kg | OR | 9 |
| Olympics – Women's +75 kg | 5 August | Total | Zhou Lulu | China | 333 kg | WR | 9 |
Men
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record | Day |
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| Olympics – Men's 56 kg | 29 July | Clean and jerk | Om Yun-Chol | North Korea | 168 kg | OR | 2 |
| Olympics – Men's 62 kg | 30 July | Snatch | Kim Un-Guk | North Korea | 153 kg | OR | 3 |
| Olympics – Men's 62 kg | 30 July | Total | Kim Un-Guk | North Korea | 327 kg | WR | 3 |
| Olympics – Men's 62 kg | 30 July | Clean and jerk | Óscar Figueroa | Colombia | 177 kg | OR | 3 |
| Olympics – Men's 77 kg | 1 August | Snatch | Lü Xiaojun | China | 175 kg | WR | 5 |
| Olympics – Men's 77 kg | 1 August | Total | Lü Xiaojun | China | 379 kg | WR | 5 |
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