Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Weightlifting at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 16–26 September 2000 |
No. of events | 15 |
Competitors | 246 from 76 nations |
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.[1][2]
Medalists
[edit]Men
[edit]Women
[edit]Notes
[edit]- a Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
- b Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
- c Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.[4]
- d Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide.[3]
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
Albania (1)
Algeria (1)
American Samoa (1)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (6)
Australia (12)
Azerbaijan (2)
Belgium (2)
Belarus (5)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (12)
Canada (2)
Czech Republic (1)
China (12)
Chinese Taipei (4)
Colombia (3)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (5)
Dominican Republic (2)
Ecuador (1)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (1)
Federated States of Micronesia (1)
Fiji (1)
Finland (1)
France (3)
Georgia (3)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (1)
Greece (10)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (1)
India (3)
Indonesia (3)
Iran (6)
Italy (4)
Japan (8)
Kazakhstan (6)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Latvia (3)
Lebanon (1)
Lithuania (1)
Mexico (1)
Moldova (3)
Myanmar (3)
Nauru (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Nigeria (5)
North Korea (4)
Norway (1)
New Zealand (2)
Palau (1)
Panama (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Poland (9)
Puerto Rico (2)
Qatar (5)
Romania (7)
Russia (9)
Samoa (1)
Seychelles (1)
Slovakia (1)
South Korea (8)
Spain (3)
Thailand (5)
Tonga (1)
Tunisia (1)
Turkey (8)
Turkmenistan (1)
Ukraine (10)
United States (6)
Uzbekistan (2)
Venezuela (2)
References
[edit]- ^ "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Ola Rio 2016". 4 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Bulgarian lifters sent home". BBC Sport. 22 September 2000.
- ^ "Two more fail drug tests". BBC Sport. 1 October 2000.
Sources
[edit]- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 August 2008.