Welcome to enjoy the Beijing Olympics 2008 highlights here.The following medals were awarded in weightlifting at the 2008 Olympic Games
MEN
56KG
Gold – Long Qingquan (China)
Silver – Hoang Anh Tuan (Vietnam)
Bronze – Eko Yuli Irawan (Indonesia)
62KG
Gold – Zhang Xiangxiang (China)
Silver – Diego Salazar (Colombia)
Bronze – Triyatno (Indonesia)
69KG
Gold – Liao Hui (China)
Silver – Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu (France)
Bronze – Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan (Armenia)
77KG
Gold – Sa Jaeh-youk (South Korea)
Silver – Li Hongli (China)
Bronze – Gevorg Davtyan (Armenia)
85KG
Gold – Lu Yong (China)
Silver – Andrei Ribakou (Belarus)
Bronze – Vladimir Sedov (Kazakhstan)
94KG
Gold – Ilya Ilin (Kazakhstan)
Silver – Szymon Kolecki (Poland)
Bronze – Khadzhimurat Akkaev (Poland)
105KG
Gold – Andrei Aramnau (Belarus)
Silver – Dmitriy Klokov (Russia)
Bronze – Dmitry Lapikov (Russia)
+105KG
Gold – Matthias Steiner (Germany)
Silver – Evgeny Chigishev (Russia)
Bronze – Viktors Scerbatihs (Latvia)
WOMEN
48KG
Gold – Chen Xiexia (China)
Silver – Sibel Ozkan (Turkey)
Bronze – Chen Wei-Ling (Taiwan)
53KG
Gold – Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (Thailand)
Silver – Yoon Jin-hee (South Korea)
Bronze – Nastassia Novikava (Belarus)
58KG
Gold – Chen Yanqing (China)
Silver – Marina Shainova (Russia)
Bronze – O Jong Ae (North Korea)
63KG
Gold – Pak Hyon Suk (North Korea)
Silver – Irina Nekrassova (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Lu Ying-chi (Taiwan)
69KG
Gold – Liu Chunhong (China)
Silver – Oxana Slivenko (Russia)
Bronze – Natalya Davydova (Ukraine)
75KG
Gold – Cao Lei (China)
Silver – Alla Vazhenina (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Nadezda Evstyukhina (Russia)
+75KG
Gold – Jang Mi-ran (South Korea)
Silver – Olha Korobka (Ukraine)
Bronze – Mariya Grabovetskaya (Kazakhstan)
(Compiled by Padraic Halpin, Editing by Lars Janssen)





