| Weightlifting at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | ExCeL London |
| Dates | 28 July - 7 August 2012 |
| Competitors | 260 |
| Weightlifting at the 2012 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 | |
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Weightlifting competitions at the2012 Summer Olympics inLondon were held from 28 July to 7 August in theExCeL venue. Fifteen gold medals were awarded and 260 athletes took part (156 men and 104 women).[1]
15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events:
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The results of the 2012 Olympic weightlifting competition have been significantly revised after doping was uncovered through retests of samples from these Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 | |
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Weight | Record | Day |
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| 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 |
| 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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