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

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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]

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

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
3 August 2012	12:30	Group B
	15:30	Group A

Records

• Cao Lei's Olympic records were rescinded in 2017.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result
		A	74.39	115	115	120	120	140	145	148	145	265
		A	74.60	112	116	118	118	140	148	151	140	258
		B	74.55	105	110	115	115	131	136	140	131	246
4		A	70.58	100	102	104	104	127	132	133	127	231
5		B	74.12	95	100	102	102	121	126	128	128	230
6		B	74.70	96	100	100	96	120	127	131	127	223
7		B	74.81	97	102	103	97	125	126	132	126	223
8		B	73.36	80	86	91	86	105	113	115	115	201
9		B	74.72	47	51	53	51	53	58	62	62	113
—		A	74.23	125	125	125	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ		A	74.58	126	126	130	130	150	156	161	161	291
DQ		A	74.80	125	128	131	131	147	155	160	160	291
DQ		A	74.95	116	121	125	121	140	145	148	148	269

New records

width=100 rowspan=2	Snatch	width=70	130 kg	width=250 align=left		width=70
131 kg
Clean & Jerk	155 kg
	156 kg
	160 kg
	161 kg
Total	286 kg
	291 kg

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting – Schedule & Results. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204182815/www.london2012.com/weightlifting/schedule-and-results/. dead.
2. Web site: Format competition – Weightlifting. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 1 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801003355/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/women-48kg/competition-format/index.html. dead.
3. http://www.iwf.net/2016/06/15/public-disclosures/ IWF public disclosures
4. Web site: PUBLIC DISCLOSURES – International Weightlifting Federation. 27 July 2016.
5. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-eight-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-test-at-london-2012 IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012
6. Web site: IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012. International Olympic Committee. 24 November 2016. 21 November 2016.