The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting.[1][2]
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 |
Medalists
editMen
editWomen
editNotes
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
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
14 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Participating nations
editA 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.