Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg

Men's 85 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
L-R: Tian, Rostami, Sîncrăian
Venue	Riocentro
Date	12 August 2016
Competitors	24 from 22 nations
Winning total	396 kg WR
Medalists
Kianoush Rostami  Iran Tian Tao  China Denis Ulanov  Kazakhstan

The Men's 85 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]

On October 13, 2016, the IWF reported that bronze medalist Gabriel Sincraian of Romania had tested positive for excess testosterone in a test connected to the Rio Olympics.[2]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2016	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	187 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
	Clean & Jerk	Kianoush Rostami (IRN)	220 kg	Tehran, Iran	31 May 2016
	Total	Kianoush Rostami (IRN)	395 kg	Tehran, Iran	31 May 2016
Olympic record	Snatch	Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)	180 kg	Sydney, Australia	23 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Pyrros Dimas (GRE)	215 kg	Sydney, Australia	23 September 2000
	Total	Yong Lu (CHN)	394 kg	Beijing, China	15 August 2008

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	A	84.26	174	179	182	179	215	215	217	217 OR	396 WR OR
	Tian Tao (CHN)	A	84.85	173	178	178	178	210	210	217	217 OR	395
	Denis Ulanov (KAZ)	A	84.95	170	175	175	175	215	215	215	215	390
4	Oleksandr Pielieshenko (UKR)	A	84.73	170	173	175	175	210	210	212	210	385
5	Petr Asayonak (BLR)	A	84.24	165	170	173	170	201	207	215	207	377
6	Pavel Khadasevich (BLR)	A	84.47	166	170	173	170	195	201	201	195	365
7	Fares El-Bakh (QAT)	A	84.79	151	155	158	158	197	203	208	203	361
8	Giovanni Bardis (FRA)	B	84.63	160	160	165	165	185	190	192	192	357
9	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	A	84.43	155	160	160	155	195	202	202	195	350
10	Yoelmis Hernández (CUB)	A	84.49	150	150	150	150	200	205	205	200	350
11	Theodoros Iakovidis (GRE)	B	84.58	151	156	160	160	186	190	197	190	350
12	Pascal Plamondon (CAN)	B	85.00	150	155	155	155	185	185	190	190	345
13	Yu Dong-ju (KOR)	B	84.44	150	157	157	150	190	195	195	190	340
14	Amar Musić (CRO)	B	84.58	140	145	150	150	180	180	186	186	336
15	Richie Patterson (NZL)	B	84.13	145	149	149	149	181	186	187	181	330
16	Hoàng Tấn Tài (VIE)	B	84.27	135	140	145	145	172	180	185	180	325
17	Welisson Silva (BRA)	B	84.69	140	145	150	145	180	190	190	180	325
18	Milko Tokola (FIN)	B	84.79	140	145	148	145	170	175	175	175	320
19	Khalid El-Aabidi (MAR)	B	80.57	120	127	130	120	153	160	165	165	285
20	Christian Amoah (GHA)	B	83.52	121	125	130	130	153	153	157	153	283
–	Kyle Micallef (MLT)	B	84.87	118	118	118	DNF	—	—	—	—	DNF
–	Arakel Mirzoyan (ARM)	A	83.67	158	158	160	158	—	—	—	—	DNF
DSQ[3]	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU)	A	84.33	167	171	173	173	204	212	217	217 OR	390

 Antonis Martasidis (CYP) was originally on the entry list but was ejected from the Games after testing positive for a banned substance on July 25.[4]

New records

Clean & Jerk	217 kg	Tian Tao (CHN)	OR
Total	395 kg	Tian Tao (CHN)	OR, =WR
Clean & Jerk	217 kg	Gabriel Sîncrăian (ROU)	=OR
Clean & Jerk	217 kg	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	=OR
Total	396 kg	Kianoush Rostami (IRI)	OR, WR

References

1. "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
2. "Weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian fails Rio Olympic drug test". Associated Press. October 13, 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
3. "CAS AD 16/10 and 16/11. The Anti-doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport Issues Decisions in the Cases of Gabriel Sincraian (ROM/Weightlifting-85kg) and Misha Aloian (RUS/Boxing-52kg)" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. December 8, 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
4. Cypriot, Greek athletes kicked out of Olympics after failing drug tests. The Guardian (2016-08-05)