Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg

The men's 85 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on 21 August.[1][2]

Men's 85 kg
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueNikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall
Date21 August
Competitors21 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Giorgi Asanidze Georgia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Andrei Rybakou Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Pyrros Dimas Greece
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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.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

DateTimeEvent
21 August 200410:30Group B
20:00Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch  Andrei Rybakou (BLR)182.5 kgHavířov, Czech Republic2 June 2002
Clean & Jerk  Zhang Yong (CHN)218.0 kgRamat Gan, Israel25 April 1998
TotalWorld Standard395.0 kg1 January 1998
Olympic RecordSnatchOlympic Standard180.0 kg1 January 1997
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard215.0 kg1 January 1997
TotalOlympic Standard392.5 kg1 January 1997

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
 Giorgi Asanidze (GEO)A84.28172.5177.5180.0177.5202.5205.0207.5205.0382.5
 Andrei Rybakou (BLR)B84.58175.0180.0183.0180.0195.0200.0202.5200.0380.0
 Pyrros Dimas (GRE)A83.15170.0175.0175.0175.0202.5205.0207.5202.5377.5
4  Georgios Markoulas (GRE)A83.77167.5172.5172.5167.5205.0205.0212.5205.0372.5
5  Yuan Aijun (CHN)A83.97167.5172.5172.5167.5205.0215.0215.0205.0372.5
6  Aliaksandr Anishchanka (BLR)A83.69170.0170.0170.0170.0200.0210.0210.0200.0370.0
7  Tigran Martirosyan (ARM)A82.02162.5162.5167.5167.5200.0200.0210.0200.0367.5
8  Song Jong-shik (KOR)A84.21160.0165.0165.0160.0200.0200.0200.0200.0360.0
9  Héctor Ballesteros (COL)B83.70152.5152.5157.5157.5192.5197.5200.0197.5355.0
10  Oscar Chaplin (USA)B84.97160.0160.0165.0160.0185.0190.0197.5190.0350.0
11  Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ)B83.65150.0150.0160.0150.0175.0185.0192.5192.5342.5
12  Richard Scheer (SEY)B84.74140.0140.0142.5140.0160.0165.0165.0165.0305.0
13  Meamea Thomas (KIR)B84.24120.0125.0130.0130.0155.0162.5162.5162.5292.5
14  Julian McWatt (GUY)B84.69115.0120.0125.0125.0140.0147.5155.0147.5272.5
 Valeriu Calancea (ROM)A84.35160.0160.0160.0
 David Matam (FRA)B84.66162.5162.5167.5167.5192.5192.5192.5
 Zaur Takhushev (RUS)A84.29175.0175.0175.0
 Sergo Chakhoyan (AUS)A84.15175.0175.0177.5175.0205.0205.0207.5
 Hamza Abu-Ghalia (LBA)B84.52142.5147.5152.5147.5180.0180.0180.0
 İzzet İnce (TUR)A83.45175.0175.0175.0
 Chaehoi Fatihou (COM)B81.7280.080.080.0

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