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56kg Men 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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Group A of the Men’s 56kg of the London 2012 Olympics are over.

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Update: Official Recordings on YouTube

What a bunch of nice lifts. North Korea’s Om Yun Chol, who lifted in the B Group, took Gold! When have you ever seen a B Group lifter take Gold? Wu Jinbiao didn’t care and rather took a nap.

Recordings: BBC already has the recordings. (I use a VPN to watch BBC Streams) But as soon as other videos appear I will post them.

Update: Wu Jingbiao’s Snatch

Update: Thanks to Edwin who found a video of the final lifts of the Men’s 56kg.

Wu Jingbiao won the snatch with 133kg

Wu Jingbiao 133kg Snatch

18 year old Valentin Hristov won Bronze with 159kg in the C&J.

Valentin Hristov 159kg Clean Jerk

Video of the triple bodyweight C&J by Om Yun Chol

“My plan to lift in the Group B to make my opponents nervous worked 100%. I feel very satisfied and happy about my victory.” via

And of course he mentioned the Dear Leader:

“How can any man possibly lift 168kg? I believe the great Kim Jong-il looked over me,” Om said, referring to the North Korean leader who died in December.
“I am very happy and give thanks to our Great Leader for giving me the strength to lift this weight.” via

Update: Check out Wu Jingbioa tearing up. He must have been under immense pressure.


Results:

Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
Om Yun-Chol B 55.76 120 125 125 125 160 165 168 168 293
Wu Jingbiao A 130 130 133 133 156 156 161 156 289
Valentin Hristov A 123 127 130 127 154 158 159 159 286
Tran Le Quoc Toan A 125 125 125 125 155 159 162 159 284
Jadi Setiadi B 55.48 121 125 127 127 150 150 156 150 277
José Montes A 112 116 116 112 150 157 160 157 269
Sergio Rada A 118 118 121 118 148 151 155 151 269
Carlos Berna A 55.55 115 115 118 118 150 153 153 150 268
Florin Ionut Croitoru A 121 125 125 121 145 145 147 147 268
Sin Chol-Bom B 55.72 110 110 113 113 145 150 150 145 258
Yasmani Romero B 55.95 112 112 116 112 142 146 146 146 258
Tom Goegebuer B 55.88 111 115 117 115 132 137 138 132 247
Manueli Tulo B 55.77 100 105 110 105 128 132 132 128 233
Mirco Scarantino B 55.42 97 97 97 97 123 128 132 128 225
Sergio Álvarez A 117 121 125 121 150 150 150 — DNF
Bekzat Osmonaliev A 120 125 127 127 147 147 147 — DNF
Ruslan Makarov A 117 117 119 117 145 145 145 — DNF
Khalil El-Maaoui A 127 130 132 132 — — — — DNF

Entry Weights

Athlete Planned 1st Snatch (Kg) Planned 1st C&J (Kg)
MONTES GONGORA Jose Lino 112 150
BERNA Carlos 115 148
ALVAREZ BOULET Sergio 117 146
MAKAROV Ruslan 117 145
RADA RODRIGUEZ Sergio Armando 118 148
HRISTOV Valentin 120 150
OSMONALIEV Bekzat 120 145
CROITORU Florin Ionut 121 145
TRAN le Quoc Toan 122 152
EL MAOUI Khalil 125 145
WU Jingbiao 130 160

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Comments

  1. Roy Logan says

    thats cray that a B group lifter won gold… i thought that it was literally impossible for a B lifter to win gold? wasn’t that what the controversy with klokov and akkaev was about?

    • GregorATG says

      I think that was the first time this happened. Cleary the grouping system is flawed

      • Manuel says

        Rybakov almost did it in 2004, when he won Silver overall and Gold in the Snatch

    • Soiren says

      There is a possible scenario, when a lifter aiming to get high results choosing to enter a B group instead of A: if he/she doesn’t want that nervous atmosphere in A group, where you can wait up to 6-7 lifts before your second/third attempt. It wears you out crazy, and i don’t even talk about tactical games between coaches when they resubmit weights to get rivals trapped.
      But a situation with Akkaev was different indeed.