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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg

Men's 105 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date 18 August
Competitors 20 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Andrei Aramnau  Belarus
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dmitry Klokov  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Marcin Dołęga  Poland
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1st, gold medalist(s) Andrei Aramnau  Belarus
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dmitry Klokov  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Marcin Dołęga  Poland

The men's 105 kg weightlifting event was the seventh men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 18, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 15:30, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the fourteenth Weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

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


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