Weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games

Weightlifting was contested by both men and women at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 2 to December 6, 2006. There are seven weight categories for the women and eight for the men. All competition took place at the Al-Dana Banquet Hall.

India did not take part in this weightlifting events after the government failed to pay a USD$50,000 fine to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to lift their suspension. The IWF suspended India's weightlifting team from any sports events after they failed doping tests during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Iran also had same sanctions after 9 weightlifters failed doping test before the World Championships in Dominican Republic, but after Iran Weightlifting Federation agreed to pay US$400,000, Iran clear to compete.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Li Zheng  China	Hoàng Anh Tuấn  Vietnam	Lee Jong-hoon  South Korea
62 kg	Qiu Le  China	Mao Jiao  China	Im Yong-su  North Korea
69 kg	Zhang Guozheng  China	Shi Zhiyong  China	Kim Sun-bae  South Korea
77 kg	Li Hongli  China	Lee Jeong-jae  South Korea	Harem Taha  Iraq
85 kg	Vyacheslav Yershov  Kazakhstan	Lu Yong  China	Kim Seon-jong  South Korea
94 kg	Ilya Ilyin  Kazakhstan	Lee Ung-jo  South Korea	Hsieh Wei-chun  Chinese Taipei
105 kg	Ahed Joughili  Syria	Mohammed Jassim  Iraq	Bakhyt Akhmetov  Kazakhstan
+105 kg	Hossein Rezazadeh  Iran	Jaber Saeed Salem  Qatar	Andrey Martemyanov  Uzbekistan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Wang Mingjuan  China	Pensiri Laosirikul  Thailand	Thongyim Bunphithak  Thailand
53 kg	Li Ping  China	Junpim Kuntatean  Thailand	Yu Weili  Hong Kong
58 kg	Chen Yanqing  China	Wandee Kameaim  Thailand	Pak Hyon-suk  North Korea
63 kg	Pawina Thongsuk  Thailand	Ouyang Xiaofang  China	Thaw Yae Faw  Myanmar
69 kg	Liu Haixia  China	Yar Thet Pan  Myanmar	Kim Mi-kyung  South Korea
75 kg	Cao Lei  China	Kim Soon-hee  South Korea	Sinta Darmariani  Indonesia
+75 kg	Mu Shuangshuang  China	Jang Mi-ran  South Korea	Annipa Moontar  Thailand

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	10	4	0	14
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	2	0	1	3
3	Thailand (THA)	1	3	2	6
4	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
6	South Korea (KOR)	0	4	4	8
7	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
	Myanmar (MYA)	0	1	1	2
9	Qatar (QAT)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
11	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	2	2
12	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Total		15	15	15	45

Participating nations

A total of 173 athletes from 34 nations competed in weightlifting at the 2006 Asian Games:

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External links

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