The men's 77 kg weightlifting event was the fourth lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 13, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A at 19:00. This event was the ninth weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch

Snatch (weightlifting)

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...

 and clean and jerk

Clean and jerk

The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...

 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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

UTC+8

UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...

)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, August 13, 2008	10:00-12:00	Group B
Wednesday, August 13, 2008	19:00-21:00	Group A

Medalists

	366 kg
	366 kg
	360 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Sergey Filimonov Sergey Filimonov Sergey Yuryevich Filimonov is an Kazakhstani weightlifter who competed in the Men's 77 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal with 372.5 kg in total....  (KAZ) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...	173 kg	Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... , Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...	9 April 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov Oleg Perepetchenov Oleg Perepetchenov is a Russian weightlifter.In the 2001 and 2002 World Weightlifting Championships, he won the silver medal in the Men's 77 kg weight category....  (RUS) Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	210 kg	Trenčín Trencín Trenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District... , Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	27 April 2001
	Total	Plamen Jelyazkov (BUL) Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...	377 kg	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	27 March 2001
Olympic Record	Snatch		172.5 kg	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece	19 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk		207.5 kg	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia	22 September 2000
	Total		375 kg	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece	19 August 2004

Qualified Athletes

29 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	|Notes
1		August 10, 1988 (age 23)		345 kg
2		March 21, 1984 (age 27)		317.5 kg
3		January 04, 1983 (age 29)		363 kg	2007 World Championships 2007 World Weightlifting Championships - Men's 77 kg -Medalists:-Snatch:-Clean & Jerk:-Total:...
4		September 13, 1982 (age 29)		361 kg	2006 World Championships 2006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
5		May 27, 1988 (age 23)		345 kg
6		December 26, 1980 (age 31)		365 kg	2005 World Championships 2005 World Weightlifting Championships The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from November 9 to November 17.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:Ranking by Big medals... 2006 World Championships 2006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic... 2007 World Championships 2007 World Weightlifting Championships The Royal World Weightlifting Championships 2007 were held at the 700th Anniversary Sports Complex in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The event took place from September 17 to September 26, 2007.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...
7		July 13, 1985 (age 26)		325 kg
8		December 29, 1983 (age 28)		343 kg	2007 Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...
9		March 10, 1986 (age 25)		336 kg	2008 African Championships
10		February 06, 1979 (age 32)		271 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
11		June 22, 1988 (age 23)		335 kg
12		June 24, 1984 (age 27)		325 kg
13		March 25, 1981 (age 30)		331 kg
14		April 21, 1984 (age 27)		345 kg
15		January 31, 1982 (age 30)		356 kg
16		January 29, 1985 (age 27)		353 kg
17		September 16, 1980 (age 31)		318 kg
18		September 09, 1985 (age 26)		253 kg	Tripartite Commission Wild Card
19		May 10, 1981 (age 30)		335 kg	2008 African Championships
20		April 30, 1983 (age 28)
21		July 09, 1984 (age 27)		350 kg
22		March 04, 1988 (age 23)		306 kg
23		December 18, 1985 (age 26)		315 kg	2008 African Championships
24		September 06, 1975 (age 36)		375 kg	2004 Olympic Games Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg These are the results of the men's 77 kg competition in weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
25		March 13, 1985 (age 26)		375 kg	2004 Olympic Games Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 77 kg These are the results of the men's 77 kg competition in weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...   2006 World Championships 2006 World Weightlifting Championships The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held at the Handball Pavilion and Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
26		May 11, 1980 (age 31)		332 kg
27		October 10, 1982 (age 29)		319 kg
28		April 18, 1987 (age 24)		342 kg	2007 Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...
29		July 21, 1982 (age 29)		342.5 kg	2007 Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

Final

Rank	Name	Group	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Res	1	2	3	Res
		A	76.46	160	163	165	163	201	203	211	203	366
		A	76.91	163	168	170	168	193	198	198	198	366
		A	76.77	165	165	165	165	195	195	201	195	360
4		A	76.86	155	155	160	155	200	206	206	200	355
5		A	76.80	158	162	165	162	192	199	199	192	354
6		A	76.53	152	157	160	157	190	196	196	196	353
7		A	76.78	162	166	166	162	191	195	195	191	353
8		A	76.71	157	161	165	161	191	191	194	191	352
9		A	76.86	155	160	160	160	191	191	197	191	351
10		A	76.56	153	157	157	157	187	192	196	192	349
11		A	76.92	145	152	153	153	185	194	200	194	347
12		A	76.73	145	150	155	150	192	198	198	192	342
13		B	76.52	145	150	154	154	182	187	193	187	341
14		B	76.83	149	153	156	156	173	178	178	173	329
15		B	75.83	143	148	150	143	178	182	185	183	325
16		B	76.24	140	144	148	144	178	185	185	178	322
17		B	76.90	140	140	140	140	182	182	186	182	322
18		B	76.69	130	135	140	140	170	175	175	170	310
19		B	76.93	140	140	145	140	170	170	170	170	310
20		B	76.38	140	145	147	145	160	165	165	160	305
21		B	76.57	130	137	137	130	170	176	176	170	300
22		B	76.98	135	135	144	135	160	170	173	160	295
23		B	76.15	115	120	124	124	155	1162	162	155	279
24		B	75.53	105	110	115	110	135	140	145	140	250
–		B	76.92	140	145	148	145	–	–	–	–	DNF
–		A	76.53	152	157	157	152	185	185	185	–	DNF
–		A	76.73	165	165	165	–	–	–	–	-	DNF
–		B	76.81	144	144	147	147	182	182	182	–	DNF