The men's 94 kg weightlifting event was the sixth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 17, 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 thirteenth 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 Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. So far, 18 lifters were selected for the games.
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August 17, 2008
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