Two Ukrainian weightlifters entered the top 10 in the competition in the category of 94 kg at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Dmitry Chumak took 6th place (the result 387 kg - 174 kg in the snatch and 213 kg in clean and jerk), and Vladimir Goza took 9th place with a score of 375 kg (170 kg in the snatch and 205 kg in clean and jerk). Its result was the best in group B.
"Gold" in this kind of competition won Iranian Sohrab Moradi. His overall result was 403 kg. Vadim Streltsov (395) from Belarus got silver. Aurimas Didzbalis (392) from Lithuania took bronze.