The Weightlifting Competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia saw the introduction of women's weightlifting. Medalists Men Women Notes Ivan Ivanov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. Ashot Danielyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol. Izabela Dragneva of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified after testing positive for furosemide. Medal table Participating nations A total number of 261 weightlifters from 73 nations competed at the Sydney Games: References Sources Olympic 2000 Summer Olympics events 2000 Weightlifting in Australia