| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 55 kg | 45 kg | |
| 61 kg | 49 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 73 kg | 59 kg | |
| 81 kg | 64 kg | |
| 89 kg | 71 kg | |
| 96 kg | 76 kg | |
| 102 kg | 81 kg | |
| 109 kg | 87 kg | |
| +109 kg | +87 kg | |
The women's 55 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 9 December 2021. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9 December 2021 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 16:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ghofrane Belkhir (TUN) | 92 kg |  Svitlana Samuliak (UKR) | 91 kg |  Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) | 90 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Bindyarani Devi (IND) | 114 kg |  Ham Eun-ji (KOR) | 114 kg | Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) | 113 kg |
| Total | Ghofrane Belkhir (TUN) | 203 kg | Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) | 203 kg | Svitlana Samuliak (UKR) | 201 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Li Yajun (CHN) | 102 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3 November 2018 |
| Clean & Jerk | Liao Qiuyun (CHN) | 129 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 20 September 2019 | |
| Total | Liao Qiuyun (CHN) | 227 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 20 September 2019 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Ghofrane Belkhir (TUN) | A | 90 | 92 | — | | 111 | 4 | 203 | ||
 | Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) | A | 88 | 90 |  | 110 | 113 | | 203 | ||
| Svitlana Samuliak (UKR) | A | 88 | 90 | 91 | | 105 | 108 | 110 | 5 | 201 |
| 4 | Bindyarani Devi (IND) | B | 78 | 82 | 84 | 9 | 108 | 114 | | 198 | |
| 5 |  Fraer Morrow (GBR) | A | 82 | 85 | 88 | 5 | 106 | 6 | 194 | ||
| 6 | Ham Eun-ji (KOR) | A | 80 | 16 | 109 | 114 | | 194 | |||
| 7 |  Garance Rigaud (FRA) | A | 82 | 85 | 88 | 6 | 102 | 105 | 9 | 193 | |
| 8 |  Svetlana Ershova (RWF) | A | 85 | 8 | 105 | 8 | 190 | ||||
| 9 |  Jennifer Hernández (ECU) | B | 80 | 83 | 85 | 7 | 103 | 10 | 188 | ||
| 10 |  Juliana Klarisa (INA) | A | 80 | 83 | 11 | 105 | 7 | 188 | |||
| 11 | Olha Ivzhenko (UKR) | A | 81 | 83 | 12 | 100 | 103 | 11 | 186 | ||
| 12 |  Scheila Meister (SUI) | B | 79 | 81 | 83 | 10 | 99 | 101 | 14 | 184 | |
| 13 |  Atenery Hernández (ESP) | B | 82 | 14 | 102 | 12 | 184 | ||||
| 14 |  Katrine Bruhn (DEN) | B | 74 | 79 | 82 | 13 | 97 | 101 | 13 | 183 | |
| 15 |  Jamila Panfilova (UZB) | A | 82 | 15 | 98 | 15 | 180 | ||||
| 16 |  Tenishia Thornton (MLT) | B | 71 | 73 | 17 | 86 | 89 | 18 | 162 | ||
| 17 | Sandra Jensen (DEN) | B | 72 | 18 | 86 | 90 | 17 | 162 | |||
| 18 |  Chamari Warnakulasuriya (SRI) | B | 70 | 20 | 85 | 90 | 16 | 160 | |||
| 19 |  Sky Norris (JAM) | B | 70 | 19 | 83 | 86 | 19 | 156 | |||
| 20 |  Sandra Owusu (GHA) | B | 63 | 66 | 21 | 75 | 77 | 21 | 143 | ||
| 21 |  Srity Akhter (BAN) | B | 62 | 65 | 22 | 75 | 78 | 20 | 143 | ||
| 22 |  Caroline Wangechi (KEN) | B | 50 | 23 | 60 | 65 | 22 | 115 | |||
| — |  Evagjelia Veli (ALB) | A | 86 | 89 | 4 | — | — | — | |||
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