| 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 87 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 16 December 2021. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 16 December 2021 | 10:30 | Group B |
| 19:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Tursunoy Jabborova (UZB) | 113 kg |  Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (MGL) | 109 kg |  Amanda Schott (BRA) | 106 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Solfrid Koanda (NOR) | 141 kg | Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (MGL) | 141 kg |  Daria Akhmerova (RWF) | 135 kg |
| Total | Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (MGL) | 250 kg | Tursunoy Jabborova (UZB) | 244 kg | Solfrid Koanda (NOR) | 244 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 132 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 164 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | |
| Total | World Standard | 294 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (MGL) | A | 109 |  | 137 | 141 | | 250 | |||
| Tursunoy Jabborova (UZB) | A | 108 | 111 | 113 | | 127 | 131 | 4 | 244 | |
 | Solfrid Koanda (NOR) | A | 98 | 103 | 7 | 135 | 141 | | 244 | ||
| 4 | Daria Akhmerova (RWF) | A | 105 | 4 | 135 | | 240 | ||||
| 5 | Amanda Schott (BRA) | A | 102 | 106 | | 123 | 130 | 5 | 236 | ||
| 6 |  Juliana Riotto (USA) | A | 101 | 103 | 105 | 5 | 128 | 6 | 233 | ||
| 7 |  Karina Kuzganbayeva (KAZ) | A | 98 | 102 | 8 | 122 | 125 | 128 | 7 | 230 | |
| 8 |  Kristel Ngarlem (CAN) | B | 95 | 99 | 11 | 120 | 125 | 8 | 224 | ||
| 9 |  Yekta Jamali (IRI) | A | 90 | 96 | 100 | 10 | 113 | 118 | 122 | 10 | 222 |
| 10 |  Tian Chia-hsin (TPE) | A | 95 | 12 | 120 | 125 | 9 | 220 | |||
| 11 |  Clémentine Meukeugni (CMR) | B | 93 | 13 | 115 | 119 | 11 | 212 | |||
| 12 |  Louise Vennekilde (DEN) | B | 92 | 14 | 110 | 115 | 12 | 207 | |||
| 13 |  Lenka Žembová (SVK) | B | 88 | 16 | 105 | 108 | 13 | 196 | |||
| 14 |  Anuradha Pavunraj (IND) | B | 90 | — | 15 | 105 | — | 14 | 195 | ||
| 15 |  Chathurika Priyanthi (SRI) | B | 80 | 17 | 100 | 105 | 15 | 185 | |||
| 16 |  Sientje Henderson (JAM) | B | 71 | 74 | 18 | 96 | 16 | 170 | |||
| — |  Kim Ji-hye (KOR) | A | 100 | 9 | — | — | |||||
| — | Laura Alexander (USA) | A | 101 | 104 | 6 | — | — | ||||
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