| 2023 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 81 kilograms competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 14 and 15 September 2023. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2023 | 21:30 | Group C |
| 15 September 2023 | 11:30 | Group B |
| 16:30 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | 122 kg | Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | 122 kg |  Neisi Dajomes (ECU) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | 159 kg | Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | 155 kg |  Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | 146 kg |
| Total | Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | 281 kg | Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | 277 kg | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | 256 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 127 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 158 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | |
| Total | World Standard | 283 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Liang Xiaomei (CHN) | A | 115 | 120 | 122 |  | 150 | 156 | 159 CWR | | 281 |
| Wang Zhouyu (CHN) | A | 117 | 122 | | 147 | 155 | - | | 277 | |
 | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) | A | 110 | 5 | 143 | 146 | | 256 | |||
| 4 |  Mattie Rogers (USA) | A | 110 | 112 | 4 | 140 | 4 | 252 | |||
| 5 |  Laura Amaro (BRA) | A | 108 | 7 | 133 | 5 | 241 | ||||
| 6 |  Weronika Zielińska-Stubińska (POL) | B | 103 | 107 | 8 | 130 | 6 | 237 | |||
| 7 |  Elena Erighina (MDA) | A | 103 | 107 | 9 | 128 | 10 | 235 | |||
| 8 |  Maya Laylor (CAN) | A | 102 | 11 | 130 | 8 | 232 | ||||
| 9 |  Wakana Nagashima (JPN) | B | 100 | 14 | 130 | 7 | 230 | ||||
| 10 |  Nikki Löwik (NED) | B | 103 | 10 | 125 | 15 | 228 | ||||
| 11 |  Aremi Fuentes (MEX) | B | 99 | 18 | 122 | 127 | 13 | 226 | |||
| 12 |  Katrina Feklistova (GBR) | C | 96 | 99 | 16 | 117 | 121 | 126 | 14 | 225 | |
| 13 |  Liana Gyurjyan (ARM) | B | 93 | 96 | 22 | 127 | 12 | 223 | |||
| 14 |  Sara Yenigün (TUR) | B | 95 | 23 | 125 | 128 | 9 | 223 | |||
| 15 |  Elham Hosseini (IRI) | B | 96 | 21 | 125 | 16 | 221 | ||||
| 16 |  Kim I-seul (KOR) | B | 99 | 17 | 120 | 18 | 219 | ||||
| 17 |  Aisha Omarova (KAZ) | C | 90 | 93 | 96 | 20 | 115 | 120 | 17 | 216 | |
| 18 |  Ida Rönn (SWE) | B | 95 | 24 | 120 | 19 | 215 | ||||
| 19 |  Darya Kheidzer (AIN) | C | 94 | 97 | 19 | 110 | 115 | 22 | 212 | ||
| 20 |  Dayana Chirinos (VEN) | C | 75 | 85 | 29 | 110 | 120 | 127 | 11 | 212 | |
| 21 |  Jeanne Eyenga (CMR) | C | 88 | 28 | 119 | 20 | 207 | ||||
| 22 |  Eliise Peterson (EST) | C | 88 | 91 | 26 | 107 | — | 23 | 198 | ||
| 23 |  Fatemah Al-Buloushi (KUW) | C | 61 | 65 | 67 | 30 | 81 | 24 | 148 | ||
| 24 |  Nujud Khormi (KSA) | C | 60 | 66 | 31 | 80 | 25 | 146 | |||
| 25 |  Fahd Naji Hanan (YEM) | C | 55 | 60 | 32 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 26 | 138 | |
| — | Neisi Dajomes (ECU) | A | 115 | | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Yudelina Mejía (DOM) | A | 105 | 110 | 6 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Siriyakorn Khaipandung (THA) | B | 93 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |  Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (MGL) | B | 90 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Motoka Nakajima (JPN) | B | 100 | 15 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Anamjan Rustamowa (TKM) | B | 101 | 12 | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Rosalie Dumas (CAN) | B | 101 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — |  Hayley Whiting (NZL) | C | — | 115 | 21 | — | |||||
| — | Tamara Salazar (ECU) | A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — |  Ayamey Medina (CUB) | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Clémentine Meukeugni (WRT) | C | Did not start | ||||||||
| — | Parisa Noorali (IRI) | C | |||||||||
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