Women's 53 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Date | 10 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 9 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Men | Women | |
56 kg | 48 kg | |
62 kg | 53 kg | |
69 kg | 58 kg | |
77 kg | 63 kg | |
85 kg | 69 kg | |
94 kg | 75 kg | |
105 kg | +75 kg | |
+105 kg | ||
The women's 53 kilograms weightlifting event was the second-lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30. This event was the second Weightlifting event to conclude.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Date | Time | Event |
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10 August 2008 | 15:30 | Group A |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World Record | Snatch | Ri Song-hui (PRK) | 102 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 | |
Clean & Jerk | Li Ping (CHN) | 129 kg | Tai'an, China | 22 April 2007 | ||
Total | Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | 226 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican | 2 October 2006 | ||
Olympic Record | Snatch | Yang Xia (CHN) | 100 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | |
Clean & Jerk | Yang Xia (CHN) | 125 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | ||
Total | Yang Xia (CHN) | 225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |
Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA) | A | 52.47 | 92 | 95 | 95 | 120 | 126 | 126 | 221 | |||
Yoon Jin-hee (KOR) | A | 52.72 | 94 | 94 | 116 | 118 | 119 | 119 | 213 | |||
Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | A | 52.95 | 91 | 91 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 206 | ||||
4 | Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | A | 52.74 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 111 | 111 | 204 | |||
5 | Melanie Roach (USA) | A | 52.54 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 110 | 193 |
6 | Julia Rohde (GER) | A | 52.79 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 99 | 103 | 103 | 185 | |
7 | Dika Toua (PNG) | A | 52.53 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 104 | 104 | 184 | |||
8 | Judith Chacón (VEN) | A | 52.96 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 101 | 101 | 181 | |||
DQ | Nastassia Novikava (BLR) | A | 52.87 | 92 | 95 | 95 | 116 | 118 | 118 |
Clean & Jerk | 126 kg | Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA) | OR |
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