Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg

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Women's 58 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date11 August
Competitors12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chen Yanqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg O Jong-ae Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Wandee Kameaim Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
  2004
2012  

The women's 58 kilograms weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the fourth 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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
11 August 200815:30Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN)111 kg Doha, Qatar 3 December 2006
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qiu Hongmei  (CHN)141 kg Tai'an, China 23 April 2007
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN)251 kg Doha, Qatar 3 December 2006
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN)107 kg Athens, Greece 16 August 2004
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard130 kg1 January 1997
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN)237 kg Athens, Greece 16 August 2004

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN)A57.66100103106106130132138138244
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of North Korea.svg  O Jong-ae  (PRK)A57.1595989895125131131131226
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Thailand.svg  Wandee Kameaim  (THA)A57.25959810098125128129128226
4Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Alexandra Escobar  (ECU)A57.8296969999120124127124223
5Flag of Albania.svg  Romela Begaj  (ALB)A57.56959810098110115118118216
6Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Klejnowska  (POL)A57.6692929595120125126120215
7Flag of Romania.svg  Roxana Cocoș  (ROU)A57.8882868989111115115115204
8Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Geralee Vega  (PUR)A57.5190909090112115116112202
9Flag of Poland.svg  Marieta Gotfryd  (POL)A57.7090959590105110113110200
10Flag of the Philippines.svg  Hidilyn Diaz  (PHI)A56.2880859085102102107107192
11Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Wendy Hale  (SOL)A57.15747882789510010095173
DQFlag of Russia.svg  Marina Shainova  (RUS)A57.9395989898125128129129227

New records

Clean & Jerk131 kgFlag of North Korea.svg  O Jong-ae  (PRK) OR
132 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN) OR
138 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN) OR
Total238 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN) OR
244 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yanqing  (CHN) OR

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