Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

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Women's 63 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date12 August 2008
Competitors20 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Pak Hyon-suk Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Lu Ying-chi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Bronze medal icon.svg Christine Girard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2004
2012  

The women's 63 kilograms weightlifting event was the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 12, 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 sixth 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+8)

DateTimeEvent
12 August 200812:30Group B
15:30Group A

Records

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

World Record SnatchFlag of Thailand.svg  Pawina Thongsuk  (THA)116 kg Doha, Qatar 12 November 2005
Clean & JerkFlag of Thailand.svg  Pawina Thongsuk  (THA)142 kg Doha, Qatar 4 December 2006
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Haixia  (CHN)257 kg Chiang Mai, Thailand 23 September 2007
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Hanna Batsiushka  (BLR)115 kg Athens, Greece 18 August 2004
Clean & JerkFlag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Skakun  (UKR)135 kg Athens, Greece 18 August 2004
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiaomin  (CHN)242 kg Sydney, Australia 19 September 2000

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of North Korea.svg  Pak Hyon-suk  (PRK)A61.80102106108106135135135135241
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lu Ying-chi  (TPE)A62.4698102104104127130130127231
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Christine Girard  (CAN)A62.449699102102126130130126228
4Flag of Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Thị Thiết  (VIE)A62.4998100102100120125127125225
5Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Soo-kyung  (KOR)A62.749810210398127134134127225
6Flag of Norway.svg  Ruth Kasirye  (NOR)A62.6299103105103121125125121224
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Luz Acosta  (MEX)B62.84100103103103120125125120223
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Mercedes Pérez  (COL)A62.48939710097120126126120217
9Flag of Mongolia.svg  Namkhaidorjiin Bayarmaa  (MGL)B62.5090959590118121123123213
10Flag of Poland.svg  Dominika Misterska  (POL)B62.6092949594115117117117211
11Flag of the United States.svg  Natalie Woolfolk  (USA)B62.72939710197107111114114211
12Flag of Venezuela.svg  Solenny Villasmil  (VEN)B62.6090959590115115115115205
13Flag of the United States.svg  Carissa Gump  (USA)B62.2085858888116116121116204
14Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Michaela Breeze  (GBR)B61.558085858090100100185
15Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hanene Ourfelli  (TUN)B62.38808585809510010695175
16Flag of Bolivia.svg  María Teresa Monasterio  (BOL)B62.966063656375788078141
Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Tsarukaeva  (RUS)A62.37107107107
Flag of Algeria.svg  Leila Lassouani  (ALG)B62.2885909085110110110
DQFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Irina Nekrassova  (KAZ)A62.86105110112110130135135130240
DQFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Maiya Maneza  (KAZ)A62.12

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