| Women's 63 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2012 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 63 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London. [1]
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk. [2]
On 15 June 2016, it was announced that gold medalist Maiya Maneza had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 2012 Olympic competition. [3] On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported in the second wave of re-sampling that silver medalist Svetlana Tsarukaeva had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone. [4] On 5 April 2017 it was announced that as a result of retesting samples she had been disqualified for a drug violation, and her silver medal withdrawn. [5]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 31 July 2012 | 15:30 | Group A |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  | 117 kg | Paris, France | 8 November 2011 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  | 143 kg | Antalya, Turkey | 20 September 2010 | ||
| Total |  | 257 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 23 September 2007 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch |  | 115 kg | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  | 135 kg | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 | ||
| Total |  | 242 kg | Sydney, Australia | 19 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 | |||||
 |  | A | 62.87 | 103 | 103 | 130 | 133 | 133 | 236 | |||
 |  | A | 62.66 | 98 | 102 | 102 | 125 | 131 | 131 | 233 | ||
 |  | A | 62.91 | 99 | 99 | 119 | 125 | 125 | 224 | |||
| 4 |  | A | 59.65 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 98 | 103 | 103 | 186 | ||
| 5 |  | A | 61.45 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 100 | 100 | 182 | |||
| 6 |  | A | 62.45 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 91 | 97 | 97 | 176 | ||
| 7 |  | A | 58.11 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 92 | 97 | 97 | 172 | ||
| DQ |  | A | 62.21 | 106 | 110 | 110 | 135 | 135 | ||||
| DQ |  | A | 62.42 | 106 | 112 | 112 | 125 | 125 | ||||
| DQ |  | A | 62.28 | 105 | 105 | 130 | 130 | |||||
| Total | |
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Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Middleweight | |
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