Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

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Women's 63 kg
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Riocentro
Date9 August 2016
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total262 kg WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Deng Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Choe Hyo-sim Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Karina Goricheva Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
  2012
2020  

The Women's 63 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 9 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. [1]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

DateTimeEvent
9 August 201612:30Group B
15:30Group A

Records

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

World record SnatchFlag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Tsarukaeva  (RUS)117 kg Paris, France8 November 2011
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Deng Wei  (CHN)146 kg Houston, United States25 November 2015
TotalFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lin Tzu-chi  (TPE)261 kg Incheon, South Korea23 September 2014
Olympic record SnatchFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Hanna Batsiushka  (BLR)115 kg Athens, Greece18 August 2004
Clean & JerkFlag of Ukraine.svg  Nataliya Skakun  (UKR)135 kg Athens, Greece18 August 2004
TotalFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Maiya Maneza  (KAZ)245 kg London, United Kingdom31 July 2012

Results

RankAthleteNationGroupBody
weight
Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svg Deng Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A62.34108112115115138147147 WR 262 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Choe Hyo-sim Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea A62.17105109111105135138143143248
Bronze medal icon.svg Karina Goricheva Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan A62.66107107111111132137137132243
4 Mercedes Pérez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia A62.74100104104104125130137130234
5 Eva Gurrola Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico A62.6097100100100120125125120220
6 Giorgia Bordignon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy A62.7594989898115119123119217
7 Esraa El-Sayed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt B61.989397100100112116118116216
8 Marina Rodríguez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba B62.2087919494117121123121215
9 Namika Matsumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan B62.8690949590107111115115205
10 Anni Vuohijoki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland B62.2685888985104107113107192
11 Joana Palacios Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina B62.9580838683101102107107190
12 Elisa Ravololoniaina Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar B61.917580858595100100100185
13 Mehtap Kurnaz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey B62.1678818381100103105100181
Siripuch Gulnoi Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand A62.56105108110108132132132

New records

Clean & Jerk138 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Deng Wei  (CHN) OR
Total253 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Deng Wei  (CHN) OR
Clean & Jerk143 kgFlag of North Korea.svg  Choe Hyo-sim  (PRK) OR
Clean & Jerk147 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Deng Wei  (CHN) OR , WR
Total262 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Deng Wei  (CHN) OR , WR

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