Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

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Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Riocentro
Date12 August 2016
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Winning total274 kg
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rim Jong-sim Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Silver medal icon.svg Darya Naumava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Bronze medal icon.svg Lydia Valentín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
  2012
2020  

The Women's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. [1]

Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
12 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  Natalia Zabolotnaya  (RUS)135 kg Belgorod, Russia 17 December 2011
Clean & JerkFlag of North Korea.svg  Kim Un-ju  (PRK)164 kg Incheon, South Korea 25 September 2014
TotalFlag of Russia.svg  Natalia Zabolotnaya  (RUS)296 kg Belgorod, Russia 17 December 2011
Olympic record SnatchFlag of Russia.svg  Natalia Zabolotnaya  (RUS)131 kg London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012
Clean & JerkFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Svetlana Podobedova  (KAZ)161 kg London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012
TotalFlag of Russia.svg  Natalia Zabolotnaya  (RUS)291 kg London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012

Results

RankAthleteNationGroupBody
weight
Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svg Rim Jong-sim Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea A74.47117121121121145153162153274
Silver medal icon.svg Darya Naumava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus A74.63107112116116136139142142258
Bronze medal icon.svg Lydia Valentín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain A74.00112116116116135138141141257
4 Ubaldina Valoyes Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia A74.28106109111111131136138136247
5 Iryna Dekha Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine A74.89111114116114133138141133247
6 Jenny Arthur Flag of the United States.svg  United States A74.65103103107107130135141135242
7 María Fernanda Valdés Flag of Chile.svg  Chile B74.66107107107107135142142135242
8 Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke Flag of France.svg  France A73.61102107107102132135140135237
9 Alejandra Garza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico B74.59989810198125125126126224
10 Sona Poghosyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia B72.52929710097115122126126223
11 Mary Opeloge Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa B74.5697100102100115117118118218
12 Natalia Prișcepa Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova B73.72939710097110116123116213
13 Assiya İpek Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey B69.778083858395100103103186
14 Samira Ouass Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco B73.687075807590969797172
Jaqueline Ferreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil A74.89103103103

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References

  1. "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.