Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg

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Women's 55 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics - (26 July) (4).jpg
Athletes' introduction before the event, pictured by NOC of Ukraine. From left: Konotop, Chinshanlo, Landoulsi, Liao, Nabieva, Diaz, Ham, López and Şermetowa.
Venue Tokyo International Forum
Date26 July 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total224 kg OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hidilyn Diaz Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Silver medal icon.svg Liao Qiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Zulfiya Chinshanlo Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
  2016

The women's 55 kg weightlifting competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [1] [2]

The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medalist (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan bronze.

Meanwhile, in the group B, Poland's Joanna Łochowska, Japan's Kanae Yagi, Canada's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet, Chinese Taipei's Chiang Nien-hsin and Solomon Islands' Mary Kini Lifu earned their top 14 spots.

The bouquets were presented by IWF Executive Board Member Karoliina Lundahl (Olympian in weightlifting, Finland), and the medals were presented by IOC Executive Board Member Mikaela Cojuangco-Jaworski (Philippines).

Background

Two lifters from the previous Olympics - Diaz (silver medallist) and Yagi - returned for the event. Chinshanlo and Łochowska also returned after 9 years since 2012, having missed the Rio Olympics. Two former Nanjing 2014 participants - Chiang (champion in 58 kg; representing Chinese Taipei), and Tunisia's Nouha Landoulsi (bronze medallist at the 53 kg) - made their senior Olympic debuts. Followed by other debutants, they were split into two groups (A and B).

During the snatch, all lifters did well in their first attempts, except South Korea's Ham Eun-ji and Yagi who failed to complete. Uzbekistan's Muattar Nabieva later set a new Olympic record for the heaviest snatch ever to be lifted. They showed improvement in the second and third attempts, yet some had still fails. By the end of snatch, Diaz and Łochowska leads A and B groups (total lifts are 97 kg and 84 kg), chased up by Chinshanlo, Liao, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet.

In clean and jerk, Not much difference were occurred. In group A, after failed two earlier attempts, Ham manages to lift on the third attempt, securing her survival. Ukraine's Kamila Konotop cleans all attempts, like Diaz and Liao. Diaz, Liao and Chinshanlo competes in attempts to determine who is winning the medals. With the Kazakh had failed two attempts (123 kg and 125 kg), takes up the bronze, Diaz takes up the gold, lifting 1 kg heavier (224 kg) than Liao (223 kg) who concedes silver, ensuring the Philippines' first gold medal at the Olympics in 100 years. On the other hand, Mexico's Ana Gabriela López and Landoulsi had failed last two attempts. Their total lifts are 195 kg and 196 kg, placing them at bottom two in that group, and Turkmenistan's Kristina Şermetowa missed just one lift (117 kg). With total lifting calculated at 205 kg, she sits at 6th place at the end of the event.

In group B, despite failed third attempts, all lifters earn their spots in total lifting. Łochowska, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet leads the group, joined by Chiang and Kini Lifu (whose totals are 176 kg and 154 kg), with total lifts are 189 kg for the Polish, 183 kg for the host country (Japan) and 181 kg for the Canadian. None of these lifters in both groups are eliminated from the event, ensuring their survivals.

During the Victory Ceremony, Diaz, Liao (who had all clean attempts in both parts) and Chinshanlo are awarded medals by Lundahl and Cojuangco-Jarowski.

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  Li Yajun  (CHN)102 kg Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3 November 2018
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN)129 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN)227 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
Olympic Record SnatchOlympic Standard97 kg1 November 2018
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard121 kg1 November 2018
TotalOlympic Standard217 kg1 November 2018

Results

RankAthleteNationGroupBody
weight [3]
Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total [4]
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svg Hidilyn Diaz Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines A54.8094979997119124127127 OR 224 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Liao Qiuyun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China A54.6592959797118123126126223
Bronze medal icon.svg Zulfiya Chinshanlo Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan A54.9590939390123123125123213
4 Muattar Nabieva Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan A54.9595989898 OR 114114117114212
5 Kamila Konotop Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine A54.9591949694106110112112206
6 Kristina Şermetowa Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan A54.8590939390111115117115205
7 Ham Eun-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea A54.9085859085115115116116201
8 Nouha Landoulsi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia A54.8588929288108113113108196
9 Ana Gabriela López Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico A54.8090949590105110110105195
10 Joanna Łochowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland B54.7081848684102102106102186
11 Kanae Yagi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan B54.757878818199102106102183
12 Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada B54.90798285829910210299181
13 Chiang Nien-hsin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei B54.80757881819510010195176
14 Mary Kini Lifu Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands B54.506467676784879087154

New records

Snatch98 kgFlag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Muattar Nabieva  (UZB) OR
Clean & Jerk123 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN) OR
124 kgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Hidilyn Diaz  (PHI) OR
126 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN) OR
127 kgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Hidilyn Diaz  (PHI) OR
Total220 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN) OR
221 kgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Hidilyn Diaz  (PHI) OR
223 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liao Qiuyun  (CHN) OR
224 kgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Hidilyn Diaz  (PHI) OR

References

  1. "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "Weightlifting | Women's 55kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. "Weightlifting | Women's 55kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.