Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg

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Women's 49 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Date7 August 2024
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Winning total206 kg
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hou Zhihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Mihaela Cambei Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Surodchana Khambao Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
  2020
2028  

The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 7 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1]

Background

Lifters from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - Medallists Hou Zhihui of China and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu of India - along with other participants, Chinese Taipei's Fang Wan-ling, United States' Jourdan Delacruz, Dominican Republic's Beatriz Pirón and Belgium's Nina Sterckx - returns for this event, along with debutants. Among them are Romania's Mihaela Cambei and Venezuela's Katherin Echandia, who are the medallists of the event at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, Rira Suzuki, aged 26, was chosen to replace retired Hiromi Miyake for Japan.

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  Hou Zhihui  (CHN)97 kg Phuket, Thailand 1 April 2024
Clean & JerkFlag of North Korea.svg  Ri Song-gum  (PRK)125 kg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 4 February 2024
TotalFlag of North Korea.svg  Ri Song-gum  (PRK)221 kg Phuket, Thailand 1 April 2024
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hou Zhihui  (CHN)94 kg Tokyo, Japan 24 July 2021
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hou Zhihui  (CHN)116 kg Tokyo, Japan 24 July 2021
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hou Zhihui  (CHN)210 kg Tokyo, Japan 24 July 2021

The Olympic record for Clean & Jerk was re-established during the competition:

CategoryAthleteNew recordType
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hou Zhihui  (CHN)117 kg OR

Results

RankAthleteNationSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svg Hou Zhihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 89899389110117117117 OR 206
Silver medal icon.svg Mihaela Cambei Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 89919393106110112112205
Bronze medal icon.svg Surodchana Khambao Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 86888888110112114112200
4 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Flag of India.svg  India 85888888111111114111199
5 Jourdan Delacruz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 84878884105110111111195
6 Fang Wan-ling Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 80838686102106107107193
7 Beatriz Pirón Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 85888885102107110107192
8 Rira Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 83858583108112117108191
9 Katherin Echandia Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 83868683105107109105188
10 Rosina Randafiarison Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 7580838095100100100180
11 Nicola Lagatao Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 5659625974777977136
Nina Sterckx Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 868686DNF

[2]

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References

  1. "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. "Women's 49kg - Results" (PDF). Olympics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.