| Women's 59 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Paris Expo Porte de Versailles | ||||||||||||
| Date | 8 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 241 kg OR | ||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 61 kg | 49 kg | |
| 73 kg | 59 kg | |
| 89 kg | 71 kg | |
| 102 kg | 81 kg | |
| +102 kg | +81 kg | |
The Women's 59 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 8 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Kim Il-gyong (PRK) | 111 kg | Hangzhou, China | 2 October 2023 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 140 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 21 September 2019 | ||
| Total |  Luo Shifang (CHN) | 248 kg | Phuket, Thailand | 3 April 2024 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch |  Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 103 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 27 July 2021 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 133 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 27 July 2021 | ||
| Total | Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 236 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 27 July 2021 | ||
The following Olympic records were established during the competition [2] :
| Category | Athlete | New record | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Kamila Konotop (UKR) | 104 kg | OR |
| Snatch |  Luo Shifang (CHN) | 105 kg | OR |
| Snatch |  Maude Charron (CAN) | 106 kg | OR |
| Snatch | Luo Shifang (CHN) | 107 kg | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | Luo Shifang (CHN) | 134 kg | OR |
| Total | Luo Shifang (CHN) | 241 kg | OR |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total [3] | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
 | Luo Shifang | China | 101 | 105 | 107 | 107 OR | 129 | 134 | 134 OR | 241 OR | |
 | Maude Charron | Canada | 101 | 104 | 106 | 106 | 126 | 130 | 130 | 236 | |
 | Kuo Hsing-chun | Chinese Taipei | 103 | 105 | 105 | 130 | 130 | 235 | |||
| 4 | Anyelin Venegas |  Venezuela | 97 | 100 | 102 | 102 | 122 | 128 | 128 | 230 | |
| 5 | Rafiatu Lawal |  Nigeria | 100 | 100 | 130 | 130 | 230 | ||||
| 6 | Elreen Ando |  Philippines | 100 | 100 | 130 | 130 | 230 | ||||
| 7 | Kamila Konotop | Ukraine | 104 | 104 | 123 | 123 | 227 | ||||
| 8 | Janeth Gómez |  Mexico | 92 | 95 | 95 | 114 | 119 | 122 | 122 | 217 | |
| 9 | Dora Tchakounté |  France | 95 | 98 | 98 | 115 | — | 115 | 213 | ||
| 10 | Mattie Sasser |  Marshall Islands | 94 | 94 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 209 | |||
| 11 | Lucrezia Magistris |  Italy | 96 | 96 | 112 | 112 | 208 | ||||
| — | Yenny Álvarez |  Colombia | 101 | 103 | 105 | 105 | — | DNF | |||
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