Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg

Women's 53 kg
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro
Date7 August 2016
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Winning total212 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
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The Women's 53 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 7 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]

Schedule[edit]

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

Date Time Event
7 August 2016 12:30 Group B
15:30 Group A

Records[edit]

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

World record Snatch  Li Ping (CHN) 103 kg Guangzhou, China 14 November 2010
Clean & Jerk  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) 134 kg Almaty, Kazakhstan 10 November 2014
Total  Hsu Shu-ching (TPE) 233 kg Incheon, South Korea 21 September 2014
Olympic record Snatch  Yang Xia (CHN) 100 kg Sydney, Australia 18 September 2000
Clean & Jerk  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) 131 kg London, England 27 July 2012
Total  Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) 226 kg London, England 27 July 2012

Results[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight 		Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei A 52.60 92 96 100 100 112 126 112 212
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines A 52.61 88 88 91 88 111 112 117 112 200
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea A 52.59 88 90 90 88 110 110 111 111 199
4 Rebeka Koha  Latvia A 52.11 87 87 90 90 103 107 110 107 197
5 Rosane Santos  Brazil A 52.57 85 90 90 90 103 107 108 103 193
6 Kanae Yagi  Japan B 52.39 81 81 81 81 101 101 105 105 186
7 Dewi Safitri  Indonesia A 52.78 80 80 80 80 105 105 108 105 185
8 Evagjelia Veli  Albania B 51.58 68 72 75 75 88 90 96 90 165
9 Lely Burgos  Puerto Rico B 49.53 67 70 72 72 85 88 90 90 162
10 Scarleth Mercado  Nicaragua B 52.85 62 66 68 66 83 86 89 89 155
11 Fiorella Cueva  Peru B 48.32 62 65 67 65 85 88 90 88 153
12 Sofía Rito  Uruguay B 51.74 64 64 67 64 82 82 88 82 146
– Li Yajun  China A 52.50 98 101 104 101 OR 123 126 126 – –

New records[edit]

Snatch 101 kg  Li Yajun (CHN) OR

References[edit]

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