Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg
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| Women's 53 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium |
| Date | 10 August |
| Competitors | 9 from 9 nations |
| Medalists | |
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| Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The women's 53 kilograms weightlifting event was the second-lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30. This event was the second Weightlifting event to conclude. Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2008 | 15:30 | Group A |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | File:Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Song-hui (PRK) | 102 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 | |
| Clean & Jerk | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ping (CHN) | 129 kg | Tai'an, China | 22 April 2007 | ||
| Total | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiu Hongxia (CHN) | 226 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican | 2 October 2006 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Xia (CHN) | 100 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | |
| Clean & Jerk | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Xia (CHN) | 125 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | ||
| Total | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Xia (CHN) | 225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | ||
Results
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- Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally finished third, but was disqualified after she tested positive for oral turinabol and stanozolol.[1][2]
New records
| Clean & Jerk | 126 kg | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA) | OR |
References
- ↑ Public disclosures
- ↑ "9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping". 27 October 2016.
