Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 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.

Women's 53 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeihang University Gymnasium
Date10 August
Competitors9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon  Thailand
Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia

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 200815:30Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Ri Song-hui (PRK)102 kgBusan, South Korea1 October 2002
Clean & Jerk Li Ping (CHN)129 kgTai'an, China22 April 2007
Total Qiu Hongxia (CHN)226 kgSanto Domingo, Dominican2 October 2006
Olympic RecordSnatch Yang Xia (CHN)100 kgSydney, Australia18 September 2000
Clean & Jerk Yang Xia (CHN)125 kgSydney, Australia18 September 2000
Total Yang Xia (CHN)225 kgSydney, Australia18 September 2000

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
 Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA)A52.4792959795120126130126221
 Yoon Jin-hee (KOR)A52.7294979794116118119119213
 Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)A52.9591959591110115121115206
4 Yuderqui Contreras (DOM)A52.7489939693111118120111204
5 Melanie Roach (USA)A52.5479818383105108110110193
6 Julia Rohde (GER)A52.797780828299103105103185
7 Dika Toua (PNG)A52.5377778080104108108104184
8 Judith Chacón (VEN)A52.9675758080101106106101181
DQ Nastassia Novikava (BLR)A52.8792959795116116118118213

New records

Clean & Jerk 126 kg  Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA) OR

References

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