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

Women's 53 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	7 August 2016
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Winning total	212 kg
Medalists
Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
List of weightlifters
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 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

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

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

Records

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Hsu Shu-ching	Chinese Taipei	A	52.60	92	96	100	100	112	126		112	212
	Diaz, HidilynHidilyn Diaz	Philippines	A	52.61	88	88	91	88	111	112	117	112	200
	Yoon Jin-hee	South Korea	A	52.59	88	90	90	88	110	110	111	111	199
4	Koha, RebekaRebeka Koha	Latvia	A	52.11	87	87	90	90	103	107	110	107	197
5	Santos, RosaneRosane Santos	Brazil	A	52.57	85	90	90	90	103	107	108	103	193
6	Yagi, KanaeKanae Yagi	Japan	B	52.39	81	81	81	81	101	101	105	105	186
7	Safitri, DewiDewi Safitri	Indonesia	A	52.78	80	80	80	80	105	105	108	105	185
8	Veli, EvagjeliaEvagjelia Veli	Albania	B	51.58	68	72	75	75	88	90	96	90	165
9	Burgos, LelyLely Burgos	Puerto Rico	B	49.53	67	70	72	72	85	88	90	90	162
10	Mercado, ScarlethScarleth Mercado	Nicaragua	B	52.85	62	66	68	66	83	86	89	89	155
11	Cueva, FiorellaFiorella Cueva	Peru	B	48.32	62	65	67	65	85	88	90	88	153
12	Rito, SofiaSofia 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

Snatch

101 kg

Li Yajun (CHN)

OR

References

1. "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2015.