Misplaced Pages

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
← 20122020 →

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
v t e

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.

Schedule

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

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
	Hidilyn 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	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

Snatch

101 kg

Li Yajun (CHN)

OR

References

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

• Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• 2016 in women's weightlifting
• Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics