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) DateTimeEvent 10 August 2008 15:30 Group A
Records
Results
RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 52.47 92 95 97 95 120 126130 126 221 A 52.72 94 97 97 94 116 118 119 119 213 A 52.95 91 95 95 91 110 115 121 115 206 4 A 52.74 89 93 96 93 111 118 120 111 204 5 A 52.54 79 81 83 83 105 108 110 110 193 6 A 52.79 77 80 82 82 99 103 105 103 185 7 A 52.53 77 77 80 80 104 108 108 104 184 8 A 52.96 75 75 80 80 101 106 106 101 181 DQ A 52.87 92 95 97 95 116 116 118 118 213
Nastassia Novikava of Belarus originally finished third, but was disqualified after she tested positive for oral turinabol and stanozolol.Public disclosures
New records Clean & Jerk126 kg
References
External links Page 2630