The women's 58 kilograms weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the fourth 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 11 August 2008 15:30 Group A
Records
Results
RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 57.66 100 103 106 106 130 132 138 138 244 A 57.15 95 98 98 95 125 131 131 131 226 A 57.25 95 98 100 98 125 128 129 128 226 4 A 57.82 96 96 99 99 120 124 127 124 223 5 A 57.56 95 98 100 98 110 115 118 118 216 6 A 57.66 92 92 95 95 120 125 126 120 215 7 A 57.88 82 86 89 89 111 115 115 115 204 8 A 57.51 90 90 90 90 112 115 116 112 202 9 A 57.70 90 95 95 90 105 110 113 110 200 10 A 56.28 80 85 90 85 102 102 107 107 192 11 A 57.15 74 78 82 78 95 100 100 95 173 DQ A 57.93 95 98 98 98 125 128 129 129 227
Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a re-analysis of her 2008 sample tested positive for steroids.IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008
New records Clean & Jerk131 kg132 kg138 kgTotal238 kg244 kg
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