| Event: | Women's 53 kg |
| Games: | 2002 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Pukyong National University Gymnasium |
| Date: | 1 October |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Gold: | Ri Song-hui |
| Goldnoc: | PRK |
| Silver: | Udomporn Polsak |
| Silvernoc: | THA |
| Bronze: | Meng Xianjuan |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games.
The women's 53 kilograms event at the 2002 Asian Games took place on October 1, 2002 at Pukyong National University Gymnasium.
All times are Korea Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 1 October 2002 | 15:00 | Group A |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=55 | Result | width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 3 | width=55 | Result |
| A | 52.85 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 225.0 | ||||||||
| A | 52.35 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 212.5 | ||||||||
| A | 52.45 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 212.5 | |||||||||
| 4 | A | 52.50 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 187.5 | |||||
| 5 | A | 51.45 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 180.0 | |||||
| 6 | A | 52.05 | 55.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 135.0 | ||||||
| — | A | 52.65 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 77.5 | — | NM | ||||||||
| — | A | 52.70 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 92.5 | — | NM | ||||||||
| — | A | 52.45 | 90.0 | 90.0 | — | — | — | — | NM | ||||||
The following records were established during the competition.
| Snatch | width=50 | 97.5 | width=250 align=left | width=50 | ||
| 102.5 | ||||||
| Clean & Jerk | 122.5 | |||||
| Total | 225.0 |