Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg explained

Event:	Women's 53 kg
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date:	10 August
Competitors:	9
Nations:	9
Gold:	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon
Goldnoc:	THA
Silver:	Yoon Jin-hee
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Raema Lisa Rumbewas
Bronzenoc:	INA
Prev:	2004
Next:	2012

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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

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10 August 2008	15:30	Group A

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
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		A	52.47	92	95	97	95	120	126	130	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.^{[1] [2]}

New records

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Clean & Jerk

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126 kg

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External links

• Page 2630

Notes and References

1. http://www.iwf.net/2016/08/24/public-disclosures-5/ Public disclosures
2. Web site: 9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping. 27 October 2016.