Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg explained

Event:	Women's 55 kg
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo International Forum
Date:	26 July 2021
Competitors:	14
Nations:	14
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	224 kg
Gold:	Hidilyn Diaz
Goldnoc:	PHI
Silver:	Liao Qiuyun
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Zulfiya Chinshanlo
Bronzenoc:	KAZ
Prev:	2016

The Women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum.^{[1] [2]}

The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.

Meanwhile, in the group B, Poland's Joanna Łochowska, Japan's Kanae Yagi, Canada's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet, Chinese Taipei's Chiang Nien-hsin and Solomon Islands' Mary Kini Lifu earned their top 14 spots.

The bouquets were presented by IWF Executive Board Member Karoliina Lundahl (Olympian in weightlifting, Finland), and the medals were presented by IOC Executive Board Member Mikaela Cojuangco-Jaworski (Philippines).

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight^[3]	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total^[4]
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
			A	54.80	94	97	99	97	119	124	127	127	224
			A	54.65	92	95	97	97	118	123	126	126	223
			A	54.95	90	93	93	90	123	123	125	123	213
4			A	54.95	95	98	98	98	114	114	117	114	212
5			A	54.95	91	94	96	94	106	110	112	112	206
6			A	54.85	90	93	93	90	111	115	117	115	205
7			A	54.90	85	85	90	85	115	115	116	116	201
8			A	54.85	88	92	92	88	108	113	113	108	196
9			A	54.80	90	94	95	90	105	110	110	105	195
10			B	54.70	81	84	86	84	102	102	106	102	186
11			B	54.75	78	78	81	81	99	102	106	102	183
12			B	54.90	79	82	85	82	99	102	102	99	181
13			B	54.80	75	78	81	81	95	100	101	95	176
14			B	54.50	64	67	67	67	84	87	90	87	154

New records

Snatch	98 kg
Clean & Jerk	123 kg
	124 kg
	126 kg
	127 kg
Total	220 kg
	221 kg
	223 kg
	224 kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 17 March 2020.
2. Web site: Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Olympian Database . 17 March 2020.
3. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 55kg Group A Competition Sheet. TOCOG. 26 July 2021. 30 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731232036/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C56B_WLFW55KG--------------FNL-A00100--.pdf. 31 July 2021. dead.
4. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 55kg Results. TOCOG. 26 July 2021. 30 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726124728/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW55KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 26 July 2021. dead.