Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg explained

Event:Women's 49 kg
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Date:7 August 2024
Competitors:12
Nations:12
Win Label:Winning total
Win Value:206 kg
Gold:Hou Zhihui
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Mihaela Cambei
Silvernoc:ROU
Bronze:Surodchana Khambao
Bronzenoc:THA
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 7 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.[1]

Background

Lifters from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - Medallists Hou Zhihui of China and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu of India - along with other participants, Chinese Taipei's Fang Wan-ling, United States' Jourdan Delacruz, Dominican Republic's Beatriz Pirón and Belgium's Nina Sterckx - returns for this event, along with debutants. Among them are Romania's Mihaela Cambei and Venezuela's Katherin Echandia, who are the medallists of the event at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, Rira Suzuki, aged 26, was chosen to replace retired Hiromi Miyake for Japan.

Records

The Olympic record for Clean & Jerk was re-established during the competition:

Results

RankAthleteNationSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total<--[2] -->
1 2 3 Result1 2 3 Result
89 89 93 89110 117 117 117 206
89 91 93 93106 110 112 112205
86 88 88 88110 112 114 112200
4 85 88 88 88111 111 114 111199
5 84 87 88 84105 110 111 111195
6 80 83 86 86102 106 107 107193
7 85 88 88 85102 107 110 107192
8 83 85 85 83108 112 117 108191
9 83 86 86 83105 107 109 105188
10 75 80 83 8095 100 100 100180
11 56 59 62 5974 77 79 77136
86 86 86
[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting Competition Schedule . Paris 2024 . 13 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 49kg Results. . 8 August 2024 . 8 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Women's 49kg - Results . Olympics . 11 August 2024 . 7 August 2024.