Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg
| Women's 63 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The women's 63 kg weightlifting event was the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 12, 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 sixth 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+8)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2008 | 12:30 | Group B |
| 15:30 | Group A |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  | 116 kg | Doha, Qatar | 12 November 2005 | |
| Clean & Jerk | | 142 kg | Doha, Qatar | 4 December 2006 | ||
| Total |  | 257 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 23 September 2007 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | .svg.png){kind=small} | 115 kg | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  | 135 kg | Athens, Greece | 18 August 2004 | ||
| Total | | 242 kg | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 | ||
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
 |  | A | 61.80 | 102 | 106 | 106 | 135 | 135 | 241 | |||
 |  | A | 62.46 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 104 | 127 | 127 | 231 | ||
 |  | A | 62.44 | 96 | 99 | 102 | 102 | 126 | 126 | 228 | ||
| 4 |  | A | 62.49 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 225 | ||
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} | A | 62.74 | 98 | 98 | 127 | 127 | 225 | ||||
| 6 |  | A | 62.62 | 99 | 103 | 103 | 121 | 121 | 224 | |||
| 7 |  | B | 62.84 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 120 | 120 | 223 | |||
| 8 |  | A | 62.48 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 120 | 120 | 217 | |||
| 9 |  | B | 62.50 | 90 | 90 | 118 | 121 | 123 | 123 | 213 | ||
| 10 |  | B | 62.60 | 92 | 94 | 94 | 115 | 117 | 117 | 211 | ||
| 11 |  | B | 62.72 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 107 | 111 | 114 | 114 | 211 | |
| 12 |  | B | 62.60 | 90 | 90 | 115 | 115 | 205 | ||||
| 13 | | B | 62.20 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 116 | 116 | 204 | |||
| 14 |  | B | 61.55 | 80 | 85 | — | 85 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 185 |
| 15 |  | B | 62.38 | 80 | 80 | 95 | 95 | 175 | ||||
| 16 |  | B | 62.96 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 141 | ||
| — |  | A | 62.37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  | B | 62.28 | 85 | 85 | — | — | |||||
| DQ |  | A | 62.86 | 105 | 110 | — | 130 | — | — | |||
| DQ | | A | 62.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
- Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally finished second, but was disqualified after she tested positive for stanozolol.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Public disclosures
- ↑ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Middleweight | |
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