Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

Women's 75 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	12 August 2016
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Winning total	274 kg
Medalists
Rim Jong-sim  North Korea Darya Naumava  Belarus Lidia Valentín  Spain

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of weightlifters
	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 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Snatch	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	135 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
	Clean & Jerk	Kim Un-ju (PRK)	164 kg	Incheon, South Korea	25 September 2014
	Total	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	296 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
Olympic record	Snatch	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	131 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
	Clean & Jerk	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	161 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
	Total	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	291 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Rim Jong-sim	North Korea	A	74.47	117	121	121	121	145	153	162	153	274
	Darya Naumava	Belarus	A	74.63	107	112	116	116	136	139	142	142	258
	Lidia Valentín	Spain	A	74.00	112	116	116	116	135	138	141	141	257
4	Ubaldina Valoyes	Colombia	A	74.28	106	109	111	111	131	136	138	136	247
5	Iryna Dekha	Ukraine	A	74.89	111	114	116	114	133	138	141	133	247
6	Jenny Arthur	United States	A	74.65	103	103	107	107	130	135	141	135	242
7	María Fernanda Valdés	Chile	B	74.66	107	107	107	107	135	142	142	135	242
8	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke	France	A	73.61	102	107	107	102	132	135	140	135	237
9	Alejandra Garza	Mexico	B	74.59	98	98	101	98	125	125	126	126	224
10	Sona Poghosyan	Armenia	B	72.52	92	97	100	97	115	122	126	126	223
11	Mary Opeloge	Samoa	B	74.56	97	100	102	100	115	117	118	118	218
12	Natalia Prișcepa	Moldova	B	73.72	93	97	100	97	110	116	123	116	213
13	Assiya İpek	Turkey	B	69.77	80	83	85	83	95	100	103	103	186
14	Samira Ouass	Morocco	B	73.68	70	75	80	75	90	96	97	97	172
–	Jaqueline Ferreira	Brazil	A	74.89	103	103	103	–	–	–	–	–	–

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