Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg

The women's 58 kg weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, 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 fourth weightlifting event to conclude.

Women's 58 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	11 August
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Chen Yanqing  China O Jong-ae  North Korea Wandee Kameaim  Thailand

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
	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

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.