Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

Weightlifting at the
2000 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

The Women's Middleweight Weightlifting Event ( 63 kg) is the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 2000-09-19 in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. The women's weightlifters made their olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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.

Medalists

Gold Chen Xiaomin
China (CHN)
Silver Valentina Popova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Ioanna Khatziioannou
Greece (GRE)

Results

Rank Name NOC Body Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
1 2 3 1 2 3
1st Chen Xiaomin China 62.82 105.0 110.0 112.5 130.0 135.0 242.5
2nd Valentina Popova Russia 62.08 102.5 102.5 107.5 127.5 135.0 135.0 235.0
3rd Ioanna Khatziioannou Greece 61.82 90.0 95.0 97.5 117.5 125.0 222.5
4 Saipin Detsaeng Thailand 62.38 97.5 102.5 105.0 120.0 125.0 127.5 222.5
5 Kim Yong-Ok North Korea 59.06 85.0 90.0 92.5 115.0 120.0 120.0 205.0
6 Amanda Phillips Australia 62.96 77.5 82.5 82.5 100.0 105.0 107.5 190.0
7 Josefa Pérez Spain 62.36 80.0 82.5 85.0 95.0 100.0 102.5 187.5
8 Nora Koppel Argentina 62.12 75.0 80.0 80.0 97.5 102.5 107.5 182.5
9 Kesaia Tawai Fiji 62.96 75.0 75.0 75.0 90.0 95.0 95.0 165.0

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