Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg

Women's 58 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	30 July
Competitors	19 from 17 nations
Medalists
Li Xueying   China   Pimsiri Sirikaew   Thailand   Yuliya Kalina   Ukraine

Weightlifting at the 2012 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 58 kg weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 30 July.^[1]

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	111 kg	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2006
	Clean & Jerk	Qiu Hongmei (CHN)	141 kg	Tai'an, China	23 April 2007
	Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	251 kg	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2006
Olympic record	Snatch	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	107 kg	Athens, Greece	16 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	138 kg	Beijing, China	11 August 2008
	Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	244 kg	Beijing, China	11 August 2008

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01 !	Li Xueying (CHN)	A	57.98	105	105	108	108	133	138	144	138	246
02 !	Pimsiri Sirikaew (THA)	A	57.76	100	103	103	100	131	136	140	136	236
03 !	Yuliya Kalina (UKR)	A	57.60	101	104	106	106	123	127	129	129	235
4	Rattikan Gulnoi (THA)	A	57.71	98	100	100	100	130	134	136	134	234
5	Boyanka Kostova (AZE)	A	56.93	100	103	105	105	124	124	128	128	233
6	Jong Chun-mi (PRK)	A	57.63	101	103	103	101	130	134	134	130	231
7	Nastassia Novikava (BLR)	A	57.94	103	106	108	103	127	127	133	127	230
8	Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE)	A	56.95	99	101	102	99	129	133	133	129	228
9	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	B	57.48	100	100	103	103	123	127	127	123	226
10	Jackelina Heredia (COL)	A	57.86	98	100	101	100	125	125	125	125	225
11	Romela Begaj (ALB)	A	57.94	101	105	105	101	115	121	121	115	216
12	Zoe Smith (GBR)	B	57.97	90	93	93	90	116	121	121	121	211
13	Christin Ulrich (GER)	B	57.40	88	91	93	93	110	114	116	114	207
14	Yang Eun-hye (KOR)	B	57.93	83	87	87	87	108	113	116	113	200
15	Bediha Tunadağı (TUR)	B	57.34	84	87	87	87	103	107	107	107	194
16	Annie Moniqui (CAN)	B	57.91	85	85	88	85	105	105	105	105	190
17	Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL)	B	57.43	65	69	69	65	90	93	95	95	160
—	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	B	57.70	92	97	97	97	118	118	118	—	—
—	Lina Rivas (COL)	A	57.73	100	103	103	103	120	120	120	—	—

New records

Snatch	108 kg	Li Xueying (CHN)	OR
Total	246 kg	Li Xueying (CHN)	OR

References

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