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

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   Marina Shainova   Russia   O Jong-ae   North Korea

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

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.

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+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
11 August 2008	15:30	Group A

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	Olympic Standard	130 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	237 kg	Athens, Greece	16 August 2004

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	A	57.66	100	103	106	106	130	132	138	138	244
	Marina Shainova (RUS)	A	57.93	95	98	98	98	125	128	129	129	227
	O Jong-ae (PRK)	A	57.15	95	98	98	95	125	131	131	131	226
4	Wandee Kameaim (THA)	A	57.25	95	98	100	98	125	128	129	128	226
5	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	A	57.82	96	96	99	99	120	124	127	124	223
6	Romela Begaj (ALB)	A	57.56	95	98	100	98	110	115	118	118	216
7	Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL)	A	57.66	92	92	95	95	120	125	126	120	215
8	Roxana Cocoş (ROU)	A	57.88	82	86	89	89	111	115	115	115	204
9	Geralee Vega (PUR)	A	57.51	90	90	90	90	112	115	116	112	202
10	Marieta Gotfryd (POL)	A	57.70	90	95	95	90	105	110	113	110	200
11	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	A	56.28	80	85	90	85	102	102	107	107	192
12	Wendy Hale (SOL)	A	57.15	74	78	82	78	95	100	100	95	173

New records

Clean & Jerk	131 kg	O Jong-ae (PRK)	OR
Clean & Jerk	132 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
Total	238 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
Clean & Jerk	138 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
Total	244 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR

References

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