Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Women's 55 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Athletes' introduction before the event, picuted by NOC of Ukraine. From left: Konotop, Chinshanlo, Landoulsi, Liao, Nabieva, Diaz, Ham, López and Şermetowa.
VenueTokyo International Forum
Date26 July 2021
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total224 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liao Qiuyun  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan
← 2016
Weightlifting at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
MenWomen
61 kg49 kg
67 kg55 kg
73 kg59 kg
81 kg64 kg
96 kg76 kg
109 kg87 kg
+109 kg+87 kg

The Women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum.[1][2]

The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.

Meanwhile, in the group B, Poland's Joanna Łochowska, Japan's Kanae Yagi, Canada's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet, Chinese Taipei's Chiang Nien-hsin and Solomon Islands' Mary Kini Lifu earned their top 14 spots.

The bouquets were presented by

Mikaela Cojuangco-Jaworski
(Philippines).

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Li Yajun (CHN) 102 kg Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3 November 2018
Clean & Jerk  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) 129 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
Total  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) 227 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 97 kg — 1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 121 kg — 1 November 2018
Total Olympic Standard 217 kg — 1 November 2018

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight[3] 		Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total[4]
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines A 54.80 94 97 99 97 119 124 127 127 OR 224 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liao Qiuyun  China A 54.65 92 95 97 97 118 123 126 126 223
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan A 54.95 90 93 93 90 123 123 125 123 213
4 Muattar Nabieva  Uzbekistan A 54.95 95 98 98 98 OR 114 114 117 114 212
5 Kamila Konotop  Ukraine A 54.95 91 94 96 94 106 110 112 112 206
6 Kristina Şermetowa  Turkmenistan A 54.85 90 93 93 90 111 115 117 115 205
7 Ham Eun-ji  South Korea A 54.90 85 85 90 85 115 115 116 116 201
8 Nouha Landoulsi  Tunisia A 54.85 88 92 92 88 108 113 113 108 196
9 Ana Gabriela López  Mexico A 54.80 90 94 95 90 105 110 110 105 195
10 Joanna Łochowska  Poland B 54.70 81 84 86 84 102 102 106 102 186
11 Kanae Yagi  Japan B 54.75 78 78 81 81 99 102 106 102 183
12 Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet  Canada B 54.90 79 82 85 82 99 102 102 99 181
13 Chiang Nien-hsin  Chinese Taipei B 54.80 75 78 81 81 95 100 101 95 176
14 Mary Kini Lifu  Solomon Islands B 54.50 64 67 67 67 84 87 90 87 154

New records

Snatch 98 kg  Muattar Nabieva (UZB) OR
Clean & Jerk 123 kg  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) OR
124 kg  Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) OR
126 kg  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) OR
127 kg  Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) OR
Total 220 kg  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) OR
221 kg  Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) OR
223 kg  Liao Qiuyun (CHN) OR
224 kg  Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) OR

References

  1. ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting | Women's 55kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Weightlifting | Women's 55kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_–_Women%27s_55_kg&oldid=1219182687"