Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

Women's 63 kg
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro
Date9 August 2016
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning total262 kg WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Wei  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choe Hyo-sim  North Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan
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The Women's 63 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 9 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]

Schedule

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All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date Time Event
9 August 2016 12:30 Group B
15:30 Group A

Records

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

World record Snatch  Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) 117 kg Paris, France 8 November 2011
Clean & Jerk  Deng Wei (CHN) 146 kg Houston, United States 25 November 2015
Total  Lin Tzu-chi (TPE) 261 kg Incheon, South Korea 23 September 2014
Olympic record Snatch  Hanna Batsiushka (BLR) 115 kg Athens, Greece 18 August 2004
Clean & Jerk  Nataliya Skakun (UKR) 135 kg Athens, Greece 18 August 2004
Total  Maiya Maneza (KAZ) 245 kg London, United Kingdom 31 July 2012

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deng Wei  China A 62.34 108 112 115 115 138 147 147 WR 262 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Choe Hyo-sim  North Korea A 62.17 105 109 111 105 135 138 143 143 248
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karina Goricheva  Kazakhstan A 62.66 107 107 111 111 132 137 137 132 243
4 Mercedes Pérez  Colombia A 62.74 100 104 104 104 125 130 137 130 234
5 Eva Gurrola  Mexico A 62.60 97 100 100 100 120 125 125 120 220
6 Giorgia Bordignon  Italy A 62.75 94 98 98 98 115 119 123 119 217
7 Esraa El-Sayed  Egypt B 61.98 93 97 100 100 112 116 118 116 216
8 Marina Rodríguez  Cuba B 62.20 87 91 94 94 117 121 123 121 215
9 Namika Matsumoto  Japan B 62.86 90 94 95 90 107 111 115 115 205
10 Anni Vuohijoki  Finland B 62.26 85 88 89 85 104 107 113 107 192
11 Joana Palacios  Argentina B 62.95 80 83 86 83 101 102 107 107 190
12 Elisa Ravololoniaina  Madagascar B 61.91 75 80 85 85 95 100 100 100 185
13 Mehtap Kurnaz  Turkey B 62.16 78 81 83 81 100 103 105 100 181
Siripuch Gulnoi  Thailand A 62.56 105 108 110 108 132 132 132

New records

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Clean & Jerk 138 kg  Deng Wei (CHN) OR
Total 253 kg  Deng Wei (CHN) OR
Clean & Jerk 143 kg  Choe Hyo-sim (PRK) OR
Clean & Jerk 147 kg  Deng Wei (CHN) OR, WR
Total 262 kg  Deng Wei (CHN) OR, WR

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.