The women's 63 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.[1]
| Women's 63 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 31 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Summary edit
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]
On 15 June 2016, it was announced that gold medalist Maiya Maneza had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 2012 Olympic competition.[3] On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported in the second wave of re-sampling that silver medalist Svetlana Tsarukaeva had tested positive for the steroid dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.[4] On 5 April 2017 it was announced that as a result of retesting samples she had been disqualified for a drug violation, and her silver medal withdrawn.[5]
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2012 | 15:30 | Group A |
Records edit
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 |  Maiya Maneza (KAZ) |
143 kg | Antalya, Turkey | 20 September 2010 | ||
| Total |  Liu Haixia (CHN) |
257 kg | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 23 September 2007 | ||
| 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 |  Chen Xiaomin (CHN) |
242 kg | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 | ||
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
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 Christine Girard (CAN) |
A | 62.87 | 103 | 103 | 130 | 133 | 133 | 236 | |||
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 Milka Maneva (BUL) |
A | 62.66 | 98 | 102 | 102 | 125 | 131 | 131 | 233 | ||
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 Luz Acosta (MEX) |
A | 62.91 | 99 | 99 | 119 | 125 | 125 | 224 | |||
| 4 |  Seen Lee (AUS) |
A | 59.65 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 98 | 103 | 103 | 186 | ||
| 5 |  Maria Liku (FIJ) |
A | 61.45 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 100 | 100 | 182 | |||
| 6 |  Lucía Castañeda (NCA) |
A | 62.45 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 91 | 97 | 97 | 176 | ||
| 7 |  Silvana Saldarriaga (PER) |
A | 58.11 | 70 | 75 | 75 | 92 | 97 | 97 | 172 | ||
| DQ |  Maiya Maneza (KAZ) |
A | 62.21 | 106 | 110 | 110 | 135 | 135 | ||||
| DQ |  Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) |
A | 62.42 | 106 | 112 | 112 | 125 | 125 | ||||
| DQ |  Sibel Şimşek (TUR) |
A | 62.28 | 105 | 105 | 130 | 130 | |||||
New records edit
| Total | Maiya Maneza (KAZ) |
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ London 2012: Four Olympic weightlifting champions test positive
- ^ "Eleven London 2012 weightlifters fail doping tests". Reuters. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012". IOC. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- Results Archived 2017-03-22 at the Wayback Machine