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

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

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 IWF Executive Board Member Karoliina Lundahl (Olympian in weightlifting, Finland), and the medals were presented by IOC Executive Board Member Mikaela Cojuangco-Jaworski (Philippines).

Records edit

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 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight[3] 		Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total[4]
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
  Hidilyn Diaz   Philippines A 54.80 94 97 99 97 119 124 127 127 OR 224 OR
  Liao Qiuyun   China A 54.65 92 95 97 97 118 123 126 126 223
  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 edit

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 edit

  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.
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