The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 19 and 20 November 2002.
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2002 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 20 November 2002 | 14:00 | Group A |
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
97.5 kg |  Li Xuejiu (CHN) |
95.0 kg |  Udomporn Polsak (THA) |
95.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Xuejiu (CHN) |
127.5 kg | Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
127.5 kg | Udomporn Polsak (THA) |
120.0 kg |
| Total | Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
225.0 kg | Li Xuejiu (CHN) |
222.5 kg | Udomporn Polsak (THA) |
215.0 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
102.5 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk | Yang Xia (CHN) |
125.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 | |
| Total | Yang Xia (CHN) |
225.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 |
Ri Song-hui (PRK) |
A | 52.90 | 97.5 | |
122.5 | 125.5 | 127.5 |  |
225.0 | ||
| |
Li Xuejiu (CHN) |
A | 52.85 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | |
115.0 | 120.0 | 127.5 | |
222.5 |
 |
Udomporn Polsak (THA) |
A | 52.95 | 90.0 | 95.0 | |
115.0 | 120.0 | |
215.0 | ||
| 4 |  Mabel Mosquera (COL) |
A | 52.60 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 4 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 4 | 205.0 | ||
| 5 |  Donka Mincheva (BUL) |
A | 52.50 | 87.5 | 5 | 110.0 | 5 | 197.5 | ||||
| 6 |  Esmat Mansour (EGY) |
A | 52.95 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 8 | 100.0 | 107.5 | 6 | 187.5 | ||
| 7 |  Tara Nott (USA) |
A | 51.85 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 7 | 100.0 | 8 | 185.0 | |||
| 8 |  Fang Hsin-tzu (TPE) |
A | 52.15 | 75.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 7 | 180.0 | |||
| 9 |  Hiromi Miyake (JPN) |
B | 52.20 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 10 | 97.5 | 9 | 175.0 | |||
| 10 |  Estefanía Juan (ESP) |
B | 51.65 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 9 | 95.0 | 10 | 172.5 | |||
| 11 | Lin Tsu-ling (TPE) |
B | 52.70 | 75.0 | 13 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 12 | 170.0 | |||
| 12 |  Natasha Barker (AUS) |
B | 52.95 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 11 | 92.5 | 15 | 170.0 | |||
| 13 |  Heidi Neubacher (AUT) |
B | 52.95 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 14 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 14 | 170.0 | ||
| 14 |  Virginie Lachaume (FRA) |
B | 52.25 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 15 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 11 | 167.5 | ||
| 15 |  Jo Calvino (GBR) |
B | 52.90 | 60.0 | 16 | 77.5 | 16 | 137.5 | ||||
| — |  Alexandra Escobar (ECU) |
A | 52.75 | 87.5 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Barbara Sachmacińska (POL) |
A | 52.85 | — | 95.0 | 13 | — | |||||
New records edit
| Clean & Jerk | 125.5 kg | Ri Song-hui (PRK)
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WR |
| 127.5 kg | Li Xuejiu (CHN)
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WR |
References edit
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 37 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine