The girls' 53 kg weightlifting event was the second women's event at the weightlifting competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, with competitors limited to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 16 at 14:30.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Boyanka Kostova Bulgaria |
192 kg |
| Silver | Hsing-Chun Kuo Chinese Taipei |
174 kg |
| Bronze | Dewi Safitri Indonesia |
171 kg |
Results
edit| Rank | Name | Group | Body Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Res | 1 | 2 | 3 | Res | |||||
 |
 Boyanka Kostova (BUL) |
A | 52.73 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 98 | 107 | 107 | 192 | |
 |
 Hsing-Chun Kuo (TPE) |
A | 52.91 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 174 |
 |
 Dewi Safitri (INA) |
A | 51.32 | 71 | 71 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 171 | |||
| 4 |  Yineisy Reyes (DOM) |
A | 52.26 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 86 | 86 | 166 | |||
| 5 |  Diana Cadena (COL) |
A | 52.51 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 161 | ||
| 6 |  Damla Aydin (TUR) |
A | 52.25 | 67 | 67 | 80 | 80 | 147 | ||||
| 7 |  Oumaima Majri (TUN) |
A | 52.46 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 140 | ||
| 8 |  Lomina Tibon (MHL) |
A | 52.26 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 65 | |||