Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

Women's 63 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	12 August
Competitors	20 from 18 nations
Medalists
Pak Hyon-suk  North Korea Lu Ying-chi  Chinese Taipei Christine Girard  Canada

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The women's 63 kilograms weightlifting event was the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 12, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the sixth Weightlifting event to conclude.

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.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2008	12:30	Group B
	15:30	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Pawina Thongsuk (THA)	116 kg	Doha, Qatar	12 November 2005
	Clean & Jerk	Pawina Thongsuk (THA)	142 kg	Doha, Qatar	4 December 2006
	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

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Pak Hyon-suk (PRK)	A	61.80	102	106	108	106	135	135	135	135	241
	Lu Ying-chi (TPE)	A	62.46	98	102	104	104	127	130	130	127	231
	Christine Girard (CAN)	A	62.44	96	99	102	102	126	130	130	126	228
4	Nguyễn Thị Thiết (VIE)	A	62.49	98	100	102	100	120	125	127	125	225
5	Kim Soo-kyung (KOR)	A	62.74	98	102	103	98	127	134	134	127	225
6	Ruth Kasirye (NOR)	A	62.62	99	103	105	103	121	125	125	121	224
7	Luz Acosta (MEX)	B	62.84	100	103	103	103	120	125	125	120	223
8	Mercedes Pérez (COL)	A	62.48	93	97	100	97	120	126	126	120	217
9	Namkhaidorjiin Bayarmaa (MGL)	B	62.50	90	95	95	90	118	121	123	123	213
10	Dominika Misterska (POL)	B	62.60	92	94	95	94	115	117	117	117	211
11	Natalie Woolfolk (USA)	B	62.72	93	97	101	97	107	111	114	114	211
12	Solenny Villasmil (VEN)	B	62.60	90	95	95	90	115	115	115	115	205
13	Carissa Gump (USA)	B	62.20	85	85	88	88	116	116	121	116	204
14	Michaela Breeze (GBR)	B	61.55	80	85	—	85	80	90	100	100	185
15	Hanene Ourfelli (TUN)	B	62.38	80	85	85	80	95	100	106	95	175
16	María Teresa Monasterio (BOL)	B	62.96	60	63	65	63	75	78	80	78	141
—	Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS)	A	62.37	107	107	107	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Leila Lassouani (ALG)	B	62.28	85	90	90	85	110	110	110	—	—
DQ	Irina Nekrassova (KAZ)	A	62.86	105	110	112	110	130	135	135	130	240
DQ	Maiya Maneza (KAZ)	A	62.12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

• Irina Nekrassova of Kazakhstan originally finished second, but was disqualified after she tested positive for stanozolol.

References

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