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

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Women's 55 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Athletes' introduction before the event, pictured 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 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]

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).

Background

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Two lifters from the previous Olympics - Diaz (silver medallist) and Yagi - returns for the event. Chinshanlo and Łochowska also returns after 9 years since 2012, missing out the Rio Olympics. Two former Nanjing 2014 participants - Chiang (champion in 58 kg; representing Chinese Taipei), and Tunisia's Nouha Landoulsi (bronze medallist at the 53 kg) - made their senior Olympic debuts. Followed by other debutants, they were split into two groups (A and B).

During the snatch, all lifters are well in first attempts, except South Korea's Ham Eun-ji and Yagi who failed to complete. Uzbekistan's Muattar Nabieva later sets new Olympic record for heaviest snatch ever to be lifted. By the later attempts, they had showed improvement in second and third attempts, yet some had still fails. By the end of snatch, Diaz and Łochowska leads A and B groups (total lifts are 97 kg and 84 kg), chased up by Chinshanlo, Liao, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet.

In clean and jerk, Not much difference were occurred. In group A, after failed two earlier attempts, Ham manages to lift on the third attempt, securing her survival. Ukraine's Kamila Konotop cleans all attempts, like Diaz and Liao. Diaz, Liao and Chinshanlo competes in attempts to determine who is winning the medals. With the Kazakh had failed two attempts (123 kg and 125 kg), takes up the bronze, Diaz takes up the gold, lifting 1 kg heavier (224 kg) than Liao (223 kg) who concedes silver, ensuring the Philippines' first gold medal at the Olympics in 100 years. On the other hand, Mexico's Ana Gabriela López and Landoulsi had failed last two attempts. Their total lifts are 195 kg and 196 kg, placing them at bottom two in that group, and Turkmenistan's Kristina Şermetowa missed just one lift (117 kg). With total lifting calculated at 205 kg, she sits at 6th place at the end of the event.

In group B, despite failed third attempts, all lifters earn their spots in total lifting. Łochowska, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet leads the group, joined by Chiang and Kini Lifu (whose totals are 176 kg and 154 kg), with total lifts are 189 kg for the Polish, 183 kg for the host country (Japan) and 181 kg for the Canadian. None of these lifters in both groups are eliminated from the event, ensuring their survivals.

During the Victory Ceremony, Diaz, Liao (who had all clean attempts in both parts) and Chinshanlo are awarded medals by Lundahl and Cojuangco-Jarowski.

Records

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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

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

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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

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  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.