Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg

The women's 58 kilograms weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, 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 fourth weightlifting event to conclude.

Women's 58 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	11 August
Competitors	12 from 11 nations
Medalists
Chen Yanqing  China O Jong-ae  North Korea Wandee Kameaim  Thailand

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+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
11 August 2008	15:30	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	111 kg	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2006
	Clean & Jerk	Qiu Hongmei (CHN)	141 kg	Tai'an, China	23 April 2007
	Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	251 kg	Doha, Qatar	3 December 2006
Olympic Record	Snatch	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	107 kg	Athens, Greece	16 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	130 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	237 kg	Athens, Greece	16 August 2004

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	A	57.66	100	103	106	106	130	132	138	138	244
	O Jong-ae (PRK)	A	57.15	95	98	98	95	125	131	131	131	226
	Wandee Kameaim (THA)	A	57.25	95	98	100	98	125	128	129	128	226
4	Alexandra Escobar (ECU)	A	57.82	96	96	99	99	120	124	127	124	223
5	Romela Begaj (ALB)	A	57.56	95	98	100	98	110	115	118	118	216
6	Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL)	A	57.66	92	92	95	95	120	125	126	120	215
7	Roxana Cocoș (ROU)	A	57.88	82	86	89	89	111	115	115	115	204
8	Geralee Vega (PUR)	A	57.51	90	90	90	90	112	115	116	112	202
9	Marieta Gotfryd (POL)	A	57.70	90	95	95	90	105	110	113	110	200
10	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	A	56.28	80	85	90	85	102	102	107	107	192
11	Wendy Hale (SOL)	A	57.15	74	78	82	78	95	100	100	95	173
DQ	Marina Shainova (RUS)	A	57.93	95	98	98	98	125	128	129	129	227

• Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a re-analysis of her 2008 sample tested positive for steroids.[1]

New records

Clean & Jerk	131 kg	O Jong-ae (PRK)	OR
	132 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
	138 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
Total	238 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR
	244 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	OR

References

1. IOC sanctions six athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008

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