2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Lightweight (women)

sport	Weightlifting
competition	Class up to 58 kg
gender	Women
place	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London
Attendees	19 athletes from 17 countries
date	July 30, 2012
Medals	Li Xueying ( CHN ) Pimsiri Sirikaew ( THA ) Rattikan Gulnoi ( THA )

The weightlifting of women in the class up to 58 kg (lightweight) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on July 30, 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Center . 19 athletes from 17 countries competed.

The competition consisted of two parts: tearing (Snatch) and pushing (Clean and Jerk) . The participants started in two groups in the snatch, in which they had three attempts. Whoever remained without a valid attempt was eliminated. Each starter again had three attempts in pushing. The athlete with the highest aggregate weight won. In the event of a tie, lower body weight was decisive.

Title holders

world champion	Tear	Li Xueying	103 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Bump	Anastassija Novikawa	136 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Duel	Anastassija Novikawa	237 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
Olympic Champion	Duel	Chen Yanqing	244 kg	Beijing 2008

Existing records

World record	Tear	Chen Yanqing	111 kg	Doha , Qatar	December 3, 2006
	Bump	Qiu Hongmei	141 kg	Tai'an , China	April 23, 2007
	Duel	Chen Yanqing	251 kg	Doha , Qatar	December 3, 2006
Olympic record	Tear	Chen Yanqing	107 kg	Athens , Greece	August 16, 2004
	Bump	Chen Yanqing	138 kg	Beijing , China	August 11, 2008
	Duel	Chen Yanqing	244 kg	Beijing , China	August 11, 2008

Time schedule

• Group B: July 30, 2012, 12:30 p.m.
• Group A: July 30, 2012, 3:30 p.m.

Bottom line

space	country	Athlete	group	Body weight	Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
1	CHN	Li Xueying	A.	57.98	105	105	108	108	133	138	144	138	246
2	THA	Pimsiri Sirikaew	A.	57.76	100	103	103	100	131	136	140	136	236
3	THA	Rattican Gulnoi	A.	57.71	098	100	100	100	130	134	136	134	234
4th	PRK	Jong Chun-mi	A.	57.63	101	103	103	101	130	134	134	130	231
5	BLR	Anastassija Novikawa	A.	57.94	103	106	108	103	127	127	133	127	230
6th	TPE	Kuo Hsing-chun	A.	56.95	099	101	102	099	129	133	133	129	228
7th	ECU	Alexandra Escobar	B.	57.48	100	100	103	103	123	127	127	123	226
8th	COL	Jackelina Heredia	A.	57.86	098	100	101	100	125	125	125	125	225
9	ALB	Romela Begaj	A.	57.94	101	105	105	101	115	121	121	115	216
10	GBR	Zoe Smith	B.	57.97	090	093	093	090	116	121	121	121	211
11	GER	Christin Ulrich	B.	57.40	088	091	093	093	110	114	116	114	207
12	COR	Yang Eun-hye	B.	57.93	083	087	087	087	108	113	116	113	200
13	DOOR	Bediha Tunadağı	B.	57.34	084	087	087	087	103	107	107	107	194
14th	CAN	Annie Moniqui	B.	57.91	085	085	088	085	105	105	105	105	190
15th	SOL	Jenly Tegu Wini	B.	57.43	065	069	069	065	090	093	095	095	160
	PHI	Hidilyn Diaz	B.	57.70	092	097	97	097	118	118	118	-	DNF
	COL	Lina Rivas	A.	57.73	100	103	103	103	120	120	120	-	DNF
	UKR	Julia Kalina	A.	57.60	101	104	106	-	123	127	129	-	DSQ
	AZE	Boyanka Kostova	A.	56.93	100	103	105	-	124	124	128	-	DSQ

After her exposure, the Ukrainian Julija Kalina had to return her bronze medal for doping fraud in July 2016. The originally fifth-placed Azerbaijani Boyanka Kostova was also doped .

Web links

• Official results , International Weightlifting Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doping: Ukrainian loses bronze. Sport1 , July 13, 2016, accessed September 27, 2018 . 
2. ^ IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. International Olympic Committee , November 25, 2016, accessed September 27, 2018 .