2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Featherweight (Women)

sport	Weightlifting
competition	Class up to 53 kg
gender	Women
place	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London
Attendees	18 athletes from 17 countries
date	July 29, 2012
Medals	Hsu Shu-ching ( TPE ) Citra Febrianti ( INA ) Julija Paratowa ( UKR )

The weightlifting of women in the class up to 53 kg (featherweight) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on July 29, 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Center . 18 female 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	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	097 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Bump	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	130 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Duel	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	227 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
Olympic Champion	Duel	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	221 kg	Beijing 2008

Existing records

World record	Tear	Li ping	103 kg	Guangzhou , China	November 14, 2010
	Bump	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	130 kg	Paris , France	November 6, 2011
	Duel	Li ping	230 kg	Guangzhou , China	November 14, 2010
Olympic record	Tear	Yang Xia	100 kg	Sydney , Australia	September 18, 2000
	Bump	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon	126 kg	Beijing , China	August 10, 2008
	Duel	Yang Xia	225 kg	Sydney , Australia	September 18, 2000

Time schedule

• Group B: July 29, 2012, 12:30 p.m.
• Group A: July 29, 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	TPE	Hsu Shu-ching	A.	52.41	91	94	96	96	120	123	123	123	219
2	INA	Citra Febrianti	A.	52.53	88	91	94	91	108	112	115	115	206
3	UKR	Julia Paratova	A.	52.43	91	94	94	91	105	108	108	108	199
4th	COL	Rusmeris Villar	A.	52.59	87	87	90	87	105	109	112	109	196
5	POLE	Aleksandra Klejnowska	A.	52.67	83	84	86	84	108	112	113	112	196
6th	VIE	Nguyen Thi Thuy	B.	52.23	80	84	85	85	110	110	115	110	195
7th	HKG	Yu Weili	B.	52.95	86	86	90	90	105	110	110	105	195
8th	VEN	Inmara Henríquez	B.	52.84	78	81	81	81	107	110	113	113	194
9	GER	Julia Rohde	B.	52.45	83	85	87	85	105	108	110	108	193
10	JPN	Kanae Yagi	B.	52.36	82	82	85	82	105	109	109	109	191
11	POLE	Joanna Łochowska	A.	52.57	84	87	87	84	104	107	110	107	191
12	PNG	Dika Toua	B.	52.48	75	79	79	79	95	100	100	95	174
13	SIN	Helena Wong	B.	52.31	55	59	61	61	67	71	73	73	134
	DOM	Yuderqui Contreras	A.	52.95	94	94	94	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
	CHN	Zhou Jun	B.	52.80	95	95	95	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
	DOOR	Aylin Daşdelen	A.	52.91	91	91	91	91	124	129	-	-	DNF
	MDA	Cristina Iovu	A.	52.79	95	99	99	99	115	120	125	120	DSQ
	KAZ	Sulfiya Tschinschanlo	A.	52.70	92	92	95	95	125	131	135	131	DSQ

As it turned out in June 2016 during the doping re-test of the International Olympic Committee, the Kazakh girl Sulfija Tschinschanlo had obtained her gold medal by unauthorized means. For this reason, this medal was revoked. In November 2016, Moldovan Cristina Iovu's silver medal was withdrawn .

Picture gallery

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  Kazakh Sülfija Tschinschanlo, who was doped at the Olympics

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  Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) reached 5th place

Web links

• Official results , International Weightlifting Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weightlifting: Four Olympic weightlifting champions doped from London. (No longer available online.) Zeit.de , June 16, 2016, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 22, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Doping: Three Kazakh women weightlifters lose Olympic gold. Euronews , October 27, 2016, accessed October 28, 2016 . 
3. ^ IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012. In: olympic.org. November 21, 2016, accessed January 22, 2017 .