Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg

The women's 53 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 29 July.^[1]

Women's 53 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	29 July 2012
Competitors	18 from 17 nations
Medalists
Hsu Shu-ching  Chinese Taipei Citra Febrianti  Indonesia Iulia Paratova  Ukraine
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Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.^[2]

The original gold medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan was disqualified from the Games on 27 October 2016, and her medal, results and records stripped. Re-analysis of Chinshanlo's samples from London 2012 had resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances oxandrolone and stanozolol, both anabolic steroids.^[3][4]

Cristina Iovu originally won the bronze medal,^[5] but on 27 July 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced that Iovu failed her re-tested 2012 Olympics sample. She tested positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (S1.1 Anabolic agents).^[6] In November 2016, she was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal.^[7]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Event
29 July 2012	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	Li Ping (CHN)	103 kg	Guangzhou, China	14 November 2010
	Clean & Jerk	Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)	130 kg	Paris, France	6 November 2011
	Total	Li Ping (CHN)	230 kg	Guangzhou, China	14 November 2010
Olympic Record	Snatch	Yang Xia (CHN)	100 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA)	126 kg	Beijing, China	10 August 2008
	Total	Yang Xia (CHN)	225 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Hsu Shu-ching (TPE)	A	52.41	91	94	96	96	120	123	123	123	219
	Citra Febrianti (INA)	A	52.53	88	91	94	91	108	112	115	115	206
	Iulia Paratova (UKR)	A	52.43	91	94	94	91	105	108	108	108	199
4	Rusmeris Villar (COL)	A	52.59	87	87	90	87	105	109	112	109	196
5	Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL)	A	52.67	83	84	86	84	108	112	113	112	196
6	Nguyễn Thị Thúy (VIE)	B	52.23	80	84	85	85	110	110	115	110	195
7	Yu Weili (HKG)	B	52.95	86	86	90	90	105	110	110	105	195
8	Inmara Henríquez (VEN)	B	52.84	78	81	81	81	107	110	113	113	194
9	Julia Rohde (GER)	B	52.45	83	85	87	85	105	108	110	108	193
10	Kanae Yagi (JPN)	B	52.36	82	82	85	82	105	109	109	109	191
11	Joanna Łochowska (POL)	A	52.57	84	87	87	84	104	107	110	107	191
12	Dika Toua (PNG)	B	52.48	75	79	79	79	95	100	100	95	174
13	Helena Wong (SIN)	B	52.31	55	59	61	61	67	71	73	73	134
—	Yuderqui Contreras (DOM)	A	52.95	94	94	94	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Zhou Jun (CHN)	B	52.80	95	95	95	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Aylin Daşdelen (TUR)	A	52.91	91	91	91	91	124	129	—	—	—
DQ	Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)	A	52.70	92	92	95	95	125	131	135	131	226
DQ	Cristina Iovu (MDA)	A	52.79	95	99	99	99	115	120	125	120	219

New records

Clean & Jerk	131 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)	WR
Total	226 kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)	OR