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.

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.

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.IOC sanctions eight athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012, from Olympic.orgRecord forfeited on 27 October 2016 following positive doping sample.

Cristina Iovu originally won the bronze medal, 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). In November 2016, she was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal."London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests". bbc.com. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 29 July 2012 12:30 Group B 15:30 Group A

Records

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result A 52.41 91 94 96 96 120 123 123 123 219 A 52.53 88 91 94 91 108 112 115 115 206 A 52.43 91 94 94 91 105 108 108 108 199 4 A 52.59 87 87 90 87 105 109 112 109 196 5 A 52.67 83 84 86 84 108 112 113 112 196 6 B 52.23 80 84 85 85 110 110 115 110 195 7 B 52.95 86 86 90 90 105 110 110 105 195 8 B 52.84 78 81 81 81 107 110 113 113 194 9 B 52.45 83 85 87 85 105 108 110 108 193 10 B 52.36 82 82 85 82 105 109 109 109 191 11 A 52.57 84 87 87 84 104 107 110 107 191 12 B 52.48 75 79 79 79 95 100 100 95 174 13 B 52.31 55 59 61 61 67 71 73 73 134 — A 52.95 94 94 94 — — — — — — — B 52.80 95 95 95 — — — — — — — A 52.91 91 91 91 91 124 129 — — — DQ A 52.70 92 92 95 95 125 131 135 131 226 DQ A 52.79 95 99 99 99 115 120 125 120 219

New records Clean & Jerk131 kgTotal226 kg

References

Results