The women's 53 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 21 August at the Tamkang University Shao-Mo Memorial Gymnasium 7F.

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

Initial records Category Nation Athlete Record Place Date Meet World record Snatch Li Ping 103 kg Guangzhou, China 2010 Asian Games Almaty, Kazakhstan 10 November 2014 Total Hsu Shu-ching 233 kg 1 September 2014 2014 Asian Games Snatch Ji Jing 100 kg Shenzhen, China 14 August 2011 2011 Summer Universiade Clean & Jerk 122 kg Total 222 kg

Results Results

Rank Athlete Group Bodyweight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result A 52.43 87 90 91 90 112 116 118 118 208 A 52.49 88 90 90 90 110 115 117 117 207 A 52.44 83 86 89 86 105 108 111 111 197 4 A 51.90 84 88 91 88 104 108 108 108 196 5 A 52.30 77 79 79 79 100 104 107 104 183 6 A 52.74 78 78 82 82 98 98 104 98 180 7 A 52.91 73 76 78 76 91 95 97 95 171 8 A 52.82 70 73 73 73 90 95 95 90 163 9 A 51.96 70 70 70 70 85 89 92 89 159 10 B 52.90 70 70 70 70 85 89 89 89 159 11 A 52.51 65 70 70 65 85 90 95 90 155 12 B 52.97 67 72 72 67 82 85 86 86 153 13 B 52.94 67 70 72 70 80 83 83 80 150 14 B 50.70 60 64 64 64 70 73 76 73 137 15 B 52.17 49 51 53 51 66 69 69 66 117 A 52.93 66 69 71 66 85 86 86 – –

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