The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 7 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Background Lifters from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 - Medallists Hou Zhihui of China and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu of India - along with other participants, Chinese Taipei's Fang Wan-ling, United States' Jourdan Delacruz, Dominican Republic's Beatriz Pirón and Belgium's Nina Sterckx - returns for this event, along with debutants. Among them are Romania's Mihaela Cambei and Venezuela's Katherin Echandia, who are the medallists of the event at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, Rira Suzuki, aged 26, was chosen to replace retired Hiromi Miyake for Japan.
Records
The Olympic record for Clean & Jerk was re-established during the competition:
Category Athlete New record Type Clean & Jerk 117 kg Results Rank Athlete Nation Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Hou Zhihui 89 89 93 89 110 117 117 117 206 Mihaela Cambei 89 91 93 93 106 110 112 112 205 Surodchana Khambao 86 88 88 88 110 112 114 112 200 4 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 85 88 88 88 111 111 114 111 199 5 Jourdan Delacruz 84 87 88 84 105 110 111 111 195 6 Fang Wan-ling 80 83 86 86 102 106 107 107 193 7 Beatriz Pirón 85 88 88 85 102 107 110 107 192 8 Rira Suzuki 83 85 85 83 108 112 117 108 191 9 Katherin Echandia 83 86 86 83 105 107 109 105 188 10 Rosina Randafiarison 75 80 83 80 95 100 100 100180 11 Nicola Lagatao 56 59 62 59 74 77 79 77 136 Nina Sterckx 86 86 86 — — — — —
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