Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg
- Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg
Infobox Olympic event
event = Women's 53 kg weightlifting
games = 2008 Summer
caption =
venue = Beihang University Gymnasium
date = August 10, 15:30–17:10
competitors = 9
nations = 9
win_label = Winning total
win_value = 221 kg
gold = Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon flagIOC|THA|2008 Summer
silver = Yoon Jin-Hee flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer
bronze = Nastassia Novikava flagIOC|BLR|2008 Summer
The women's 53kg weightlifting event was the second lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30. This event was the second Weightlifting event to conclude.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
* OR = Olympic Record, NR = National Record
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