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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg

Women's 53 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date 10 August
Competitors 9 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon  Thailand
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia
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1st, gold medalist(s) Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon  Thailand
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yoon Jin-hee  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Raema Lisa Rumbewas  Indonesia

The women's 53 kg 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.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

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


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