Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg
| Women's 58 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beihang University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
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Chen Yanqing |
 China
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O Jong-ae |
 North Korea
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Wandee Kameaim |
 Thailand
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The women's 58 kg weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 12:30, and Group A, at 15:30. This event was the fourth 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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