Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

The women's 75 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 20.[1][2]

Women's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date20 September
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ruth Ogbeifo  Nigeria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kuo Yi-hang  Chinese Taipei
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Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

Schedule edit

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

Date Time Event
20 September 2000 14:30 Group A

Records edit

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

World Record Snatch   Tang Weifang (CHN) 116.0 kg Wuhan, China 3 September 1999
Clean & Jerk   Sun Tianni (CHN) 142.5 kg Osaka, Japan 6 May 2000
Total   Sun Tianni (CHN) 257.5 kg Osaka, Japan 6 May 2000
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 115.0 kg 1 January 1997
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 142.5 kg 1 January 1997
Total Olympic Standard 257.5 kg 1 January 1997

Results edit

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
    María Isabel Urrutia (COL) A 73.28 105.0 110.0 110.0 110.0 132.5 135.0 137.5 135.0 245.0
    Ruth Ogbeifo (NGR) A 74.20 105.0 110.0 110.0 105.0 135.0 140.0 142.5 140.0 245.0
    Kuo Yi-hang (TPE) A 74.52 105.0 107.5 110.0 107.5 135.0 137.5 140.0 137.5 245.0
4   Kim Soon-hee (KOR) A 73.84 105.0 110.0 110.0 105.0 135.0 137.5 140.0 135.0 240.0
5   Gyöngyi Likerecz (HUN) A 74.16 102.5 105.0 107.5 105.0 122.5 125.0 125.0 122.5 227.5
6   Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) A 74.38 102.5 107.5 107.5 102.5 125.0 132.5 132.5 125.0 227.5
7   Cara Heads (USA) A 72.64 102.5 102.5 102.5 102.5 120.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 222.5
8   Wanda Rijo (DOM) A 73.74 90.0 95.0 100.0 95.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 215.0
9   Mónica Carrió (ESP) A 74.18 92.5 95.0 95.0 95.0 110.0 110.0 115.0 110.0 205.0
  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) A 74.36 102.5 102.5 102.5
  Tatyana Khromova (KAZ) A 74.68 105.0 110.0 112.5 110.0 132.5 132.5 132.5

References edit

  1. ^ "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Women's 75 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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