The Women's 49 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 24 July at the Tokyo International Forum.[1][2]
| Women's 49 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | ||||||||||||
| Date | 24 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 210 kg OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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China's Hou Zhihui, India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. In group B, Ludia Montero of Cuba, Beatriz Pirón of the Dominican Republic, Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea, Natasha Rosa Figueiredo of Brazil, and Mauritius' Roilya Ranaivosoa earn their places in the top 14.
The bouquets were presented by IWF Delegate Sam Coffa (Olympian in weightlifting, Australia), and medals were presented by IOC Member Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (Spain).
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Hou Zhihui (CHN) |
96 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | |
| Clean & Jerk |  Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) |
119 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | ||
| Total | Hou Zhihui (CHN) |
213 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Olympic Standard | 89 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 111 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | ||
| Total | Olympic Standard | 198 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | ||
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight[3] |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total[4] | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
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Hou Zhihui |  China |
A | 49.00 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 94 OR | 109 | 114 | 116 | 116 OR | 210 OR |
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Saikhom Mirabai Chanu |  India |
A | 48.85 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 202 | ||
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Windy Cantika Aisah |  Indonesia |
A | 48.80 | 84 | 84 | 103 | 108 | 110 | 110 | 194 | ||
| 4 | Fang Wan-ling |  Chinese Taipei |
A | 48.65 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 98 | 101 | 101 | 181 | |
| 5 | Nina Sterckx |  Belgium |
A | 48.75 | 81 | 81 | 99 | 99 | 180 | ||||
| 6 | Ludia Montero |  Cuba |
B | 49.00 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 178 | ||
| 7 | Anaïs Michel |  France |
A | 48.90 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 177 | ||
| 8 | Beatriz Pirón |  Dominican Republic |
B | 49.00 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 95 | 176 | |
| 9 | Natasha Rosa Figueiredo |  Brazil |
B | 48.95 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 173 | ||
| 10 | Dika Toua |  Papua New Guinea |
B | 48.95 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 95 | 95 | 167 | |||
| 11 | Roilya Ranaivosoa |  Mauritius |
B | 48.95 | 73 | 73 | 91 | 91 | 164 | ||||
| — | Jourdan Delacruz |  United States |
A | 48.90 | 83 | 86 | 86 | — | — | ||||
| Hiromi Miyake |  Japan |
A | 48.90 | 74 | 74 | — | — | ||||||
| Kristina Sobol |  ROC |
B | 49.00 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | ||||
New records edit
| Snatch | 92 kg | Hou Zhihui (CHN)
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OR |
| 94 kg | OR | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 114 kg | OR | |
| 115 kg | Mirabai Chanu (IND)
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OR | |
| 116 kg | Hou Zhihui (CHN)
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OR | |
| Total | 203 kg | OR | |
| 208 kg | OR | ||
| 210 kg | OR |
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Women's 49kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Women's 49kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.