Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg explained

The women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum.^{[1] [2]}

The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.

Meanwhile, in the group B, Poland's Joanna Łochowska, Japan's Kanae Yagi, Canada's Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet, Chinese Taipei's Chiang Nien-hsin and Solomon Islands' Mary Kini Lifu earned their top 14 spots.

The bouquets were presented by IWF Executive Board Member Karoliina Lundahl (Olympian in weightlifting, Finland), and the medals were presented by IOC Executive Board Member Mikaela Cojuangco-Jaworski (Philippines).

Background

Two lifters from the previous Olympics - Diaz (silver medallist) and Yagi - returns for the event. Chinshanlo and Łochowska also returns after 9 years since 2012, missing out the Rio Olympics. Two former Nanjing 2014 participants - Chiang (champion in 58 kg; representing Chinese Taipei), and Tunisia's Nouha Landoulsi (bronze medallist at the 53 kg) - made their senior Olympic debuts. Followed by other debutants, they were split into two groups (A and B).

During the snatch, all lifters are well in first attempts, except South Korea's Ham Eun-ji and Yagi who failed to complete. Uzbekistan's Muattar Nabieva later sets new Olympic record for heaviest snatch ever to be lifted. By the later attempts, they had showed improvement in second and third attempts, yet some had still fails. By the end of snatch, Diaz and Łochowska leads A and B groups (total lifts are 97 kg and 84 kg), chased up by Chinshanlo, Liao, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet.

In clean and jerk, Not much difference were occurred. In group A, after failed two earlier attempts, Ham manages to lift on the third attempt, securing her survival. Ukraine's Kamila Konotop cleans all attempts, like Diaz and Liao. Diaz, Liao and Chinshanlo competes in attempts to determine who is winning the medals. With the Kazakh had failed two attempts (123 kg and 125 kg), takes up the bronze, Diaz takes up the gold, lifting 1 kg heavier (224 kg) than Liao (223 kg) who concedes silver, ensuring the Philippines' first gold medal at the Olympics in 100 years. On the other hand, Mexico's Ana Gabriela López and Landoulsi had failed last two attempts. Their total lifts are 195 kg and 196 kg, placing them at bottom two in that group, and Turkmenistan's Kristina Şermetowa missed just one lift (117 kg). With total lifting calculated at 205 kg, she sits at 6th place at the end of the event.

In group B, despite failed third attempts, all lifters earn their spots in total lifting. Łochowska, Yagi and Leblanc-Bazinet leads the group, joined by Chiang and Kini Lifu (whose totals are 176 kg and 154 kg), with total lifts are 189 kg for the Polish, 183 kg for the host country (Japan) and 181 kg for the Canadian. None of these lifters in both groups are eliminated from the event, ensuring their survivals.

During the Victory Ceremony, Diaz, Liao (who had all clean attempts in both parts) and Chinshanlo are awarded medals by Lundahl and Cojuangco-Jarowski.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight[3]	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total[4]
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
			A	54.80	94	97	99	97	119	124	127	127	224
			A	54.65	92	95	97	97	118	123	126	126	223
			A	54.95	90	93	93	90	123	123	125	123	213
4			A	54.95	95	98	98	98	114	114	117	114	212
5			A	54.95	91	94	96	94	106	110	112	112	206
6			A	54.85	90	93	93	90	111	115	117	115	205
7			A	54.90	85	85	90	85	115	115	116	116	201
8			A	54.85	88	92	92	88	108	113	113	108	196
9			A	54.80	90	94	95	90	105	110	110	105	195
10			B	54.70	81	84	86	84	102	102	106	102	186
11			B	54.75	78	78	81	81	99	102	106	102	183
12			B	54.90	79	82	85	82	99	102	102	99	181
13			B	54.80	75	78	81	81	95	100	101	95	176
14			B	54.50	64	67	67	67	84	87	90	87	154

New records

Snatch	98 kg
Clean & Jerk	123 kg
	124 kg
	126 kg
	127 kg
Total	220 kg
	221 kg
	223 kg
	224 kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 17 March 2020.
2. Web site: Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Olympian Database . 17 March 2020.
3. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 55kg Group A Competition Sheet. TOCOG. 26 July 2021. 30 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731232036/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C56B_WLFW55KG--------------FNL-A00100--.pdf. 31 July 2021. dead.
4. Web site: Weightlifting Women's 55kg Results. TOCOG. 26 July 2021. 30 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726124728/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFW55KG--------------FNL---------.pdf. 26 July 2021. dead.