# Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 58 kg

The women's 58 kilograms 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.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 11 August 2008 | 15:30 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | 111 kg | Doha, Qatar | 3 December 2006 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Qiu Hongmei (CHN) | 141 kg | Tai'an, China | 23 April 2007 |
| World Record | Total | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | 251 kg | Doha, Qatar | 3 December 2006 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | 107 kg | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 130 kg | — | 1 January 1997 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | 237 kg | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | A | 57.66 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 106 | 130 | 132 | 138 | 138 | 244 |
| | O Jong-ae (PRK) | A | 57.15 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 125 | 131 | 131 | 131 | 226 |
| | Wandee Kameaim (THA) | A | 57.25 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 125 | 128 | 129 | 128 | 226 |
| 4 | Alexandra Escobar (ECU) | A | 57.82 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 120 | 124 | 127 | 124 | 223 |
| 5 | Romela Begaj (ALB) | A | 57.56 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 110 | 115 | 118 | 118 | 216 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | A | 57.66 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 95 | 120 | 125 | 126 | 120 | 215 |
| 7 | Roxana Cocoș (ROU) | A | 57.88 | 82 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 111 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 204 |
| 8 | Geralee Vega (PUR) | A | 57.51 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 112 | 115 | 116 | 112 | 202 |
| 9 | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | A | 57.70 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 90 | 105 | 110 | 113 | 110 | 200 |
| 10 | Hidilyn Diaz (PHI) | A | 56.28 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 102 | 102 | 107 | 107 | 192 |
| 11 | Wendy Hale (SOL) | A | 57.15 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 173 |
| DQ | Marina Shainova (RUS) | A | 57.93 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 125 | 128 | 129 | 129 | 227 |
* Marina Shainova of Russia originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a re-analysis of her 2008 sample tested positive for steroids.

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 131 kg | O Jong-ae (PRK) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 132 kg | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 138 kg | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | OR |
| Total | 238 kg | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | OR |
| Total | 244 kg | Chen Yanqing (CHN) | OR |