# Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg

The women's 53 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 29 July.

## Summary

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.
The original gold medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan was disqualified from the Games on 27 October 2016, and her medal, results and records stripped. Re-analysis of Chinshanlo's samples from London 2012 had resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substances oxandrolone and stanozolol, both anabolic steroids.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 29 July 2012 | 12:30 | Group B |
| 29 July 2012 | 15:30 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Ping (CHN) | 103 kg | Guangzhou, China | 14 November 2010 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) | 130 kg | Paris, France | 6 November 2011 |
| World Record | Total | Li Ping (CHN) | 230 kg | Guangzhou, China | 14 November 2010 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Yang Xia (CHN) | 100 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon (THA) | 126 kg | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Yang Xia (CHN) | 225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |

## 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 |
| | Hsu Shu-ching (TPE) | A | 52.41 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 96 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 219 |
| | Citra Febrianti (INA) | A | 52.53 | 88 | 91 | 94 | 91 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 115 | 206 |
| | Iulia Paratova (UKR) | A | 52.43 | 91 | 94 | 94 | 91 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 199 |
| 4 | Rusmeris Villar (COL) | A | 52.59 | 87 | 87 | 90 | 87 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 109 | 196 |
| 5 | Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | A | 52.67 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 108 | 112 | 113 | 112 | 196 |
| 6 | Nguyễn Thị Thúy (VIE) | B | 52.23 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 110 | 110 | 115 | 110 | 195 |
| 7 | Yu Weili (HKG) | B | 52.95 | 86 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 105 | 195 |
| 8 | Inmara Henríquez (VEN) | B | 52.84 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 107 | 110 | 113 | 113 | 194 |
| 9 | Julia Rohde (GER) | B | 52.45 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 108 | 193 |
| 10 | Kanae Yagi (JPN) | B | 52.36 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 82 | 105 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 191 |
| 11 | Joanna Łochowska (POL) | A | 52.57 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 104 | 107 | 110 | 107 | 191 |
| 12 | Dika Toua (PNG) | B | 52.48 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 174 |
| 13 | Helena Wong (SIN) | B | 52.31 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 134 |
| — | Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | A | 52.95 | 94 | 94 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Zhou Jun (CHN) | B | 52.80 | 95 | 95 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Aylin Daşdelen (TUR) | A | 52.91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 124 | 129 | — | — | — |
| DQ | Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) | A | 52.70 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 95 | 125 | 131 | 135 | 131 | 226 |
| DQ | Cristina Iovu (MDA) | A | 52.79 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 120 | 219 |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 131 kg | Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) | WR |
| Total | 226 kg | Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) | OR |