Women's 55 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Athletes' introduction before the event, picuted by NOC of Ukraine. From left: Konotop, Chinshanlo, Landoulsi, Liao, Nabieva, Diaz, Ham, López and Şermetowa.
Venue	Tokyo International Forum
Date	26 July 2021
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Winning total	224 kg OR
Medalists
Hidilyn Diaz  Philippines Liao Qiuyun  China Zulfiya Chinshanlo  Kazakhstan

Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Men	Women
	61 kg	49 kg
	67 kg	55 kg
	73 kg	59 kg
	81 kg	64 kg
	96 kg	76 kg
	109 kg	87 kg
	+109 kg	+87 kg

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).

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Li Yajun (CHN)	102 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	3 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	129 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	20 September 2019
	Total	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	227 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	20 September 2019
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	97 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	121 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Total	Olympic Standard	217 kg	—	1 November 2018

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight[3]	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total[4]
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Hidilyn Diaz	Philippines	A	54.80	94	97	99	97	119	124	127	127 OR	224 OR
	Liao Qiuyun	China	A	54.65	92	95	97	97	118	123	126	126	223
	Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Kazakhstan	A	54.95	90	93	93	90	123	123	125	123	213
4	Muattar Nabieva	Uzbekistan	A	54.95	95	98	98	98 OR	114	114	117	114	212
5	Kamila Konotop	Ukraine	A	54.95	91	94	96	94	106	110	112	112	206
6	Kristina Şermetowa	Turkmenistan	A	54.85	90	93	93	90	111	115	117	115	205
7	Ham Eun-ji	South Korea	A	54.90	85	85	90	85	115	115	116	116	201
8	Nouha Landoulsi	Tunisia	A	54.85	88	92	92	88	108	113	113	108	196
9	Ana Gabriela López	Mexico	A	54.80	90	94	95	90	105	110	110	105	195
10	Joanna Łochowska	Poland	B	54.70	81	84	86	84	102	102	106	102	186
11	Kanae Yagi	Japan	B	54.75	78	78	81	81	99	102	106	102	183
12	Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet	Canada	B	54.90	79	82	85	82	99	102	102	99	181
13	Chiang Nien-hsin	Chinese Taipei	B	54.80	75	78	81	81	95	100	101	95	176
14	Mary Kini Lifu	Solomon Islands	B	54.50	64	67	67	67	84	87	90	87	154

New records

Snatch	98 kg	Muattar Nabieva (UZB)	OR
Clean & Jerk	123 kg	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	OR
	124 kg	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	OR
	126 kg	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	OR
	127 kg	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	OR
Total	220 kg	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	OR
	221 kg	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	OR
	223 kg	Liao Qiuyun (CHN)	OR
	224 kg	Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)	OR

References