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Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg

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Start date
  
2004

Competitors
  
8

Location
  
Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall, Greece

Venue
  
Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall

The women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on August 15.

Contents

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.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Records

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

Results

  • Sanamacha Chanu of India originally finished fourth, but she was disqualified after she tested positive for furosemide.
  • References

    Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 53 kg Wikipedia