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Lightweight (≤58 kilograms), Women

Date16 August 2004 — 13:00 (B), 16:30 (A)
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Arsis Varon Nikaias, Nikaia
Participants14 from 13 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

China had their choice of lifters in this class, as they had the world record holder, Wang Li; the 2003 World Champion, Sun Caiyan; the 2002 World Champion, Song Zhijuan; the 2002 World runner-up, Liu Bing; and the 2003 Asian Games Champion, Zhou Yan. Instead they chose Chen Yanqing, the 1999 World Champion, who retired in late 2000 after not making the Chinese Olympic team that year. Chen won the gold medal in Athinai with a 5.0 kg margin over North Korean Ri Song-Hui, the 2000 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 World Champion as a featherweight.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Chen YanqingCHN237.5ORGold
2Ri Song-HuiPRK232.5ORSilver
3Wandee KameaimTHA230.0ORBronze
4Aylin DaşdelenTUR225.0OR
5Aleksandra KlejnowskaPOL220.0
6Pak Hyon-SukPRK217.5
7Alexandra EscobarECU215.0
8Patmawati Abdul WahidINA212.5
9Michaela BreezeGBR212.5
10Franca GbodoNGR212.5
11Maryse TurcotteCAN210.0
12Zlatina AtanasovaBUL205.0
13Charikleia KastritsiGRE200.0
14Namkhaidorjiin BayarmaaMGL195.0