| Women's +87 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | ||||||||||||
| Date | 2 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 320 kg OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 +87 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 2 August 2021 at the Tokyo International Forum.[1][2] During the competition, Laurel Hubbard made history by becoming the first transgender woman athlete to compete in the Olympics.[3]
Li Wenwen from China won the gold, making three new Olympic records in the process, for snatch, clean & jerk as well as for the combined weight lifted.
The bouquets were presented by IWF Interim President Dr. Michael Irani (Great Britain), and medals were presented by IOC Member Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (Spain).
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Li Wenwen (CHN) |
148 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 25 April 2021 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Wenwen (CHN) |
187 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 25 April 2021 | ||
| Total | Li Wenwen (CHN) |
335 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 25 April 2021 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Olympic Standard | 139 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 172 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | ||
| Total | Olympic Standard | 306 kg | — | 1 November 2018 | ||
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight[4] |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total[5] | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
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Li Wenwen |  China |
A | 150.10 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 140 OR | 162 | 173 | 180 | 180 OR | 320 OR |
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Emily Campbell |  Great Britain |
A | 124.80 | 118 | 122 | 122 | 150 | 156 | 161 | 161 | 283 | |
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Sarah Robles |  United States |
A | 148.30 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 128 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 282 | |
| 4 | Lee Seon-mi |  South Korea |
A | 118.90 | 118 | 122 | 125 | 125 | 148 | 152 | 152 | 277 | |
| 5 | Nurul Akmal |  Indonesia |
A | 113.55 | 107 | 111 | 115 | 115 | 141 | 141 | 256 | ||
| 6 | Charisma Amoe-Tarrant |  Australia |
A | 154.05 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 123 | 128 | 138 | 138 | 243 |
| 7 | Verónica Saladín |  Dominican Republic |
A | 126.20 | 105 | 111 | 111 | 125 | 131 | – | 131 | 242 | |
| 8 | Kuinini Manumua |  Tonga |
A | 108.50 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 125 | 125 | 228 | |||
| 9 | Eyurkenia Duverger |  Cuba |
B | 103.65 | 96 | 96 | 120 | 124 | 129 | 129 | 225 | ||
| 10 | Sarah Fischer |  Austria |
A | 93.35 | 93 | 97 | 97 | 117 | 123 | 123 | 220 | ||
| 11 | Anna Van Bellinghen |  Belgium |
B | 87.10 | 96 | 96 | 115 | 119 | 123 | 123 | 219 | ||
| 12 | Erdenebatyn Bilegsaikhan |  Mongolia |
B | 80 | 85 | 85 | 115 | 120 | 122 | 122 | 207 | ||
| 13 | Scarleth Ucelo |  Guatemala |
B | 113.50 | 87 | 87 | 107 | 112 | 116 | 116 | 203 | ||
| – | Laurel Hubbard |  New Zealand |
A | 146.70 | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |||
New records
| Snatch | 140 kg | Li Wenwen (CHN)
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OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 173 kg | OR | |
| 180 kg | OR | ||
| Total | 313 kg | OR | |
| 320 kg | OR |
References
- ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Schedule - Weightlifting Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be first trans athlete to compete at Olympics". The Guardian. 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Women's +87kg | Group A Competition Sheet" (PDF). TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifting | Women's +87kg | Results" (PDF). TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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