Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 53 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Dates	6 April 2018
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Winning total weight	192
Medalists
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu    India   Dika Toua    Papua New Guinea   Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet    Canada
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Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	90 kg
	+105 kg	+90 kg
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The Women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 6 April 2018. The weightlifter from India won the gold, with a combined lift of 192 kg.^[1]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Snatch	Li Ping (CHN)	103 kg	Guangzhou, China	14 November 2010
	Clean & Jerk	Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)	134 kg	Almaty, Kazakhstan	10 November 2014
	Total	Hsu Shu-ching (TPE)	233 kg	Incheon, South Korea	21 September 2014
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Marilou Dozois-Prévost (CAN)	88 kg	Scarborough, Canada	22 May 2011
	Clean & Jerk	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	115 kg	Collingwood, Canada	19 May 2001
	Total	Chinenye Fidelis (NGR)	202 kg	Nairobi, Kenya	31 March 2012
Games record	Snatch	Swarti Singh (IND)	83 kg	Glasgow, Scotland	25 July 2014
	Clean & Jerk	Dika Toua (PNG)	111 kg	Glasgow, Scotland	25 July 2014
	Total	Dika Toua (PNG)	193 kg	Glasgow, Scotland	25 July 2014

The following record was established during the competition.

Snatch

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Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (IND)

GR

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (IND)	52.65	81	83	84	84	104	108	112	108	192
	Dika Toua (PNG)	52.93	78	80	82	80	102	109	113	102	182
	Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN)	52.95	78	81	83	81	98	98	100	100	181
4	Chamari Warnakulasuriya (SRI)	52.80	74	78	80	78	94	99	104	94	172
5	Fraer Morrow (ENG)	52.97	71	73	75	73	92	95	99	99	172
6	Phillipa Patterson (NZL)	52.65	73	76	76	76	91	93	95	95	171
7	Sharifah Inani Najwa Syd Anuar (MAS)	52.83	75	78	78	75	95	101	101	95	170
8	Tegan Napper (AUS)	52.90	75	75	78	75	91	94	95	91	166
9	Mary Kini Lifu (SOL)	52.96	65	70	73	73	85	90	93	93	166
10	Ruth Baffoe (GHA)	52.44	73	75	77	77	85	88	90	88	165
11	Catrin Jones (WAL)	52.46	70	72	75	72	90	93	95	93	165
12	Fullapati Chakma (BAN)	52.60	62	66	68	68	80	85	86	85	153
	Liebon Akua (NRU)	52.89	53	56	58	58	63	68	69	–	–
	Fatima Yakubu (NGR)	52.93	74	77	77	—					DNF

• Results