Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 71 kg

The Women's 71 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place on 9 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.[1]

Women's 71 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueParis Expo Porte de Versailles
Date9 August 2024
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Winning total262 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olivia Reeves  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mari Sánchez  Colombia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angie Palacios  Ecuador
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Olivia Reeves won the United States' first gold medal in weightlifting since 2000.[2]

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Angie Palacios (ECU) 121 kg Havana, Cuba 14 June 2023
Clean & Jerk   Song Kuk-hyang (PRK) 154 kg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 7 February 2024
Total   Liao Guifang (CHN) 273 kg Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 13 September 2023
Olympic Record Snatch Olympic Standard 115 kg
Clean & Jerk Olympic Standard 148 kg
Total Olympic Standard 265 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Category Athlete New record Type
Snatch   Angie Palacios (ECU) 116 kg OR
Snatch   Olivia Reeves (USA) 117 kg OR

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
  Olivia Reeves   United States 112 115 117 117 OR 140 145 150 145 262
  Mari Sánchez   Colombia 108 112 112 112 135 140 145 145 257
  Angie Palacios   Ecuador 110 114 116 116 135 138 140 140 256
4 Siuzanna Valodzka   Individual Neutral Athletes 108 111 113 111 135 140 142 135 246
5 Marie Fegue   France 110 110 114 110 132 133 138 133 243
6 Chen Wen-huei   Chinese Taipei 102 103 106 103 133 139 140 133 236
7 Joy Ogbonne Eze   Nigeria 95 101 105 101 120 127 131 131 232
8 Amanda Schott   Brazil 100 104 106 106 117 123 131 123 229
9 Neama Said   Egypt 97 101 102 97 120 125 125 222
10 Jacqueline Nichele   Australia 90 94 98 94 115 120 120 115 209
Loredana Toma   Romania 111 115 117 115 131 133 134 DNF
Vanessa Sarno   Philippines 100 100 100 DNF

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References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting Competition Schedule". Paris 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ https://www.usopc.org/news/2024/august/11/team-usa-closes-remarkable-olympic-games-paris-2024-with-record-setting-performances
  3. ^ "Women's 71kg - Results" (PDF). Olympics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.