The women's 63 kilograms weightlifting event at the

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Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the

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, 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. On 15 June 2016, it was announced that gold medalist

Maiya Maneza Maiya Salakharqyzy Maneza ( kk, Майя Салахарқызы Манеза; russian: Майя Салахаровна Манеза; born 1 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani weightlifter. She initially won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the 2012 Olympic competition. On 27 July 2016, the IWF reported in the second wave of re-sampling that silver medalist Svetlana Tsarukaeva had tested positive for the steroid

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. On 5 April 2017 it was announced that as a result of retesting samples she had been disqualified for a drug violation, and her silver medal withdrawn.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC+01:00)

Records

Results

New records

References

Results
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