Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 75 kg

The Women's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 12 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.

Women's 75 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	12 August 2016
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Winning total	274 kg
Medalists
Rim Jong-sim  North Korea Darya Naumava  Belarus Lydia Valentín  Spain

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Event
12 August 2016	12:30	Group B
	15:30	Group A

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	135 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
	Clean & Jerk	Kim Un-ju (PRK)	164 kg	Incheon, South Korea	25 September 2014
	Total	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	296 kg	Belgorod, Russia	17 December 2011
Olympic record	Snatch	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	131 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
	Clean & Jerk	Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ)	161 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012
	Total	Natalia Zabolotnaya (RUS)	291 kg	London, United Kingdom	3 August 2012

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Rim Jong-sim	North Korea	A	74.47	117	121	121	121	145	153	162	153	274
	Darya Naumava	Belarus	A	74.63	107	112	116	116	136	139	142	142	258
	Lydia Valentín	Spain	A	74.00	112	116	116	116	135	138	141	141	257
4	Ubaldina Valoyes	Colombia	A	74.28	106	109	111	111	131	136	138	136	247
5	Iryna Dekha	Ukraine	A	74.89	111	114	116	114	133	138	141	133	247
6	Jenny Arthur	United States	A	74.65	103	103	107	107	130	135	141	135	242
7	María Fernanda Valdés	Chile	B	74.66	107	107	107	107	135	142	142	135	242
8	Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke	France	A	73.61	102	107	107	102	132	135	140	135	237
9	Alejandra Garza	Mexico	B	74.59	98	98	101	98	125	125	126	126	224
10	Sona Poghosyan	Armenia	B	72.52	92	97	100	97	115	122	126	126	223
11	Mary Opeloge	Samoa	B	74.56	97	100	102	100	115	117	118	118	218
12	Natalia Prișcepa	Moldova	B	73.72	93	97	100	97	110	116	123	116	213
13	Assiya İpek	Turkey	B	69.77	80	83	85	83	95	100	103	103	186
14	Samira Ouass	Morocco	B	73.68	70	75	80	75	90	96	97	97	172
–	Jaqueline Ferreira	Brazil	A	74.89	103	103	103	–	–	–	–	–	–