Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 53 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue
Dates	October 24
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Yuderquis Contreras   Dominican Republic   Inmara Henriquez   Venezuela     Mexico
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Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American 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	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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The women's 53 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held on October 23 at the .^[1] The defending champion was Yuderquis Contreras from the Dominican Republic.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. This weightlifting event was the second lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass.

Schedule[]

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Results[]

11 athletes from 9 countries took part.^[2]

• PR – Pan American Games record

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)[3]
	Yuderquis Contreras	Dominican Republic	A	52.63	96 PR	110	206
	Inmara Henriquez	Venezuela	A	52.57	80	109	189
		Mexico	A	52.41	83	105	188
4	Yineisy Reyes	Dominican Republic	A	52.86	88	95	183
5		United States	A	52.60	75	100	175
6		Argentina	A	52.03	72	93	165
7		Ecuador	A	52.89	67	94	161
8		Guatemala	A	52.31	68	83	151
9		Puerto Rico	A	52.20	60	78	138
10		Puerto Rico	A	52.89	62	76	138
11		Honduras	A	51.83	56	65	121

New records[]

The following records were established and improved upon during the competition.^[3]

Snatch

96.0 kg

Yuderquis Contreras (DOM)

PR

References[]

External links[]

• Weightlifting schedule