Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 53 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 53 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	17 March 2006
Competitors	5 from 5 nations
Winning total weight	188
Medalists
Maryse Turcotte    Canada   Dika Toua    Papua New Guinea   Nadeene Latif    Australia

Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

The Women's 53 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 17 March 2006. The weightlifter from Canada won the gold, lifting a total weight of 188 kg.^[1]

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

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

World record	Snatch	Ri Song-hui (PRK)	102 kg	Busan, South Korea	1 October 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Li Xuejiu (CHN)	127 kg	Warsaw, Poland	20 November 2002
	Total	Yang Xia (CHN)	225 kg	Sydney, Australia	18 September 2000
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Nandini Devi (IND)	87 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	10 September 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	115 kg	Collingwood, Canada	19 May 2001
	Total	Nandini Devi (IND)	200 kg	Qinhuangdao, China	10 September 2003
Games record	Snatch	Sanamacha Chanu (IND)	82 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Sanamacha Chanu (IND)	100 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002
	Total	Sanamacha Chanu (IND)	182 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk	103 kg	Dika Toua (PNG)	GR
	105 kg	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	GR
	108 kg	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	GR
Total	185 kg	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	GR
	188 kg	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	GR

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Maryse Turcotte	Canada	A	52.80	78	80	82	80	105	108	108	108	188
	Dika Toua	Papua New Guinea	A	52.87	75	78	80	78	103	108	108	103	181
	Nadeene Latif	Australia	A	52.32	62	65	66	66	83	86	–	86	152
4	Clementina Agricole	Seychelles	A	52.39	65	65	67	67	85	85	90	85	152
5	Wendy Hale	Solomon Islands	A	52.95	60	60	62	62	75	80	84	80	142