North Korea · Women's 58 kg, August 2004
Ri Song-hui
Ri Song-hui is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1978, with two Olympic medals (2 silver) and three World Championships medals (1 gold, 2 silver). The results below cover 6 competitions from 1999 to 2004. The latest result came in the women's 58 kg class, at the 2004 Olympic Games.
- Olympic medals
- 2
- World medals
- 3
- Best total
- 232.5 kg
- Best snatch
- 102.5 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 131 kg
Ri Song-hui's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 2 silver. World Championships: 1 gold, 2 silver in the total.
Weight classes: 58 kg from 1999 to 2001, 53 kg from 2002 to 2003, 58 kg in 2004. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 57.22 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 61 kg.
Latest result: 2004 Olympic Games, 14 August 2004, 58 kg, total 232.5 kg, place 2.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 kg1999 to 2004 | 102.5 | 131 | 232.5 |
| 53 kg2002 to 2003 | 97.5 | 127.5 | 225 |
Ri Song-hui by the numbers
Ri Song-hui's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 327.2
- From 225 kg at 52.9 kg bodyweight, 2002 World Weightlifting Championships. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 22nd of 834
- 232.5 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the women's 58 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 102.5 kg of 130 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
- Age at best total
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2004, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 6 of 6
- A total at every competition listed.
How often Ri Song-hui makes each attempt
Ri Song-hui made 71% of snatch attempts and 67% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Ri Song-hui head to head
The lifters Ri Song-hui has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Ri Song-hui ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksandra Klejnowska |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Maryse Turcotte |
3 | 3 | 0 |
 Natasha Barker |
3 | 3 | 0 |
Ri Song-hui's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Olympic Games 14 Aug 2004 | 2 | 232.5 | 58 kg | 57.22 | Snatch 102.5, clean and jerk 130; attempts not recorded | |||||
| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Nov 2003 | 2 | 222.5 | 53 kg | 52.68 | 95 | 122.5 | 127.5 | |||
| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships 18 Nov 2002 | 1 | 225 | 53 kg | 52.9 | 97.5 | 122.5 | 125.5 | 127.5 | ||
| 2001 University World Cup 8 Jun 2001 | 1 | 227.5 | 58 kg | 57.35 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 125 | ||
| 2000 Olympic Games 16 Sep 2000 | 2 | 220 | 58 kg | 53.9 | 95 | 97.5 | not taken | 120 | 122.5 | |
| 1999 World Weightlifting Championships 21 Nov 1999 | 2 | 230 | 58 kg | 55.93 | 95 | 97.5 | 100 | 125 | 131 | |
Compare Ri Song-hui
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Ri Song-hui met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.