On the fifth day of the Olympics (10^th August), world championships’ gold and silver medalist M.Ankhtsetseg in the women’s 69 kg category came eighth. Aged 18, M.Ankhtsetseg lifted total of 237 kg. It is a new record in Mongolian weightlifting athletes.

A total of 10 athletes competed in this category. China's Xiang Yanmei lifted 261 kg and won gold and Kazakhstan's Zhazira Zhapparkul (259 kg) silver . Sara Ahmed, an 18-year-old Egyptian weightlifter, won bronze in her 69-kilogram division, to become the first Arab woman to be presented with an Olympic medal in weightlifting. She is also the first Egyptian woman to win a medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.