The women's 58 kilograms weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass.

The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors.

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.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.