1996 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 3 to May 11, 1996. There were 102 women in action from 24 nations.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
46 kg (details)
Snatch	China	77.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	70.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	67.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	95.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	90.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	87.5 kg
Total	China	172.5 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	157.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	157.5 kg
50 kg (details)
Snatch	Liu Xiuhua  China	80.0 kg	South Korea	80.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Xiuhua  China	105.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	95.0 kg	South Korea	95.0 kg
Total	Liu Xiuhua  China	185.0 kg	South Korea	175.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg
54 kg (details)
Snatch	Zhang Xixiang  China	87.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	85.0 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Xixiang  China	110.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	102.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	102.5 kg
Total	Zhang Xixiang  China	197.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	187.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	187.5 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Xiaomin  China	99.0 kg WR	Greece	90.0 kg	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	112.5 kg	Chen Xiaomin  China	110.0 kg	Greece	107.5 kg
Total	Chen Xiaomin  China	207.5 kg	Greece	197.5 kg	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	197.5 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch	China	106.0 kg WR	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	100.0 kg	France	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	120.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	115.0 kg	South Korea	115.0 kg
Total	China	225.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	215.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	202.5 kg
70 kg (details)
Snatch	Hungary	97.5 kg	China	95.0 kg	Russia	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	122.5 kg	South Korea	120.0 kg
Total	China	222.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	212.5 kg	South Korea	212.5 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch	China	97.5 kg	Hungary	95.0 kg	Theresa Brick  Canada	95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	127.5 kg	Hungary	120.0 kg	Greece	120.0 kg
Total	China	225.0 kg	Hungary	215.0 kg	Greece	210.0 kg
83 kg (details)
Snatch	China	110.0 kg WR	Chinese Taipei	107.5 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	135.0 kg	Chinese Taipei	135.0 kg	China	132.5 kg
Total	China	242.5 kg WR	Chinese Taipei	242.5 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	235.0 kg
+83 kg (details)
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	107.5 kg	China	102.5 kg	France	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	China	137.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	125.0 kg
Total	China	240.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	232.5 kg	Chinese Taipei	227.5 kg

Medal table[]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	0	0	9
2	Chinese Taipei	0	3	4	7
3	Greece	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
6	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	23	3	1	27
2	Hungary	1	3	0	4
3	Finland	1	1	1	3
4	Colombia	1	0	2	3
	Japan	1	0	2	3
6	Chinese Taipei	0	12	6	18
7	India	0	2	4	6
	South Korea	0	2	4	6
9	Greece	0	2	3	5
10	Russia	0	2	1	3
11	France	0	0	2	2
12	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		27	27	27	81

Participating nations[]

102 competitors from 24 nations competed.

See also[]

• Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References[]

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics