1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 70 kg

1997 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	54 kg	46 kg
	59 kg	50 kg
	64 kg	54 kg
	70 kg	59 kg
	76 kg	64 kg
	83 kg	70 kg
	91 kg	76 kg
	99 kg	83 kg
	108 kg	+83 kg
	+108 kg
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The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The women's competition in the 70 kg division was staged on 11 December 1997.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	(CHN)	105.0 kg	(HUN)	100.0 kg	(TPE)	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	(CHN)	130.0 kg	Irina Kasimova (RUS)	122.5 kg	(TPE)	120.0 kg
Total	(CHN)	235.0 kg	(TPE)	217.5 kg	(HUN)	215.0 kg

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

Results[]

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	(CHN)	69.20	100.0	105.5	—		127.5	130.5	—		235.0
	(TPE)	66.85	95.0	95.0	97.5		117.5	120.0	122.5		217.5
	(HUN)	69.60	95.0	97.5	100.0		115.0	115.0	120.0	7	215.0
4	Irina Kasimova (RUS)	67.30	90.0	90.0	90.0	7	120.0	122.5	127.5		212.5
5	(MYA)	68.55	92.5	95.0	95.0	5	120.0	125.0	125.0	4	212.5
6	(PRK)	69.20	92.5	97.5	100.0	4	115.0	120.0	120.0	6	212.5
7	(JPN)	69.65	87.5	92.5	92.5	9	112.5	115.0	115.0	8	202.5
8	Julie Malenfant (CAN)	67.30	87.5	87.5	90.0	6	105.0	110.0	110.0	9	200.0
9	Park Mi-jung (KOR)	69.00	85.0	90.0	90.0	10	110.0	115.0	120.0	5	200.0
10	(RUS)	67.75	82.5	87.5	90.0	8	102.5	105.0	107.5	13	195.0
11	Nagwan El-Zawawi (EGY)	68.15	77.5	80.0	82.5	11	105.0	105.0	110.0	10	192.5
12	Anastasia Tsakiri (GRE)	65.95	77.5	82.5	82.5	13	92.5	97.5	102.5	14	180.0
13	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	68.85	77.5	77.5	82.5	12	90.0	95.0	97.5	15	177.5
—	(GBR)	67.60	85.0	85.0	85.0	—	100.0	105.0	107.5	13	—
—	Maria Tatsi (GRE)	69.00	82.5	82.5	82.5	—	100.0	115.0	115.0	11	—

New records[]

Snatch	105.5 kg	(CHN)	WR
Clean & Jerk	130.5 kg	(CHN)	WR
Total	235.0 kg	(CHN)	WR

References[]

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 6