1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg

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The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the featherweight (53 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Wang Xiufen (CHN) 92.5 kg  Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 87.5 kg  Robin Goad (USA) 82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Wang Xiufen (CHN) 117.5 kg  Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 105.0 kg  Robin Goad (USA) 100.0 kg
Total  Wang Xiufen (CHN) 210.0 kg  Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 192.5 kg  Robin Goad (USA) 182.5 kg

Records[]

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

World Record Snatch   (CHN) 95.0 kg Chongqing, China 17 September 1998
Clean & Jerk   (CHN) 113.0 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 19 May 1998
Total   (CHN) 207.5 kg Chongqing, China 17 September 1998

Results[]

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Wang Xiufen (CHN) 52.65 85.0 90.0 92.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 110.0 115.0 117.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 210.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 52.21 82.5 87.5 90.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 105.0 115.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 192.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Robin Goad (USA) 52.73 80.0 82.5 85.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 100.0 105.0 105.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 182.5
4   (ESP) 52.58 67.5 70.0 72.5 7 90.0 95.0 97.5 4 170.0
5   (VEN) 52.69 72.5 77.5 77.5 8 92.5 97.5 100.0 5 170.0
6  Dagmar Daneková (SVK) 52.49 72.5 72.5 75.0 5 92.5 95.0 97.5 6 165.0
7   (GRE) 52.51 67.5 70.0 72.5 6 85.0 87.5 90.0 7 160.0
8   (ITA) 52.65 65.0 70.0 70.0 12 85.0 87.5 87.5 8 152.5
9  Tarana Abbasova (AZE) 52.71 67.5 67.5 70.0 9 82.5 85.0 85.0 10 150.0
10   (SWE) 52.79 67.5 72.5 72.5 10 82.5 85.0 85.0 11 150.0
11   (EGY) 52.08 60.0 62.5 65.0 14 77.5 82.5 85.0 9 145.0
12   (EGY) 51.99 60.0 62.5 62.5 13 77.5 82.5 82.5 12 140.0
13   (ISR) 52.39 60.0 65.0 65.0 11 70.0 75.0 80.0 13 140.0
  (NRU) 52.81 60.0 65.0 65.0 15 80.0
 Melanie Kosoff (USA) 52.99 77.5 80.0 80.0 4 107.5 107.5 107.5

New records[]

Clean & Jerk 115.0 kg  Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR
117.5 kg  Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR
Total 210.0 kg  Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR

References[]

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