Worlds · October to November 1987
1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
The 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships ran in Daytona Beach, the United States, from 30 October to 1 November 1987. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Cai Jun (44 kg, 145 kg), Huang Xiaoyu (48 kg, 170 kg), Yan Zhangqun (52 kg, 157.5 kg), Cui Aihong (56 kg, 160 kg), Zeng Xinling (60 kg, 180 kg), Gao Lijuan (67.5 kg, 180 kg), Li Hongling (75 kg, 210 kg), Karyn Marshall (82.5 kg, 220 kg) and Han Changmei (+82.5 kg, 210 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 30 Oct 1987
The 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships in numbers
How close each class finished.
Winning margin in each class
The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest final: Women's 67.5 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Women's 48 kg by 32.5 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.
Women's 44 kg
Women's 48 kg
Women's 52 kg
Women's 56 kg
Women's 60 kg
Women's 67.5 kg
Women's 75 kg
Women's 82.5 kg
Women's +82.5 kg
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for, with the total.
Women's 44 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Cai Jun China
|
145 |
| 2 |
Chen Aizhen China
|
137.5 |
| 3 |
 Sibby Flowers United States
|
115 |
Women's 48 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Huang Xiaoyu China
|
170 |
| 2 |
Robin Goad United States
|
137.5 |
| 3 |
 Sandra Gómez Spain
|
122.5 |
Women's 52 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Yan Zhangqun China
|
157.5 |
| 2 |
 Margarita Babadzanova Bulgaria
|
147.5 |
| 3 |
Rachel Silverman United States
|
132.5 |
Women's 56 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cui Aihong China
|
160 |
| 2 |
 Won Soon-yi South Korea
|
145 |
| 3 |
 Stéphanie Genna France
|
142.5 |
Women's 60 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zeng Xinling China
|
180 |
| 2 |
 Ibolya Torma Hungary
|
172.5 |
| 3 |
Gabriela Dimitrova Bulgaria
|
167.5 |
Women's 67.5 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gao Lijuan China
|
180 |
| 2 |
Arlys Johnson-Maxwell United States
|
180 |
| 3 |
Senka Asenova Bulgaria
|
180 |
Women's 75 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Hongling China
|
210 |
| 2 |
Mária Takács Hungary
|
205 |
| 3 |
Tanya Dimitrova Bulgaria
|
195 |
Women's 82.5 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Karyn Marshall United States
|
220 |
| 2 |
Erika Takács Hungary
|
207.5 |
| 3 |
Milena Mileskova Bulgaria
|
202.5 |
Women's +82.5 kg, 1987 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Han Changmei China
|
210 |
| 2 |
Becky Levi United States
|
197.5 |
| 3 |
Snejana Vasileva Bulgaria
|
185 |