Worlds · November 1989
1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
The 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships ran in Manchester, Great Britain, from 24 to 26 November 1989. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Xing Fen (44 kg, 165 kg), Huang Xiaoyu (48 kg, 172.5 kg), Peng Liping (52 kg, 185 kg), Xing Liwei (56 kg, 180 kg), Ma Na (60 kg, 202.5 kg), Guo Qiuxiang (67.5 kg, 220 kg), Milena Trendafilova (75 kg, 220 kg), Li Hongling (82.5 kg, 240 kg) and Han Changmei (+82.5 kg, 242.5 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 24 Nov 1989
The 1989 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 60 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Women's 44 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, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Xing Fen China
|
165 |
| 2 |
 Kunjarani Devi India
|
132.5 |
| 3 |
 Bastiyah Said Muhamad Indonesia
|
130 |
Women's 48 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Huang Xiaoyu China
|
172.5 |
| 2 |
 Choi Myung-shik South Korea
|
147.5 |
| 3 | Chu Nan-mei Chinese Taipei | 137.5 |
Women's 52 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Peng Liping China
|
185 |
| 2 |
 Hiromi Uemura Japan
|
155 |
| 3 |
 Siyka Stoeva Bulgaria
|
147.5 |
Women's 56 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Xing Liwei China
|
180 |
| 2 |
Janeta Georgieva Bulgaria
|
162.5 |
| 3 |
Lalita Polley India
|
160 |
Women's 60 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ma Na China
|
202.5 |
| 2 |
Camelia Nikolaeva Bulgaria
|
202.5 |
| 3 |
Daniela Kerkelova Bulgaria
|
182.5 |
Women's 67.5 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Guo Qiuxiang China
|
220 |
| 2 |
 Mária Takács Hungary
|
200 |
| 3 |
Valkana Tosheva Bulgaria
|
190 |
Women's 75 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Milena Trendafilova Bulgaria
|
220 |
| 2 |
Zhang Xiaoli China
|
215 |
| 3 |
 Arlys Johnson-Maxwell United States
|
202.5 |
Women's 82.5 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Hongling China
|
240 |
| 2 |
 María Isabel Urrutia Colombia
|
230 |
| 3 |
 Judy Oakes Great Britain
|
202.5 |
Women's +82.5 kg, 1989 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Han Changmei China
|
242.5 |
| 2 |
Karyn Marshall United States
|
240 |
| 3 |
Carol Cady United States
|
185 |