Worlds · May to June 1990
1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
The 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships ran in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, from 26 May to 3 June 1990. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Wu Xiangmei (44 kg, 152.5 kg), Cai Jun (48 kg, 165 kg), Liao Shuping (52 kg, 177.5 kg), Wu Haiqing (56 kg, 190 kg), Maria Christoforidou (60 kg, 197.5 kg), Wang Genying (67.5 kg, 212.5 kg), Milena Trendafilova (75 kg, 237.5 kg), María Isabel Urrutia (82.5 kg, 230 kg) and Li Yajuan (+82.5 kg, 245 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 26 May 1990
The 1990 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 finals: Women's 67.5 kg and Women's +82.5 kg each came down to 2.5 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Women's 82.5 kg by 20 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, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Wu Xiangmei China
|
152.5 |
| 2 |
 Satomi Saito Japan
|
140 |
| 3 |
 Bastiyah Said Muhamad Indonesia
|
135 |
Women's 48 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cai Jun China
|
165 |
| 2 |
 Choi Myung-shik South Korea
|
150 |
| 3 |
 Ri Yong-hwa North Korea
|
147.5 |
Women's 52 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liao Shuping China
|
177.5 |
| 2 |
Hiromi Uemura Japan
|
167.5 |
| 3 |
 Pauline Haughton Great Britain
|
150 |
Women's 56 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wu Haiqing China
|
190 |
| 2 | Ni Chia-ping Chinese Taipei | 175 |
| 3 |
 Janeta Georgieva Bulgaria
|
175 |
Women's 60 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Maria Christoforidou Greece
|
197.5 |
| 2 |
Ji Qinghua China
|
192.5 |
| 3 |
Daniela Kerkelova Bulgaria
|
187.5 |
Women's 67.5 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wang Genying China
|
212.5 |
| 2 |
Camelia Nikolaeva Bulgaria
|
210 |
| 3 |
 Mária Takács Hungary
|
202.5 |
Women's 75 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Milena Trendafilova Bulgaria
|
237.5 |
| 2 |
Li Changping China
|
220 |
| 3 | Chen Shu-chih Chinese Taipei | 205 |
Women's 82.5 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 María Isabel Urrutia Colombia
|
230 |
| 2 |
Valkana Tosheva Bulgaria
|
210 |
| 3 |
Chung Sook-kwon South Korea
|
185 |
Women's +82.5 kg, 1990 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Yajuan China
|
245 |
| 2 |
 Karyn Marshall United States
|
242.5 |
| 3 |
Christina Ilieva Bulgaria
|
197.5 |