Worlds · May 1996
1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
The 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships ran in Warsaw, Poland, from 3 to 11 May 1996. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Guan Hong (46 kg, 172.5 kg), Liu Xiuhua (50 kg, 185 kg), Zhang Xixiang (54 kg, 197.5 kg), Chen Xiaomin (59 kg, 207.5 kg), Li Hongyun (64 kg, 225 kg), Tang Weifang (70 kg, 222.5 kg), Li Yan (76 kg, 225 kg), Wei Xiangying (83 kg, 242.5 kg) and Wan Ni (+83 kg, 240 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 3 May 1996
The 1996 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 83 kg ended with gold and silver on the same total, decided by bodyweight, the lighter lifter ahead. The widest: Women's 46 kg by 15 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.
Women's 46 kg
Women's 50 kg
Women's 54 kg
Women's 59 kg
Women's 64 kg
Women's 70 kg
Women's 76 kg
Women's 83 kg
Women's +83 kg
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for, with the total.
Women's 46 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Guan Hong China
|
172.5 |
| 2 |
 Kunjarani Devi India
|
157.5 |
| 3 | Tsai Huey-woan Chinese Taipei | 157.5 |
Women's 50 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liu Xiuhua China
|
185 |
| 2 |
 Choi Myung-shik South Korea
|
175 |
| 3 | Chu Nan-mei Chinese Taipei | 172.5 |
Women's 54 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Zhang Xixiang China
|
197.5 |
| 2 | Kuo Ping-chun Chinese Taipei | 187.5 |
| 3 |
Karnam Malleswari India
|
187.5 |
Women's 59 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chen Xiaomin China
|
207.5 |
| 2 |
 Maria Christoforidou Greece
|
197.5 |
| 3 |
 Yuriko Takahashi Japan
|
197.5 |
Women's 64 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Hongyun China
|
225 |
| 2 | Chen Jui-lien Chinese Taipei | 215 |
| 3 | Huang Hsi-li Chinese Taipei | 202.5 |
Women's 70 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tang Weifang China
|
222.5 |
| 2 |
 Irina Kasimova Russia
|
212.5 |
| 3 |
Kim Dong-hee South Korea
|
212.5 |
Women's 76 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Yan China
|
225 |
| 2 |
 Mária Takács Hungary
|
215 |
| 3 |
Panagiota Antonopoulou Greece
|
210 |
Women's 83 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wei Xiangying China
|
242.5 |
| 2 | Chen Shu-chih Chinese Taipei | 242.5 |
| 3 |
 María Isabel Urrutia Colombia
|
235 |
Women's +83 kg, 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Wan Ni China
|
240 |
| 2 |
 Karoliina Lundahl Finland
|
232.5 |
| 3 | Chen Hsiao-lien Chinese Taipei | 227.5 |