1996 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

1996 World Weightlifting ChampionshipsHost city|  Warsaw, Poland

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Dates| 3–11 May 1996

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The 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 3 to May 11, 1996. There were 102 women in action from 24 nations.

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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46 kg (details)
Snatch  | Guan Hong
China | 77.5 kg  | Tsai Huey-woan
Chinese Taipei | 70.0 kg  | Kunjarani Devi
India | 67.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Guan Hong
China | 95.0 kg  | Kunjarani Devi
India | 90.0 kg  | Tsai Huey-woan
Chinese Taipei | 87.5 kg
Total  | Guan Hong
China | 172.5 kg  | Kunjarani Devi
India | 157.5 kg  | Tsai Huey-woan
Chinese Taipei | 157.5 kg
50 kg (details)
Snatch  | Liu Xiuhua
China | 80.0 kg  | Choi Myung-shik
South Korea | 80.0 kg  | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Liu Xiuhua
China | 105.0 kg  | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 95.0 kg  | Choi Myung-shik
South Korea | 95.0 kg
Total  | Liu Xiuhua
China | 185.0 kg  | Choi Myung-shik
South Korea | 175.0 kg  | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 172.5 kg
54 kg (details)
Snatch  | Zhang Xixiang
China | 87.5 kg  | Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei | 85.0 kg  | Karnam Malleswari
India | 85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Zhang Xixiang
China | 110.0 kg  | Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei | 102.5 kg  | Karnam Malleswari
India | 102.5 kg
Total  | Zhang Xixiang
China | 197.5 kg  | Kuo Ping-chun
Chinese Taipei | 187.5 kg  | Karnam Malleswari
India | 187.5 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch  | Chen Xiaomin
China | 99.0 kg
WR | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 90.0 kg  | Yuriko Takahashi
Japan | 85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Yuriko Takahashi
Japan | 112.5 kg  | Chen Xiaomin
China | 110.0 kg  | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 107.5 kg
Total  | Chen Xiaomin
China | 207.5 kg  | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 197.5 kg  | Yuriko Takahashi
Japan | 197.5 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch  | Li Hongyun
China | 106.0 kg
WR | Chen Jui-lien
Chinese Taipei | 100.0 kg  | Bénédicte Comblez
France | 90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Li Hongyun
China | 120.0 kg  | Chen Jui-lien
Chinese Taipei | 115.0 kg  | Choi Eun-ja
South Korea | 115.0 kg
Total  | Li Hongyun
China | 225.0 kg  | Chen Jui-lien
Chinese Taipei | 215.0 kg  | Huang Hsi-li
Chinese Taipei | 202.5 kg
70 kg (details)
Snatch  | Ilona Dankó
Hungary | 97.5 kg  | Tang Weifang
China | 95.0 kg  | Irina Komendanskaya
Russia | 92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Tang Weifang
China | 127.5 kg  | Irina Kasimova
Russia | 122.5 kg  | Kim Dong-hee
South Korea | 120.0 kg
Total  | Tang Weifang
China | 222.5 kg  | Irina Kasimova
Russia | 212.5 kg  | Kim Dong-hee
South Korea | 212.5 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch  | Li Yan
China | 97.5 kg  | Mária Takács
Hungary | 95.0 kg  | Theresa Brick
Canada | 95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Li Yan
China | 127.5 kg  | Mária Takács
Hungary | 120.0 kg  | Panagiota Antonopoulou
Greece | 120.0 kg
Total  | Li Yan
China | 225.0 kg  | Mária Takács
Hungary | 215.0 kg  | Panagiota Antonopoulou
Greece | 210.0 kg
83 kg (details)
Snatch  | Wei Xiangying
China | 110.0 kg
WR | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 107.5 kg  | María Isabel Urrutia
Colombia | 100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  | María Isabel Urrutia
Colombia | 135.0 kg  | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 135.0 kg  | Wei Xiangying
China | 132.5 kg
Total  | Wei Xiangying
China | 242.5 kg
WR | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 242.5 kg  | María Isabel Urrutia
Colombia | 235.0 kg
+83 kg (details)
Snatch  | Karoliina Lundahl
Finland | 107.5 kg  | Wan Ni
China | 102.5 kg  | Sylvie Iskin
France | 102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Wan Ni
China | 137.5 kg  | Chen Hsiao-lien
Chinese Taipei | 130.0 kg  | Karoliina Lundahl
Finland | 125.0 kg
Total  | Wan Ni
China | 240.0 kg  | Karoliina Lundahl
Finland | 232.5 kg  | Chen Hsiao-lien
Chinese Taipei | 227.5 kg

## Medal table

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Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 9| 0| 0| 9
2|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 3| 4| 7
3|  Greece| 0| 1| 1| 2
India| 0| 1| 1| 2
South Korea| 0| 1| 1| 2
6|  Finland| 0| 1| 0| 1
Hungary| 0| 1| 0| 1
Russia| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Colombia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Japan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 9| 9| 9| 27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 23| 3| 1| 27
2|  Hungary| 1| 3| 0| 4
3|  Finland| 1| 1| 1| 3
4|  Colombia| 1| 0| 2| 3
Japan| 1| 0| 2| 3
6|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 12| 6| 18
7|  India| 0| 2| 4| 6
South Korea| 0| 2| 4| 6
9|  Greece| 0| 2| 3| 5
10|  Russia| 0| 2| 1| 3
11|  France| 0| 0| 2| 2
12|  Canada| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 27| 27| 27| 81

## Participating nations

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102 competitors from 24 nations competed.

* Australia (3)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (3)
* China (9)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* Colombia (3)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (1)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (9)
* Hungary (6)
* India (5)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (5)
* Mexico (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (8)
* South Korea (3)
* Spain (3)
* Turkey (1)
* United States (9)

## See also

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* Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

## References

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* Results (Sport 123)
* Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

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