1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 70 kg
| 1997 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 54 kg | 46 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 64 kg | 54 kg | |
| 70 kg | 59 kg | |
| 76 kg | 64 kg | |
| 83 kg | 70 kg | |
| 91 kg | 76 kg | |
| 99 kg | 83 kg | |
| 108 kg | +83 kg | |
| +108 kg | ||
The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The women's competition in the 70 kg division was staged on 11 December 1997.
Medalists[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Xiang Fenglan (CHN) |
105.0 kg |  Ilona Dankó (HUN) |
100.0 kg |  Huang Hsi-li (TPE) |
97.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Xiang Fenglan (CHN) |
130.0 kg |  Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
122.5 kg | Huang Hsi-li (TPE) |
120.0 kg |
| Total | Xiang Fenglan (CHN) |
235.0 kg | Huang Hsi-li (TPE) |
217.5 kg | Ilona Dankó (HUN) |
215.0 kg |
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | 105.0 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 130.0 kg | ||||
| Total | 232.5 kg |
Results[edit]
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Xiang Fenglan (CHN) |
69.20 | 100.0 | 105.5 | — | |
127.5 | 130.5 | — | |
235.0 |
 |
Huang Hsi-li (TPE) |
66.85 | 95.0 | 97.5 |  |
117.5 | 120.0 | |
217.5 | ||
|
Ilona Dankó (HUN) |
69.60 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 100.0 | |
115.0 | 7 | 215.0 | ||
| 4 | Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
67.30 | 90.0 | 7 | 120.0 | 122.5 | |
212.5 | |||
| 5 |  Win Win Maw (MYA) |
68.55 | 92.5 | 5 | 120.0 | 4 | 212.5 | ||||
| 6 |  Jong Myong-hui (PRK) |
69.20 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 4 | 115.0 | 6 | 212.5 | |||
| 7 |  Kumi Haseba (JPN) |
69.65 | 87.5 | 9 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 8 | 202.5 | |||
| 8 |  Julie Malenfant (CAN) |
67.30 | 90.0 | 6 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 9 | 200.0 | |||
| 9 |  Park Mi-jung (KOR) |
69.00 | 85.0 | 10 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 5 | 200.0 | |||
| 10 | Tamara Perova (RUS) |
67.75 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 8 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 13 | 195.0 | |
| 11 |  Nagwan El-Zawawi (EGY) |
68.15 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 11 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 10 | 192.5 | ||
| 12 |  Anastasia Tsakiri (GRE) |
65.95 | 77.5 | 13 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 14 | 180.0 | ||
| 13 |  Şule Şahbaz (TUR) |
68.85 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 12 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 15 | 177.5 | ||
| — |  Sharon Oakley (GBR) |
67.60 | — | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 13 | — | |||
| — | Maria Tatsi (GRE) |
69.00 | — | 100.0 | 11 | — | |||||
New records[edit]
| Snatch | 105.5 kg | Xiang Fenglan (CHN)
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WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 130.5 kg | Xiang Fenglan (CHN)
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WR |
| Total | 235.0 kg | Xiang Fenglan (CHN)
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WR |