1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the light-heavyweight (69 kg division) was staged on 13 November 1998.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Tang Weifang (CHN) 110.0 kg   Erzsébet Márkus (HUN) 102.5 kg   Wu Mei-yi (TPE) 100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Tang Weifang (CHN) 130.0 kg   Wu Mei-yi (TPE) 127.5 kg   Irina Kasimova (RUS) 127.5 kg
Total   Tang Weifang (CHN) 240.0 kg   Wu Mei-yi (TPE) 227.5 kg   Irina Kasimova (RUS) 225.0 kg

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch   Tang Weifang (CHN) 110.0 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 24 April 1998
Clean & Jerk   Shang Shichun (CHN) 133.5 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 22 May 1998
Total   Tang Weifang (CHN) 242.5 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 24 April 1998

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Tang Weifang (CHN) 68.90 105.0 110.5   130.0 135.0 135.0   240.0
    Wu Mei-yi (TPE) 67.91 95.0 95.0 100.0   125.0 125.0 127.5   227.5
    Irina Kasimova (RUS) 68.48 95.0 95.0 97.5 4 125.0 127.5 132.5   225.0
4   Erzsébet Márkus (HUN) 67.82 100.0 102.5 105.0   120.0 120.0 122.5 6 222.5
5   Beata Prei (POL) 68.40 90.0 95.0 97.5 5 115.0 120.0 122.5 5 217.5
6   Daniela Kerkelova (BUL) 68.26 90.0 95.0 95.0 9 117.5 122.5 127.5 4 212.5
7   Park Mi-jung (KOR) 68.39 87.5 92.5 97.5 7 115.0 120.0 120.0 7 207.5
8   Lea Foreman (USA) 65.43 92.5 92.5 92.5 6 105.0 110.0 115.0 9 202.5
9   Stephanie Mantek (GER) 67.63 85.0 87.5 87.5 10 107.5 110.0 112.5 10 195.0
10   Susanna Samuelsson (FIN) 67.83 80.0 82.5 85.0 12 105.0 110.0 112.5 11 192.5
11   Maria Tatsi (GRE) 68.09 80.0 80.0 85.0 14 107.5 112.5 112.5 8 192.5
12   Suzanne Leathers (USA) 67.82 82.5 87.5 90.0 11 100.0 105.0 110.0 12 187.5
13   Simone Ingram (AUS) 68.21 77.5 80.0 82.5 13 100.0 100.0 102.5 13 182.5
14   Tina Beiter (DEN) 68.16 70.0 70.0 75.0 15 92.5 97.5 100.0 14 172.5
15   Beate Amdahl (NOR) 68.69 70.0 75.0 77.5 16 95.0 100.0 100.0 15 170.0
  Nagwan El-Zawawi (EGY) 68.25 85.0 90.0 90.0 8 110.0 110.0 110.0

New records

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Snatch 110.5 kg   Tang Weifang (CHN) WR

References

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