1988 World Weightlifting Championships

1988 World Weightlifting Championships

Host city	Jakarta, Indonesia
Dates	2–4 December 1988

The 1988 Women's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia from December 2 to December 4, 1988. There were 103 women in action from 23 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
44 kg
Snatch	Xing Fen  China	60.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	55.0 kg	Ponco Imbarwati  Indonesia	47.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Xing Fen  China	87.5 kg WR	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	75.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	57.5 kg
Total	Xing Fen  China	147.5 kg WR	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	130.0 kg	Ponco Imbarwati  Indonesia	105.0 kg
48 kg
Snatch	Huang Xiaoyu  China	70.0 kg	Robin Byrd  United States	67.5 kg	Siti Aisah  Indonesia	62.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Huang Xiaoyu  China	95.5 kg WR	Siti Aisah  Indonesia	75.0 kg	Robin Byrd  United States	72.5 kg
Total	Huang Xiaoyu  China	165.0 kg	Robin Byrd  United States	140.0 kg	Siti Aisah  Indonesia	137.5 kg
52 kg
Snatch	Peng Liping  China	80.0 kg WR	Yang Su-kuan  Chinese Taipei	68.0 kg	Sandra Gómez  Spain	62.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Peng Liping  China	95.0 kg WR	Sandra Gómez  Spain	85.0 kg	Kim Oh-sook  South Korea	85.0 kg
Total	Peng Liping  China	175.0 kg WR	Sandra Gómez  Spain	147.5 kg	Kim Oh-sook  South Korea	145.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Ma Na  China	75.0 kg	Won Soon-yi  South Korea	70.0 kg	Stéphanie Genna  France	67.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ma Na  China	105.0 kg WR	Yang Mei-tzu  Chinese Taipei	87.5 kg	Mina Uotome  Japan	85.0 kg
Total	Ma Na  China	180.0 kg WR	Won Soon-yi  South Korea	155.0 kg	Yang Mei-tzu  Chinese Taipei	152.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Yang Jing  China	85.0 kg WR	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	80.0 kg	Colleene Colley  United States	75.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yang Jing  China	110.0 kg WR	Colleene Colley  United States	100.0 kg	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	97.5 kg
Total	Yang Jing  China	195.0 kg WR	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	177.5 kg	Colleene Colley  United States	175.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Guo Qiuxiang  China	95.0 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	87.5 kg	Anikó Triff-Árkosi  Hungary	82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Guo Qiuxiang  China	115.0 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	110.0 kg	Jeanette Rose  Great Britain	102.5 kg
Total	Guo Qiuxiang  China	210.0 kg WR	Mária Takács  Hungary	197.5 kg	Jeanette Rose  Great Britain	180.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	90.0 kg	Li Hongling  China	90.0 kg	Senka Asenova  Bulgaria	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Hongling  China	122.5 kg WR	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	115.0 kg	Arlys Kovach  United States	112.5 kg
Total	Li Hongling  China	212.5 kg WR	Milena Trendafilova  Bulgaria	205.0 kg	Arlys Kovach  United States	197.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Li Yanxia  China	97.5 kg WR	Erika Takács  Hungary	92.5 kg	Milena Mileskova  Bulgaria	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yanxia  China	117.5 kg	Erika Takács  Hungary	117.5 kg	Milena Mileskova  Bulgaria	110.0 kg
Total	Li Yanxia  China	215.0 kg	Erika Takács  Hungary	210.0 kg	Milena Mileskova  Bulgaria	202.5 kg
+82.5 kg
Snatch	Han Changmei  China	100.0 kg WR	Karyn Marshall  United States	97.5 kg	Veronika Tóbiás  Hungary	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Han Changmei  China	132.5 kg WR	Karyn Marshall  United States	127.5 kg	Veronika Tóbiás  Hungary	107.5 kg
Total	Han Changmei  China	232.5 kg WR	Karyn Marshall  United States	225.0 kg	Veronika Tóbiás  Hungary	192.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	0	0	9
2	United States	0	2	2	4
3	Hungary	0	2	1	3
	South Korea	0	2	1	3
5	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
6	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
8	Indonesia	0	0	2	2
9	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	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
1	China	26	1	0	27
2	Bulgaria	1	2	4	7
3	United States	0	6	5	11
4	Hungary	0	6	4	10
5	South Korea	0	5	2	7
6	Chinese Taipei	0	2	2	4
7	Greece	0	2	1	3
	Spain	0	2	1	3
9	Indonesia	0	1	4	5
10	Great Britain	0	0	2	2
11	France	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		27	27	27	81

See also

• Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References

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