1996 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 70 kg

1996 World Weightlifting
Championships
Women
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50 kg
54 kg
59 kg
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70 kg
76 kg
83 kg
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Main article: 1996 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 70 kilograms division was staged on 8 May.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Ilona Dankó (HUN) 97.5 kg  Tang Weifang (CHN) 95.0 kg  Irina Komendanskaya (RUS) 92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Tang Weifang (CHN) 127.5 kg  Irina Kasimova (RUS) 122.5 kg  Kim Dong-hee (KOR) 120.0 kg
Total  Tang Weifang (CHN) 222.5 kg  Irina Kasimova (RUS) 212.5 kg  Kim Dong-hee (KOR) 212.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Tang Weifang (CHN) 102.5 kg Hiroshima, Japan 4 October 1994
Clean & Jerk  Tang Weifang (CHN) 129.0 kg Guangzhou, China 22 November 1995
Total  Tang Weifang (CHN) 230.0 kg Hiroshima, Japan 4 October 1994

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tang Weifang (CHN) 69.45 90.0 95.0 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 122.5 127.5 130.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 222.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Irina Kasimova (RUS) 67.50 90.0 95.0 95.0 5 120.0 122.5 127.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 212.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kim Dong-hee (KOR) 68.40 87.5 92.5 95.0 4 115.0 117.5 120.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 212.5
4  Ilona Dankó (HUN) 69.15 90.0 95.0 97.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 107.5 112.5 112.5 6 210.0
5  Irina Komendanskaya (RUS) 66.80 87.5 92.5 95.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 107.5 112.5 115.0 5 205.0
6  Kumi Haseba (JPN) 69.00 85.0 90.0 92.5 6 110.0 115.0 117.5 4 205.0
7  Chen Shu-man (TPE) 69.20 90.0 92.5 92.5 7 110.0 115.0 115.0 7 200.0
8  Maria Tatsi (GRE) 69.65 80.0 85.0 87.5 8 110.0 115.0 117.5 8 197.5
9  Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE) 70.00 85.0 85.0 85.0 9 107.5 112.5 117.5 9 192.5
10  Susanna Samuelsson (FIN) 68.70 77.5 80.0 80.0 12 105.0 107.5 107.5 10 182.5
11  Robin Weckert (AUS) 69.95 75.0 75.0 80.0 10 95.0 100.0 102.5 12 182.5
12  Kerri Hanebrink (USA) 70.00 75.0 80.0 80.0 11 95.0 95.0 102.5 13 175.0
13  Silvia Baraniaková (CZE) 69.25 75.0 80.0 80.0 13 90.0 90.0 95.0 14 165.0
—  María Dolores Martínez (ESP) 69.90 85.0 85.0 85.0 — 100.0 105.0 110.0 11 —

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