1996 World Weightlifting Championships
Women
	46 kg
	50 kg
	54 kg
	59 kg
	64 kg
	70 kg
	76 kg
	83 kg
	+83 kg
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The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 76 kilograms division was staged on 9 May 1996.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Li Yan (CHN)	97.5 kg	Mária Takács (HUN)	95.0 kg	Theresa Brick (CAN)	95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yan (CHN)	127.5 kg	Mária Takács (HUN)	120.0 kg	Panagiota Antonopoulou (GRE)	120.0 kg
Total	Li Yan (CHN)	225.0 kg	Mária Takács (HUN)	215.0 kg	Panagiota Antonopoulou (GRE)	210.0 kg

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

World Record	Snatch	Hua Ju (CHN)	105.5 kg	Hiroshima, Japan	5 October 1994
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Guimei (CHN)	140.0 kg	Shilong, China	18 December 1993
	Total	Zhang Guimei (CHN)	235.0 kg	Shilong, China	18 December 1993

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Li Yan (CHN)	74.95	95.0	97.5	106.5		122.5	127.5	—		225.0
	Mária Takács (HUN)	74.55	95.0	97.5	97.5		120.0	122.5	122.5		215.0
	Panagiota Antonopoulou (GRE)	75.50	90.0	90.0	95.0	7	120.0	120.0	125.0		210.0
4	Theresa Brick (CAN)	75.90	95.0	97.5	97.5		115.0	120.0	120.0	6	210.0
5	Olga Glaz (RUS)	71.80	90.0	95.0	95.0	6	110.0	115.0	120.0	4	205.0
6	Sumita Laha (IND)	75.80	85.0	90.0	90.0	8	115.0	120.0	122.5	5	205.0
7	Stacey Ketchum (USA)	75.85	85.0	87.5	90.0	10	110.0	112.5	115.0	7	200.0
8	Mónica Carrió (ESP)	71.05	85.0	90.0	92.5	5	100.0	105.0	107.5	10	195.0
9	Filippia Kochliaridou (GRE)	75.10	82.5	87.5	90.0	9	102.5	107.5	110.0	8	195.0
10	Arlys Johnson (USA)	75.90	82.5	87.5	87.5	11	102.5	107.5	110.0	9	195.0
11	Margarita Rojas (COL)	75.15	75.0	80.0	85.0	12	95.0	100.0	100.0	11	180.0
—	Derya Açikgöz (TUR)	75.35	92.5	92.5	97.5	4	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	—

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