1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the heavyweight (75 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) 105.0 kg  Mónica Carrió (ESP) 100.0 kg  Şule Şahbaz (TUR) 100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Gao Xiaoyan (CHN) 130.0 kg  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) 125.0 kg  Mária Takács (HUN) 120.0 kg
Total  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) 230.0 kg  Şule Şahbaz (TUR) 220.0 kg  Mária Takács (HUN) 217.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Zhao La (CHN) 111.5 kg Chongqing, China 20 September 1998
Clean & Jerk World Standard 140.0 kg 1 January 1998
Total World Standard 250.0 kg 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) 74.36 100.0 105.0 105.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 120.0 122.5 125.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 230.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Şule Şahbaz (TUR) 74.08 100.0 105.0 105.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 120.0 125.0 125.0 6 220.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mária Takács (HUN) 70.75 97.5 97.5 100.0 4 120.0 120.0 125.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 217.5
4  Cara Heads (USA) 73.14 92.5 95.0 97.5 5 107.5 115.0 120.0 4 217.5
5  Mónica Carrió (ESP) 73.80 97.5 100.0 102.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 112.5 117.5 117.5 9 217.5
6  Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE) 74.31 90.0 95.0 100.0 8 115.0 120.0 125.0 7 215.0
7  Line Mary (FRA) 74.42 95.0 100.0 100.0 9 115.0 120.0 122.5 8 215.0
8  Jeane Lassen (CAN) 73.37 85.0 90.0 90.0 13 115.0 120.0 120.0 5 205.0
9  Manuela Torazza (ITA) 70.27 87.5 92.5 95.0 6 107.5 112.5 112.5 11 202.5
10  Caroline Pileggi (AUS) 74.95 87.5 90.0 90.0 11 112.5 117.5 117.5 10 202.5
11  Venera Mannanova (RUS) 74.06 95.0 100.0 102.5 7 100.0 19 195.0
12  Hiromi Fujiwara (JPN) 74.59 85.0 90.0 95.0 10 105.0 110.0 110.0 13 195.0
13  Theano Zagkliveri (GRE) 73.80 85.0 87.5 87.5 12 100.0 105.0 107.5 12 192.5
14  Margarita Rojas (COL) 73.81 85.0 90.0 90.0 14 102.5 107.5 107.5 14 187.5
15  Filippia Kochliaridou (GRE) 74.44 82.5 85.0 85.0 16 102.5 107.5 107.5 16 185.0
16  Diana Back (FIN) 74.45 82.5 87.5 87.5 17 102.5 105.0 105.0 17 185.0
17  Rachel Clark (GBR) 73.10 80.0 82.5 85.0 15 100.0 102.5 102.5 18 182.5
18  Zuzana Kováčová (SVK) 73.89 77.5 82.5 82.5 18 102.5 102.5 107.5 15 180.0
19  Rosetta Penani (NRU) 74.17 75.0 80.0 80.0 19 100.0 102.5 102.5 20 175.0
 Ilona Dankó (HUN) 71.99 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Kuo Shu-fen (TPE) 73.62 100.0 100.0 100.0
 Gao Xiaoyan (CHN) 73.98 105.0 105.0 105.0 125.0 127.5 130.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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