1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg

1998 World Championships
in Lahti, Finland
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg
Main article: 1998 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the middleweight (63 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

Contents

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Chen Jui-lien (TPE) 102.5 kg  Valentina Popova (RUS) 100.0 kg  Shi Lihua (CHN) 97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Shi Lihua (CHN) 127.5 kg  Chen Jui-lien (TPE) 122.5 kg  Aneta Szczepańska (POL) 115.0 kg
Total  Chen Jui-lien (TPE) 225.0 kg  Shi Lihua (CHN) 225.0 kg  Valentina Popova (RUS) 215.0 kg

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record Snatch  Xiong Meiying (CHN) 103.0 kg Chongqing, China 18 September 1998
Clean & Jerk  Hou Kangfeng (CHN) 128.5 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 21 May 1998
Total  Diao Weiwei (CHN) 230.0 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 24 April 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
 Chen Jui-lien (TPE) 61.79 97.5 102.5 105.0 117.5 122.5 125.0 225.0
 Shi Lihua (CHN) 62.31 97.5 97.5 102.5 122.5 127.5 130.0 225.0
 Valentina Popova (RUS) 62.50 95.0 100.0 102.5 115.0 122.5 122.5 4 215.0
4  Aneta Szczepańska (POL) 62.03 85.0 87.5 90.0 6 110.0 110.0 115.0 202.5
5  Alejandra Perea (COL) 61.97 80.0 85.0 87.5 5 100.0 105.0 107.5 8 192.5
6  Josefa Pérez (ESP) 62.49 85.0 87.5 90.0 7 102.5 105.0 105.0 9 192.5
7  Nancy Niro (CAN) 61.19 82.5 82.5 82.5 8 102.5 107.5 107.5 6 190.0
8  Katia Iacuzzo (ITA) 62.38 82.5 85.0 85.0 9 102.5 105.0 107.5 7 190.0
9  Tímea Raj (HUN) 62.42 90.0 90.0 92.5 4 100.0 105.0 105.0 14 190.0
10  Choi Eun-Ja (KOR) 62.46 80.0 85.0 85.0 14 105.0 110.0 115.0 5 190.0
11  Michelle Kettner (AUS) 62.70 82.5 87.5 87.5 11 102.5 107.5 107.5 11 185.0
12  Laure Mary (FRA) 62.34 80.0 80.0 80.0 13 100.0 102.5 105.0 10 182.5
13  Eszter Krutzler (HUN) 62.58 82.5 87.5 87.5 10 100.0 105.0 105.0 15 182.5
14  Ana María Arraez (VEN) 60.96 80.0 85.0 85.0 12 100.0 102.5 102.5 12 180.0
15  Claudia Müller (GER) 61.83 77.5 82.5 82.5 15 100.0 100.0 100.0 13 177.5
16  Madiha Abdelmoneim (EGY) 62.26 65.0 70.0 72.5 16 87.5 90.0 92.5 16 162.5
17  Riitta Pirkkiö (FIN) 62.98 65.0 70.0 72.5 18 82.5 87.5 90.0 18 160.0
18  Michal Cooper (ISR) 61.55 60.0 67.5 72.5 19 82.5 90.0 95.0 17 157.5
19  María Andrea Gatti (ARG) 62.38 67.5 70.0 70.0 17 80.0 85.0 87.5 19 155.0
20  Harriet Namusoke (UGA) 62.03 50.0 55.0 60.0 20 60.0 70.0 75.0 20 130.0

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