1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg

1999 World Championships
in Greece Athens, Greece
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

The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (+ 75 kg) is the heaviest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, open to competitors over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 27, 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 127.5 kg  Agata Wróbel (POL) 127.5 kg  Cheryl Haworth (USA) 115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 157.5 kg  Agata Wróbel (POL) 152.5 kg  Chen Hsiao-lien (TPE) 142.5 kg
Total  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 285.0 kg  Agata Wróbel (POL) 280.0 kg  Bilkisu Musa (NGR) 252.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Agata Wróbel (POL) 125.0 kg Spała, Poland 26 September 1999
Clean & Jerk  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 156.0 kg Chiba, Japan 3 May 1999
Total  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 275.0 kg Chiba, Japan 3 May 1999

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) 97.00 120.0 125.0 127.5 1st 150.0 155.0 157.5 1st 285.0
2nd  Agata Wróbel (POL) 117.11 117.5 120.0 127.5 2nd 142.5 145.0 152.5 2nd 280.0
3rd  Bilkisu Musa (NGR) 82.21 105.0 110.0 112.5 4 130.0 135.0 140.0 4 252.5
4  Cheryl Haworth (USA) 132.50 107.5 112.5 115.0 3rd 125.0 132.5 137.5 7 252.5
5  Carmenza Delgado (COL) 89.86 105.0 110.0 112.5 5 130.0 135.0 137.5 5 250.0
6  Moon Kyung-ae (KOR) 92.89 100.0 105.0 107.5 10 127.5 132.5 137.5 6 242.5
7  Vita Rudenok (UKR) 101.46 105.0 110.0 112.5 6 130.0 135.0 137.5 10 240.0
8  Helen Idahosa (NGR) 87.96 95.0 100.0 105.0 8 120.0 130.0 130.0 8 235.0
9  Viktoriya Shaymardanova (UKR) 91.31 105.0 105.0 105.0 9 125.0 130.0 135.0 9 235.0
10  Melinda Szik (HUN) 93.75 105.0 110.0 110.0 11 122.5 127.5 132.5 11 232.5
11  Venera Mannanova (RUS) 79.58 100.0 105.0 107.5 7 112.5 117.5 120.0 14 227.5
12  Olivia Baker (NZL) 99.17 95.0 100.0 100.0 14 120.0 125.0 125.0 13 225.0
13  Kim Dong-ok (KOR) 111.17 100.0 100.0 105.0 12 120.0 120.0 132.5 16 225.0
14  Lourdes Gorostegui (ESP) 97.17 95.0 100.0 100.0 13 115.0 120.0 125.0 15 220.0
15  Miyuki Arai (JPN) 86.97 92.5 92.5 92.5 17 120.0 125.0 125.0 12 217.5
16  Sylvie Iskin (FRA) 95.74 95.0 97.5 100.0 16 115.0 117.5 120.0 17 212.5
17  Claudia Mues (DEN) 92.71 92.5 92.5 95.0 15 107.5 112.5 112.5 21 202.5
18  Susanne Dandenault (CAN) 100.59 85.0 85.0 90.0 20 112.5 112.5 117.5 18 202.5
19  Diana Back (FIN) 77.51 87.5 90.0 90.0 18 105.0 110.0 110.0 20 200.0
20  Reanna Solomon (NRU) 121.46 80.0 80.0 80.0 23 107.5 112.5 115.0 19 192.5
21  Nancy Ponce (MEX) 79.30 80.0 85.0 87.5 21 100.0 105.0 107.5 22 190.0
22  Rosa Margo (ITA) 96.19 75.0 80.0 82.5 22 95.0 100.0 102.5 23 185.0
23  Olga Solovieva (KAZ) 81.16 70.0 70.0 75.0 24 90.0 90.0 90.0 24 160.0
—  Sheeva Peo (NRU) 86.39 85.0 90.0 90.0 19 112.5 112.5 112.5 — —
—  Katariina Sederholm (NOR) 94.35 100.0 100.0 100.0 — — — — — —
—  Chen Hsiao-lien (TPE) 100.64 105.0 105.0 105.0 — 137.5 142.5 145.0 3rd —

New records

Snatch 127.5 kg  Agata Wróbel (POL) WR/JWR
Clean & Jerk 157.5 kg  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) WR/JWR
Total 277.5 kg  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) WR/JWR
Total 280.0 kg  Agata Wróbel (POL) WR/JWR
Total 282.5 kg  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) WR/JWR
Total 285.0 kg  Ding Meiyuan (CHN) WR/JWR

References