1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
| 1998 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the light-heavyweight (69 kg division) was staged on 13 November 1998.
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Tang Weifang (CHN) |
110.0 kg |  Erzsébet Márkus (HUN) |
102.5 kg |  Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
100.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tang Weifang (CHN) |
130.0 kg | Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
127.5 kg |  Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
127.5 kg |
| Total | Tang Weifang (CHN) |
240.0 kg | Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
227.5 kg | Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
225.0 kg |
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Tang Weifang (CHN) |
110.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 24 April 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | Shang Shichun (CHN) |
133.5 kg | Sofia, Bulgaria | 22 May 1998 | |
| Total | Tang Weifang (CHN) |
242.5 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 24 April 1998 |
Results
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Tang Weifang (CHN) |
68.90 | 105.0 | 110.5 | — | |
130.0 | |
240.0 | ||
 |
Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
67.91 | 95.0 | 100.0 |  |
125.0 | 127.5 | |
227.5 | ||
|
Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
68.48 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 4 | 125.0 | 127.5 | |
225.0 | ||
| 4 | Erzsébet Márkus (HUN) |
67.82 | 100.0 | 102.5 | |
120.0 | 6 | 222.5 | |||
| 5 |  Beata Prei (POL) |
68.40 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 5 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 5 | 217.5 | |
| 6 |  Daniela Kerkelova (BUL) |
68.26 | 90.0 | 9 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 4 | 212.5 | |||
| 7 |  Park Mi-jung (KOR) |
68.39 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 7 | 115.0 | 7 | 207.5 | |||
| 8 |  Lea Foreman (USA) |
65.43 | 92.5 | 6 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 9 | 202.5 | |||
| 9 |  Stephanie Mantek (GER) |
67.63 | 85.0 | 10 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 10 | 195.0 | |||
| 10 |  Susanna Samuelsson (FIN) |
67.83 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 12 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 11 | 192.5 | ||
| 11 |  Maria Tatsi (GRE) |
68.09 | 80.0 | 14 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 8 | 192.5 | |||
| 12 | Suzanne Leathers (USA) |
67.82 | 82.5 | 11 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 12 | 187.5 | |||
| 13 |  Simone Ingram (AUS) |
68.21 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 13 | 100.0 | 13 | 182.5 | ||
| 14 |  Tina Beiter (DEN) |
68.16 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 15 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 14 | 172.5 | ||
| 15 |  Beate Amdahl (NOR) |
68.69 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 16 | 95.0 | 15 | 170.0 | |||
| — |  Nagwan El-Zawawi (EGY) |
68.25 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 8 | — | — | ||||
New records
[edit]| Snatch | 110.5 kg | Tang Weifang (CHN)
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