1996 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 54 kg

The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 54 kilograms division was staged on 5 May.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) 87.5 kg  Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 85.0 kg  Karnam Malleswari (IND) 85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) 110.0 kg  Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 102.5 kg  Karnam Malleswari (IND) 102.5 kg
Total  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) 197.5 kg  Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 187.5 kg  Karnam Malleswari (IND) 187.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Zhang Juhua (CHN) 92.5 kg Hiroshima, Japan 3 October 1994
Clean & Jerk  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) 113.5 kg Yachiyo, Japan 5 April 1996
Total  Zhang Juhua (CHN) 202.5 kg Hiroshima, Japan 3 October 1994

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) 54.00 82.5 87.5 90.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 105.0 110.0 110.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 197.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 53.60 80.0 85.0 87.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 102.5 107.5 107.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 187.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Karnam Malleswari (IND) 53.90 80.0 85.0 85.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 102.5 102.5 102.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 187.5
4  Neli Yankova (BUL) 53.05 75.0 80.0 80.0 5 95.0 100.0 102.5 4 175.0
5  Maryse Turcotte (CAN) 53.85 67.5 70.0 72.5 7 90.0 95.0 97.5 5 165.0
6  Alfia Galieva (RUS) 53.95 65.0 70.0 70.0 11 90.0 95.0 97.5 6 160.0
7  Evdokia Chatziavramidou (GRE) 53.05 62.5 65.0 67.5 9 87.5 92.5 92.5 7 157.5
8  Melania Locci (ITA) 53.40 62.5 67.5 67.5 8 85.0 90.0 92.5 8 157.5
9  Ursula Garza-Kechko (USA) 53.70 67.5 70.0 72.5 6 82.5 87.5 87.5 11 152.5
10  Valérie Ninvirth (FRA) 53.25 65.0 70.0 70.0 10 82.5 82.5 82.5 10 147.5
11  Soraya Jiménez (MEX) 53.85 60.0 65.0 65.0 14 80.0 85.0 87.5 9 147.5
12  Maritta Tarkiainen (FIN) 54.00 65.0 67.5 67.5 12 77.5 80.0 82.5 13 145.0
13  Gabriella Máthé (HUN) 52.50 57.5 62.5 65.0 13 80.0 80.0 80.0 12 142.5
 Robin Goad (USA) 52.50 77.5 80.0 82.5 4 95.0 95.0 95.0

References

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