2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 19 and 20 November 2003.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
19 November 2003	16:30	Group C
20 November 2003	12:30	Group B
20 November 2003	17:30	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Nahla Ramadan (EGY)	117.5 kg	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	115.0 kg	Rumyana Petkova (BUL)	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nahla Ramadan (EGY)	145.0 kg	Slaveyka Ruzhinska (BUL)	140.0 kg	Nadiya Shamanska (UKR)	135.0 kg
Total	Nahla Ramadan (EGY)	262.5 kg	Slaveyka Ruzhinska (BUL)	252.5 kg	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	242.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Sun Ruiping (CHN)	118.5 kg	Busan, South Korea	7 October 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Sun Ruiping (CHN)	152.5 kg	Busan, South Korea	7 October 2002
	Total	Sun Ruiping (CHN)	270.0 kg	Busan, South Korea	7 October 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Nahla Ramadan (EGY)	A	74.55	112.5	117.5	~~120.0~~		140.0	145.0	~~150.0~~		262.5
	Slaveyka Ruzhinska (BUL)	A	73.38	~~105.0~~	105.0	112.5	4	135.0	140.0	~~145.0~~		252.5
	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	A	74.40	110.0	115.0	~~117.5~~		127.5	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	13	242.5
4	Huang Shih-chun (TPE)	A	74.58	107.5	110.0	~~112.5~~	5	127.5	~~132.5~~	132.5	6	242.5
5	Rumyana Petkova (BUL)	B	72.48	105.0	110.0	112.5		120.0	127.5	~~130.0~~	12	240.0
6	Nadiya Shamanska (UKR)	B	74.14	105.0	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	9	130.0	135.0	~~140.0~~		240.0
7	Kim Soon-hee (KOR)	A	74.47	~~105.0~~	105.0	~~110.0~~	11	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~142.5~~	4	240.0
8	Tatyana Khromova (KAZ)	A	74.79	110.0	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	6	~~130.0~~	130.0	~~135.0~~	10	240.0
9	Wanda Rijo (DOM)	B	74.56	102.5	107.5	~~110.0~~	7	125.0	130.0	~~132.5~~	8	237.5
10	Karnam Malleswari (IND)	B	69.23	~~105.0~~	105.0	~~107.5~~	8	125.0	130.0	~~135.0~~	7	235.0
11	Nora Köppel (ARG)	A	73.30	~~102.5~~	~~102.5~~	102.5	12	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	132.5	5	235.0
12	Svetlana Podobedova (RUS)	B	74.39	95.0	100.0	105.0	10	125.0	~~130.0~~	~~132.5~~	14	230.0
13	Kateryna Byelik (UKR)	B	74.67	100.0	~~105.0~~	~~105.0~~	15	120.0	125.0	130.0	9	230.0
14	Lee Yeon-hwa (KOR)	B	74.93	~~95.0~~	95.0	~~100.0~~	22	125.0	130.0	~~132.5~~	11	225.0
15	Ijeoma Nwatu (NGR)	C	73.04	95.0	~~100.0~~	~~100.0~~	18	115.0	120.0	122.5	15	217.5
16	Cara Heads (USA)	C	74.03	~~97.5~~	97.5	~~100.0~~	16	115.0	120.0	~~122.5~~	18	217.5
17	Veronika Lukashevich (BLR)	C	72.87	95.0	~~100.0~~	~~100.0~~	17	115.0	~~120.0~~	120.0	16	215.0
18	Damaris Aguirre (MEX)	C	73.95	95.0	100.0	~~102.5~~	14	115.0	~~117.5~~	~~120.0~~	21	215.0
19	Liu Fang-hsiu (TPE)	C	73.96	~~95.0~~	95.0	~~97.5~~	19	~~120.0~~	120.0	~~125.0~~	17	215.0
20	Gina Hoog (GER)	C	74.77	90.0	92.5	~~95.0~~	25	115.0	120.0	~~122.5~~	19	212.5
21	Aysel Özgür (TUR)	C	74.98	95.0	100.0	102.5	13	110.0	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	24	212.5
22	Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE)	C	74.26	92.5	~~97.5~~	~~97.5~~	23	112.5	117.5	~~120.0~~	20	210.0
23	Cinthya Domínguez (MEX)	C	74.80	~~95.0~~	~~95.0~~	95.0	21	~~107.5~~	107.5	112.5	22	207.5
24	Sefi Onubaye (NGR)	C	74.00	~~95.0~~	~~95.0~~	95.0	20	110.0	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	23	205.0
25	Charlotte MacEachern (CAN)	C	74.68	87.5	~~92.5~~	92.5	24	97.5	~~102.5~~	102.5	25	195.0
DQ	Shang Shichun (CHN)	A	74.00	115.0	117.5	120.0	—	145.0	147.5	153.0	—	—
DQ	Ilona Dankó (HUN)	A	74.24	107.5	~~112.5~~	~~112.5~~	—	130.0	135.0	~~137.5~~	—	—