1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the featherweight (53 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Wang Xiufen (CHN) 92.5 kg   Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 87.5 kg   Robin Goad (USA) 82.5 kg
Clean & Jerk   Wang Xiufen (CHN) 117.5 kg   Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 105.0 kg   Robin Goad (USA) 100.0 kg
Total   Wang Xiufen (CHN) 210.0 kg   Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 192.5 kg   Robin Goad (USA) 182.5 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Chang Xixiang (CHN) 95.0 kg Chongqing, China 17 September 1998
Clean & Jerk   Guo Huibing (CHN) 113.0 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 19 May 1998
Total   Chang Xixiang (CHN) 207.5 kg Chongqing, China 17 September 1998

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Wang Xiufen (CHN) 52.65 85.0 90.0 92.5   110.0 115.0 117.5   210.0
    Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 52.21 82.5 87.5 90.0   105.0 115.0   192.5
    Robin Goad (USA) 52.73 80.0 82.5 85.0   100.0 105.0 105.0   182.5
4   Estefanía Juan (ESP) 52.58 67.5 70.0 72.5 7 90.0 95.0 97.5 4 170.0
5   Nancy Maneiro (VEN) 52.69 72.5 77.5 77.5 8 92.5 97.5 100.0 5 170.0
6   Dagmar Daneková (SVK) 52.49 72.5 72.5 75.0 5 92.5 95.0 97.5 6 165.0
7   Anna Stroubou (GRE) 52.51 67.5 70.0 72.5 6 85.0 87.5 90.0 7 160.0
8   Micol Dal Nevo (ITA) 52.65 65.0 70.0 70.0 12 85.0 87.5 87.5 8 152.5
9   Tarana Abbasova (AZE) 52.71 67.5 67.5 70.0 9 82.5 85.0 85.0 10 150.0
10   Maria Bohm (SWE) 52.79 67.5 72.5 72.5 10 82.5 85.0 85.0 11 150.0
11   Rabab Ashour (EGY) 52.08 60.0 62.5 65.0 14 77.5 82.5 85.0 9 145.0
12   Sabrin Kamel (EGY) 51.99 60.0 62.5 62.5 13 77.5 82.5 82.5 12 140.0
13   Michal Shahar (ISR) 52.39 60.0 65.0 65.0 11 70.0 75.0 80.0 13 140.0
  Tyoni Batsiua (NRU) 52.81 60.0 65.0 65.0 15 80.0
  Melanie Kosoff (USA) 52.99 77.5 80.0 80.0 4 107.5 107.5 107.5

New records

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Clean & Jerk 115.0 kg   Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR
117.5 kg   Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR
Total 210.0 kg   Wang Xiufen (CHN) WR

References

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