1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the lightweight (58 kg) division was staged on 11 November 1998.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 92.5 kg   Song Zhijuan (CHN) 92.5 kg   Neli Yankova (BUL) 100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 115.0 kg   Maryse Turcotte (CAN) 115.0 kg   Song Zhijuan (CHN) 115.0 kg
Total   Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 207.5 kg   Song Zhijuan (CHN) 207.5 kg   Neli Yankova (BUL) 200.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch   Chen Yanqing (CHN) 97.5 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 24 April 1998
Clean & Jerk   Xiu Xiongying (CHN) 123.0 kg Sofia, Bulgaria 20 May 1998
Total   Chen Yanqing (CHN) 220.0 kg Ramat Gan, Israel 24 April 1998

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) 57.00 87.5 90.0 92.5   110.0 112.5 115.0   207.5
    Song Zhijuan (CHN) 57.62 92.5 98.0 98.0   112.5 115.0 117.5   207.5
    Neli Yankova (BUL) 56.40 82.5 87.5 90.0   107.5 112.5 112.5 4 200.0
4   Maryse Turcotte (CAN) 57.04 82.5 82.5 85.0 5 112.5 115.0 117.5   200.0
5   Maria Christoforidou (GRE) 57.18 80.0 85.0 87.5 6 100.0 105.0 105.0 5 190.0
6   Dominika Misterska (POL) 57.54 80.0 85.0 85.0 7 105.0 105.0 110.0 6 185.0
7   Ingrid Fèvre (FRA) 57.58 77.5 80.0 82.5 8 95.0 97.5 100.0 8 177.5
8   Liliana García (VEN) 57.74 75.0 75.0 75.0 10 100.0 105.0 105.0 7 175.0
9   Marie Korčiánová (CZE) 57.68 70.0 70.0 72.5 13 90.0 95.0 97.5 9 167.5
10   Marieta Gotfryd (POL) 57.07 75.0 75.0 75.0 9 90.0 95.0 95.0 10 165.0
11   Teresa van der Stoep (NED) 57.31 70.0 70.0 72.5 11 87.5 90.0 92.5 11 162.5
12   Michaela Breeze (GBR) 57.35 70.0 75.0 75.0 15 90.0 90.0 95.0 12 160.0
13   Soraya Jiménez (MEX) 57.62 70.0 72.5 75.0 12 80.0 80.0 85.0 14 157.5
14   Heidi Kanervisto (FIN) 57.97 67.5 70.0 72.5 14 82.5 85.0 87.5 16 157.5
15   Nita Uera (NRU) 57.46 60.0 60.0 65.0 17 82.5 87.5 92.5 13 152.5
16   Tuija Malinen (FIN) 57.66 65.0 67.5 70.0 16 80.0 85.0 87.5 15 152.5
  Miel McGerrigle (CAN) 57.38 82.5 82.5 87.5 4 107.5 107.5 107.5

References

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