1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 54 kg

1997 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	54 kg	46 kg
	59 kg	50 kg
	64 kg	54 kg
	70 kg	59 kg
	76 kg	64 kg
	83 kg	70 kg
	91 kg	76 kg
	99 kg	83 kg
	108 kg	+83 kg
	+108 kg

The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The women's competition in the 54 kg division was staged on 8 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Meng Xianjuan (CHN)	87.5 kg	Khin Moe Nwe (MYA)	85.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun (TPE)	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Meng Xianjuan (CHN)	117.5 kg	Ri Song-hui (PRK)	110.0 kg	Saipin Detsaeng (THA)	110.0 kg
Total	Meng Xianjuan (CHN)	205.0 kg	Ri Song-hui (PRK)	195.0 kg	Saipin Detsaeng (THA)	195.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Yang Xia (CHN)	93.5 kg	Yangzhou, China	9 July 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Yang Xia (CHN)	115.0 kg	Yangzhou, China	9 July 1997
	Total	Yang Xia (CHN)	207.5 kg	Yangzhou, China	9 July 1997

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Meng Xianjuan (CHN)	53.90	87.5	94.0	94.0		100.0	115.0	117.5		205.0
	Ri Song-hui (PRK)	53.60	85.0	90.0	90.0	4	110.0	112.5	112.5		195.0
	Saipin Detsaeng (THA)	53.65	75.0	85.0	90.0	5	105.0	110.0	112.5		195.0
4	Neli Yankova (BUL)	53.00	77.5	82.5	82.5	6	97.5	102.5	105.0	5	187.5
5	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	53.15	75.0	75.0	80.0	8	102.5	107.5	110.0	4	187.5
6	Khin Moe Nwe (MYA)	53.35	80.0	85.0	87.5		100.0	110.0	110.0	6	185.0
7	Rungarun Paljai (THA)	53.35	77.5	82.5	85.0	7	95.0	100.0	105.0	7	182.5
8	Nandini Devi (IND)	53.80	75.0	80.0	82.5	10	97.5	102.5	102.5	10	177.5
9	Dagmar Daneková (SVK)	52.50	72.5	77.5	80.0	11	92.5	97.5	97.5	8	175.0
10	Mari Nakaga (JPN)	53.60	75.0	80.0	80.0	9	95.0	95.0	100.0	13	175.0
11	Melanie Pritchard (USA)	53.60	75.0	77.5	77.5	13	97.5	105.0	105.0	9	172.5
12	Emilia Fernández (ESP)	53.40	70.0	72.5	75.0	12	90.0	92.5	95.0	12	170.0
13	Nancy Maneiro (VEN)	51.95	67.5	70.0	72.5	14	87.5	92.5	95.0	11	167.5
14	Soraya Jiménez (MEX)	54.00	70.0	72.5	72.5	16	90.0	95.0	97.5	14	165.0
15	Micol Dal Nevo (ITA)	54.00	65.0	65.0	65.0	17	85.0	90.0	90.0	15	155.0
16	Teresa van der Stoep (NED)	53.75	70.0	70.0	72.5	15	80.0	80.0	82.5	17	150.0
17	Rabab Ashour (EGY)	53.25	60.0	65.0	65.0	18	75.0	77.5	77.5	18	137.5
—	Kuo Ping-chun (TPE)	53.45	82.5	85.0	85.0		107.5	107.5	107.5	—	—
—	Ana-Maria Iagăru (ROU)	53.10	62.5	62.5	62.5	—	70.0	80.0	90.0	16	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

117.5 kg

Meng Xianjuan (CHN)

WR

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 5–6