1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 59 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 59 kg division was staged on 9 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA)	97.5 kg	Khassaraporn Suta (THA)	92.5 kg	Wu Mei-yi (TPE)	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Khassaraporn Suta (THA)	117.5 kg	Naw Ju Ni (MYA)	117.5 kg	Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA)	115.0 kg
Total	Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA)	212.5 kg	Khassaraporn Suta (THA)	210.0 kg	Naw Ju Ni (MYA)	207.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Zou Feie (CHN)	100.0 kg	Busan, South Korea	13 May 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Khassaraporn Suta (THA)	125.0 kg	Jakarta, Indonesia	13 October 1997
	Total	Chen Xiaomin (CHN)	220.0 kg	Hiroshima, Japan	4 October 1994

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA)	57.65	90.0	95.0	97.5		115.0	120.0	120.0		212.5
	Khassaraporn Suta (THA)	58.05	87.5	92.5	95.0		117.5	122.5	122.5		210.0
	Naw Ju Ni (MYA)	58.20	85.0	90.0	95.0	4	110.0	117.5	120.0		207.5
4	Wu Mei-yi (TPE)	58.50	92.5	92.5	95.0		112.5	112.5	115.0	4	207.5
5	Karnam Malleswari (IND)	58.60	90.0	95.0	95.0	5	115.0	120.0	120.0	5	205.0
6	Nancy Niro (CAN)	58.55	80.0	85.0	87.5	6	100.0	105.0	105.0	7	190.0
7	Dominika Misterska (POL)	57.70	75.0	80.0	82.5	7	95.0	100.0	102.5	8	182.5
8	Pratima Kumari (IND)	58.40	77.5	77.5	82.5	12	105.0	105.0	112.5	6	182.5
9	Josefa Pérez (ESP)	58.50	77.5	80.0	82.5	9	97.5	100.0	102.5	11	180.0
10	Valentina Popova (RUS)	57.90	75.0	77.5	80.0	8	97.5	102.5	102.5	12	177.5
11	Isabella Aconiti (ITA)	58.40	75.0	75.0	77.5	11	97.5	100.0	100.0	10	177.5
12	Olga Sablina (UZB)	55.85	75.0	80.0	80.0	13	100.0	105.0	—	9	175.0
13	Ana María Arraez (VEN)	58.00	77.5	77.5	80.0	10	97.5	100.0	100.0	13	175.0
14	Lilia Musakayeva (RUS)	56.20	72.5	72.5	72.5	15	95.0	100.0	100.0	14	167.5
15	Marie Korčiánová (CZE)	58.55	72.5	75.0	77.5	14	92.5	92.5	95.0	15	167.5
16	Nurbanu Akdoğan (TUR)	58.70	65.0	72.5	72.5	16	80.0	85.0	90.0	16	162.5
17	Nita Uera (NRU)	58.35	60.0	65.0	65.0	17	80.0	85.0	87.5	17	152.5

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 6