1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 64 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 64 kg division was staged on 10 December 1997.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	102.5 kg	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	100.0 kg	Neelam Setti Laxmi (IND)	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	130.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	122.5 kg	Lu Yun (CHN)	122.5 kg
Total	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	230.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	225.0 kg	Neelam Setti Laxmi (IND)	217.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Chen Xiaomin (CHN)	107.5 kg	Yangzhou, China	10 July 1997
	Clean & Jerk		130.5 kg
	Total	Li Hongyun (CHN)	235.0 kg	Istanbul, Turkey	22 November 1994

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Chen Yanqing (CHN)	60.20	100.0	100.0	102.5		125.0	131.0	132.5		230.0
	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	63.00	100.0	100.0	102.5		120.0	122.5	125.0		225.0
	Neelam Setti Laxmi (IND)	62.50	92.5	97.5	100.0		117.5	122.5	125.0	5	217.5
4	Pawina Thongsuk (THA)	63.15	92.5	97.5	102.5	4	117.5	117.5	122.5	6	215.0
5	Aphinya Pharksupho (THA)	63.45	85.0	90.0	95.0	5	112.5	117.5	120.0	4	215.0
6	Lu Yun (CHN)	63.05	90.0	95.0	95.0	8	115.0	122.5	127.5		212.5
7	Erzsébet Márkus (HUN)	63.50	92.5	95.0	97.5	6	107.5	112.5	115.0	7	210.0
8	Choi Eun-ja (KOR)	63.65	85.0	90.0	90.0	11	115.0	115.0	122.5	8	205.0
9	Svetlana Khabirova (RUS)	63.30	85.0	90.0	95.0	9	107.5	110.0	112.5	9	202.5
10	Lea Rentmeester (USA)	63.95	92.5	92.5	95.0	7	107.5	112.5	115.0	12	200.0
11	Ioanna Chatziioannou (GRE)	63.05	85.0	90.0	90.0	13	107.5	112.5	112.5	10	192.5
12	Laure Mary (FRA)	63.30	85.0	87.5	87.5	14	102.5	107.5	110.0	11	192.5
13	Katia Iacuzzo (ITA)	62.95	85.0	90.0	90.0	12	105.0	107.5	107.5	13	190.0
14	Khoni Devi (IND)	63.55	72.5	77.5	80.0	16	100.0	105.0	110.0	14	185.0
15	Michelle Kettner (AUS)	63.30	80.0	85.0	85.0	15	100.0	100.0	102.5	15	182.5
16	Jay Saxton (GBR)	62.60	70.0	75.0	80.0	17	90.0	95.0	97.5	16	172.5
17	Genoveva Tiron (ROU)	62.20	70.0	75.0	75.0	18	85.0	95.0	95.0	17	155.0
—	Mya Sanda Oo (MYA)	63.45	90.0	95.0	95.0	10	120.0	120.0	120.0	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

131.0 kg

Chen Yanqing (CHN)

WR

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 6