1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg

1998 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the middleweight (63 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	102.5 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	100.0 kg	Shi Lihua (CHN)	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Shi Lihua (CHN)	127.5 kg	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	122.5 kg	Aneta Szczepańska (POL)	115.0 kg
Total	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	225.0 kg	Shi Lihua (CHN)	225.0 kg	Valentina Popova (RUS)	215.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Xiong Meiying (CHN)	103.0 kg	Chongqing, China	18 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Hou Kangfeng (CHN)	128.5 kg	Sofia, Bulgaria	21 May 1998
	Total	Diao Weiwei (CHN)	230.0 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	24 April 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Chen Jui-lien (TPE)	61.79	97.5	102.5	105.0		117.5	122.5	125.0		225.0
	Shi Lihua (CHN)	62.31	97.5	97.5	102.5		122.5	127.5	130.0		225.0
	Valentina Popova (RUS)	62.50	95.0	100.0	102.5		115.0	122.5	122.5	4	215.0
4	Aneta Szczepańska (POL)	62.03	85.0	87.5	90.0	6	110.0	110.0	115.0		202.5
5	Alejandra Perea (COL)	61.97	80.0	85.0	87.5	5	100.0	105.0	107.5	8	192.5
6	Josefa Pérez (ESP)	62.49	85.0	87.5	90.0	7	102.5	105.0	105.0	9	192.5
7	Nancy Niro (CAN)	61.19	82.5	82.5	82.5	8	102.5	107.5	107.5	6	190.0
8	Katia Iacuzzo (ITA)	62.38	82.5	85.0	85.0	9	102.5	105.0	107.5	7	190.0
9	Tímea Raj (HUN)	62.42	90.0	90.0	92.5	4	100.0	105.0	105.0	14	190.0
10	Choi Eun-ja (KOR)	62.46	80.0	85.0	85.0	14	105.0	110.0	115.0	5	190.0
11	Michelle Kettner (AUS)	62.70	82.5	87.5	87.5	11	102.5	107.5	107.5	11	185.0
12	Laure Mary (FRA)	62.34	80.0	80.0	80.0	13	100.0	102.5	105.0	10	182.5
13	Eszter Krutzler (HUN)	62.58	82.5	87.5	87.5	10	100.0	105.0	105.0	15	182.5
14	Ana María Arraez (VEN)	60.96	80.0	85.0	85.0	12	100.0	102.5	102.5	12	180.0
15	Claudia Müller (GER)	61.83	77.5	82.5	82.5	15	100.0	100.0	100.0	13	177.5
16	Madiha Abdelmoneim (EGY)	62.26	65.0	70.0	72.5	16	87.5	90.0	92.5	16	162.5
17	Riitta Pirkkiö (FIN)	62.98	65.0	70.0	72.5	18	82.5	87.5	90.0	18	160.0
18	Michal Cooper (ISR)	61.55	60.0	67.5	72.5	19	82.5	90.0	95.0	17	157.5
19	María Andrea Gatti (ARG)	62.38	67.5	70.0	70.0	17	80.0	85.0	87.5	19	155.0
20	Harriet Namusoke (UGA)	62.03	50.0	55.0	60.0	20	60.0	70.0	75.0	20	130.0

References

• Results
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 13