1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 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 heavyweight (75 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl (FIN)	105.0 kg	Mónica Carrió (ESP)	100.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gao Xiaoyan (CHN)	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl (FIN)	125.0 kg	Mária Takács (HUN)	120.0 kg
Total	Karoliina Lundahl (FIN)	230.0 kg	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	220.0 kg	Mária Takács (HUN)	217.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Zhao La (CHN)	111.5 kg	Chongqing, China	20 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	World Standard	140.0 kg	—	1 January 1998
	Total	World Standard	250.0 kg	—	1 January 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Karoliina Lundahl (FIN)	74.36	100.0	105.0	105.0		120.0	122.5	125.0		230.0
	Şule Şahbaz (TUR)	74.08	100.0	105.0	105.0		120.0	125.0	125.0	6	220.0
	Mária Takács (HUN)	70.75	97.5	97.5	100.0	4	120.0	120.0	125.0		217.5
4	Cara Heads (USA)	73.14	92.5	95.0	97.5	5	107.5	115.0	120.0	4	217.5
5	Mónica Carrió (ESP)	73.80	97.5	100.0	102.5		112.5	117.5	117.5	9	217.5
6	Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE)	74.31	90.0	95.0	100.0	8	115.0	120.0	125.0	7	215.0
7	Line Mary (FRA)	74.42	95.0	100.0	100.0	9	115.0	120.0	122.5	8	215.0
8	Jeane Lassen (CAN)	73.37	85.0	90.0	90.0	13	115.0	120.0	120.0	5	205.0
9	Manuela Torazza (ITA)	70.27	87.5	92.5	95.0	6	107.5	112.5	112.5	11	202.5
10	Caroline Pileggi (AUS)	74.95	87.5	90.0	90.0	11	112.5	117.5	117.5	10	202.5
11	Venera Mannanova (RUS)	74.06	95.0	100.0	102.5	7	100.0	—	—	19	195.0
12	Hiromi Fujiwara (JPN)	74.59	85.0	90.0	95.0	10	105.0	110.0	110.0	13	195.0
13	Theano Zagkliveri (GRE)	73.80	85.0	87.5	87.5	12	100.0	105.0	107.5	12	192.5
14	Margarita Rojas (COL)	73.81	85.0	90.0	90.0	14	102.5	107.5	107.5	14	187.5
15	Filippia Kochliaridou (GRE)	74.44	82.5	85.0	85.0	16	102.5	107.5	107.5	16	185.0
16	Diana Back (FIN)	74.45	82.5	87.5	87.5	17	102.5	105.0	105.0	17	185.0
17	Rachel Clark (GBR)	73.10	80.0	82.5	85.0	15	100.0	102.5	102.5	18	182.5
18	Zuzana Kováčová (SVK)	73.89	77.5	82.5	82.5	18	102.5	102.5	107.5	15	180.0
19	Rosetta Penani (NRU)	74.17	75.0	80.0	80.0	19	100.0	102.5	102.5	20	175.0
—	Ilona Dankó (HUN)	71.99	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Kuo Shu-fen (TPE)	73.62	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Gao Xiaoyan (CHN)	73.98	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	125.0	127.5	130.0		—

References

• Results
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Pages 13–14