1996 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 70 kg

The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 70 kilograms division was staged on 8 May.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Ilona Dankó (HUN)	97.5 kg	Tang Weifang (CHN)	95.0 kg	Irina Komendanskaya (RUS)	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang (CHN)	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova (RUS)	122.5 kg	Kim Dong-hee (KOR)	120.0 kg
Total	Tang Weifang (CHN)	222.5 kg	Irina Kasimova (RUS)	212.5 kg	Kim Dong-hee (KOR)	212.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Tang Weifang (CHN)	102.5 kg	Hiroshima, Japan	4 October 1994
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang (CHN)	129.0 kg	Guangzhou, China	22 November 1995
	Total	Tang Weifang (CHN)	230.0 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
	Tang Weifang (CHN)	69.45	90.0	95.0	—		122.5	127.5	130.0		222.5
	Irina Kasimova (RUS)	67.50	90.0	95.0	95.0	5	120.0	122.5	127.5		212.5
	Kim Dong-hee (KOR)	68.40	87.5	92.5	95.0	4	115.0	117.5	120.0		212.5
4	Ilona Dankó (HUN)	69.15	90.0	95.0	97.5		107.5	112.5	112.5	6	210.0
5	Irina Komendanskaya (RUS)	66.80	87.5	92.5	95.0		107.5	112.5	115.0	5	205.0
6	Kumi Haseba (JPN)	69.00	85.0	90.0	92.5	6	110.0	115.0	117.5	4	205.0
7	Chen Shu-man (TPE)	69.20	90.0	92.5	92.5	7	110.0	115.0	115.0	7	200.0
8	Maria Tatsi (GRE)	69.65	80.0	85.0	87.5	8	110.0	115.0	117.5	8	197.5
9	Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE)	70.00	85.0	85.0	85.0	9	107.5	112.5	117.5	9	192.5
10	Susanna Samuelsson (FIN)	68.70	77.5	80.0	80.0	12	105.0	107.5	107.5	10	182.5
11	Robin Weckert (AUS)	69.95	75.0	75.0	80.0	10	95.0	100.0	102.5	12	182.5
12	Kerri Hanebrink (USA)	70.00	75.0	80.0	80.0	11	95.0	95.0	102.5	13	175.0
13	Silvia Baraniaková (CZE)	69.25	75.0	80.0	80.0	13	90.0	90.0	95.0	14	165.0
—	María Dolores Martínez (ESP)	69.90	85.0	85.0	85.0	—	100.0	105.0	110.0	11	—

References

• Results
• Weightlifting Database