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 | ||
| 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 |  |
125.0 | 131.0 | |
230.0 | |||
|
Chen Jui-lien (TPE) |
63.00 | 100.0 | 102.5 | |
120.0 | 122.5 | |
225.0 | ||
 |
Neelam Setti Laxmi (IND) |
62.50 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | |
117.5 | 5 | 217.5 | ||
| 4 |  Pawina Thongsuk (THA) |
63.15 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 4 | 117.5 | 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 | 8 | 115.0 | 122.5 | |
212.5 | |||
| 7 |  Erzsébet Márkus (HUN) |
63.50 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 6 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 7 | 210.0 | |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Choi Eun-ja (KOR) |
63.65 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 11 | 115.0 | 8 | 205.0 | |||
| 9 |  Svetlana Khabirova (RUS) |
63.30 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 9 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 9 | 202.5 | |
| 10 |  Lea Rentmeester (USA) |
63.95 | 92.5 | 7 | 107.5 | 12 | 200.0 | ||||
| 11 |  Ioanna Chatziioannou (GRE) |
63.05 | 85.0 | 13 | 107.5 | 10 | 192.5 | ||||
| 12 |  Laure Mary (FRA) |
63.30 | 85.0 | 14 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 11 | 192.5 | |||
| 13 |  Katia Iacuzzo (ITA) |
62.95 | 85.0 | 12 | 105.0 | 13 | 190.0 | ||||
| 14 | Khoni Devi (IND) |
63.55 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 16 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 14 | 185.0 | |
| 15 | .svg.png){kind=small} Michelle Kettner (AUS) |
63.30 | 80.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 15 | 182.5 | |||
| 16 |  Jay Saxton (GBR) |
62.60 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 17 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 16 | 172.5 | |
| 17 |  Genoveva Tiron (ROM) |
62.20 | 70.0 | 18 | 85.0 | 17 | 155.0 | ||||
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Mya Sanda Oo (MYA) |
63.45 | 90.0 | 10 | — | — | |||||
New records
| Clean & Jerk | 131.0 kg | Chen Yanqing (CHN)
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