1996 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 70 kg
# 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Tang Weifang (CHN) | 129.0 kg | Guangzhou, China | 22 November 1995 |
| World Record | Total | Tang Weifang (CHN) | 230.0 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 4 October 1994 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | 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 | — |
