The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 46 kilograms division was staged on 3 May.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Guan Hong (CHN) |
77.5 kg |  Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
70.0 kg |  Kunjarani Devi (IND) |
67.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Guan Hong (CHN) |
95.0 kg | Kunjarani Devi (IND) |
90.0 kg | Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
87.5 kg |
| Total | Guan Hong (CHN) |
172.5 kg | Kunjarani Devi (IND) |
157.5 kg | Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
157.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Guan Hong (CHN) |
81.0 kg | Guangzhou, China | 17 November 1995 |
| Clean & Jerk | Guan Hong (CHN) |
105.0 kg | Yachiyo, Japan | 8 July 1997 | |
| Total | Guan Hong (CHN) |
185.0 kg | Yachiyo, Japan | 4 April 1996 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Guan Hong (CHN) |
44.75 | 72.5 | 77.5 | |
95.0 | |
172.5 | |||
 |
Kunjarani Devi (IND) |
45.45 | 67.5 |  |
87.5 | 90.0 | |
157.5 | |||
| |
Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
45.60 | 67.5 | 70.0 | |
85.0 | 87.5 | |
157.5 | ||
| 4 |  Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) |
45.80 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 4 | 85.0 | 4 | 152.5 | |||
| 5 |  Donka Mincheva (BUL) |
45.80 | 65.0 | 67.5 | 5 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 6 | 150.0 | ||
| 6 |  Lubov Averianova (RUS) |
45.80 | 62.5 | — | — | 7 | 82.5 | — | — | 5 | 145.0 |
| 7 |  Loreen Briner (USA) |
45.85 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 6 | 72.5 | 7 | 137.5 | |||