The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the middleweight (63 kg) division was staged on 12 November 1998.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Chen Jui-lien (TPE) |
102.5 kg |  Valentina Popova (RUS) |
100.0 kg |  Shi Lihua (CHN) |
97.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Shi Lihua (CHN) |
127.5 kg | Chen Jui-lien (TPE) |
122.5 kg |  Aneta Szczepańska (POL) |
115.0 kg |
| Total | Chen Jui-lien (TPE) |
225.0 kg | Shi Lihua (CHN) |
225.0 kg | Valentina Popova (RUS) |
215.0 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Xiong Meiying (CHN) |
103.0 kg | Chongqing, China | 18 September 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | Hou Kangfeng (CHN) |
128.5 kg | Sofia, Bulgaria | 21 May 1998 | |
| Total | Diao Weiwei (CHN) |
230.0 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 24 April 1998 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Chen Jui-lien (TPE) |
61.79 | 97.5 | 102.5 | |
117.5 | 122.5 |  |
225.0 | ||
| |
Shi Lihua (CHN) |
62.31 | 97.5 |  |
122.5 | 127.5 | |
225.0 | |||
| |
Valentina Popova (RUS) |
62.50 | 95.0 | 100.0 | |
115.0 | 4 | 215.0 | |||
| 4 | Aneta Szczepańska (POL) |
62.03 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 6 | 110.0 | 115.0 | |
202.5 | ||
| 5 |  Alejandra Perea (COL) |
61.97 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 5 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 8 | 192.5 | |
| 6 |  Josefa Pérez (ESP) |
62.49 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 7 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 9 | 192.5 | ||
| 7 |  Nancy Niro (CAN) |
61.19 | 82.5 | 8 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 6 | 190.0 | |||
| 8 |  Katia Iacuzzo (ITA) |
62.38 | 82.5 | 9 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 7 | 190.0 | ||
| 9 |  Tímea Raj (HUN) |
62.42 | 90.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 14 | 190.0 | ||||
| 10 |  Choi Eun-ja (KOR) |
62.46 | 80.0 | 14 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 5 | 190.0 | |||
| 11 |  Michelle Kettner (AUS) |
62.70 | 82.5 | 11 | 102.5 | 11 | 185.0 | ||||
| 12 |  Laure Mary (FRA) |
62.34 | 80.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 10 | 182.5 | |||
| 13 | Eszter Krutzler (HUN) |
62.58 | 82.5 | 10 | 100.0 | 15 | 182.5 | ||||
| 14 |  Ana María Arraez (VEN) |
60.96 | 80.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 12 | 180.0 | ||||
| 15 |  Claudia Müller (GER) |
61.83 | 77.5 | 15 | 100.0 | 13 | 177.5 | ||||
| 16 |  Madiha Abdelmoneim (EGY) |
62.26 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 16 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 16 | 162.5 | |
| 17 |  Riitta Pirkkiö (FIN) |
62.98 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 18 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 18 | 160.0 | |
| 18 |  Michal Cooper (ISR) |
61.55 | 60.0 | 67.5 | 19 | 82.5 | 90.0 | 17 | 157.5 | ||
| 19 |  María Andrea Gatti (ARG) |
62.38 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 17 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 19 | 155.0 | ||
| 20 |  Harriet Namusoke (UGA) |
62.03 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 20 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 20 | 130.0 | ||