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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
| 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 | |
222.5 | |
| |
Irina Kasimova (RUS) |
67.50 | 90.0 | 5 | 122.5 | |
212.5 | ||||
 |
Kim Dong-hee (KOR) |
68.40 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 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 | 6 | 210.0 | |
| 5 | Irina Komendanskaya (RUS) |
66.80 | 87.5 | 92.5 | |
107.5 | 112.5 | 5 | 205.0 | ||
| 6 |  Kumi Haseba (JPN) |
69.00 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 6 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 4 | 205.0 | ||
| 7 |  Chen Shu-man (TPE) |
69.20 | 90.0 | 7 | 110.0 | 7 | 200.0 | ||||
| 8 |  Maria Tatsi (GRE) |
69.65 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 8 | 110.0 | 8 | 197.5 | ||
| 9 |  Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE) |
70.00 | 85.0 | 9 | 107.5 | 9 | 192.5 | ||||
| 10 |  Susanna Samuelsson (FIN) |
68.70 | 77.5 | 12 | 105.0 | 10 | 182.5 | ||||
| 11 |  Robin Weckert (AUS) |
69.95 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 10 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 12 | 182.5 | |
| 12 |  Kerri Hanebrink (USA) |
70.00 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 11 | 95.0 | 13 | 175.0 | |||
| 13 | Silvia Baraniaková (CZE) |
69.25 | 75.0 | 13 | 90.0 | 14 | 165.0 | ||||
| — |  María Dolores Martínez (ESP) |
69.90 | — | 100.0 | 105.0 | 11 | — | ||||