The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The women's competition in 75 kg division was staged on 9 November 2001.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Gyöngyi Likerecz (HUN) |
115.0 kg |  Aysel Özgür (TUR) |
112.5 kg | Şule Şahbaz (TUR) |
112.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Gyöngyi Likerecz (HUN) |
140.0 kg |  Cao Chunyan (CHN) |
135.0 kg |  Kuo Yi-hang (TPE) |
135.0 kg |
| Total | Gyöngyi Likerecz (HUN) |
255.0 kg | Şule Şahbaz (TUR) |
247.5 kg | Cao Chunyan (CHN) |
242.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Tang Weifang (CHN) |
116.0 kg | Wuhan, China | 3 September 1999 |
| Clean & Jerk | Sun Tianni (CHN) |
142.5 kg | Osaka, Japan | 6 May 2000 | |
| Total | Sun Tianni (CHN) |
257.5 kg | Osaka, Japan | 6 May 2000 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Gyöngyi Likerecz (HUN) |
74.74 | 112.5 | 116.0 | |
135.5 | 140.0 | — | |
255.0 | |
 |
Şule Şahbaz (TUR) |
74.26 | 107.5 | 112.5 |  |
127.5 | 135.0 | 4 | 247.5 | ||
| |
Cao Chunyan (CHN) |
73.78 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 6 | 132.5 | 135.0 | |
242.5 | ||
| 4 | Kuo Yi-hang (TPE) |
74.02 | 105.0 | 7 | 135.0 | |
240.0 | ||||
| 5 |  Tatyana Khromova (KAZ) |
74.80 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 4 | 130.0 | 5 | 240.0 | |||
| 6 | Aysel Özgür (TUR) |
74.12 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 2 | 115.0 | 125.0 | 8 | 237.5 | ||
| 7 | Sun Yakun (CHN) |
73.46 | 100.0 | 9 | 127.5 | 6 | 227.5 | ||||
| 8 |  Sefi Onubaye (NGR) |
73.68 | 100.0 | 10 | 125.0 | 7 | 225.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE) |
74.36 | 100.0 | 11 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 9 | 225.0 | |||
| 10 |  Christina Ioannidi (GRE) |
73.62 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 12 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 10 | 220.0 |
| 11 | Filippia Kochliaridou (GRE) |
74.06 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 13 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 11 | 215.0 | ||
| 12 |  Sumati Devi (IND) |
74.54 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 16 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 12 | 210.0 | |
| 13 |  Mónica Carrió (ESP) |
74.42 | 95.0 | 14 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 13 | 207.5 | |||
| 14 |  Rachel Clark (GBR) |
70.88 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 17 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 14 | 180.0 | |
| 15 |  Esther Velazco (MEX) |
69.06 | 75.0 | 18 | 95.0 | 15 | 170.0 | ||||
| — |  Ludmila Arefieva (RUS) |
72.62 | 100.0 | 107.5 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| — | Ilona Dankó (HUN) |
74.14 | 105.0 | 8 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) |
74.84 | 95.0 | 100.0 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |