The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 54 kilograms division was staged on 5 May.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Zhang Xixiang (CHN) |
87.5 kg |  Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) |
85.0 kg |  Karnam Malleswari (IND) |
85.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Xixiang (CHN) |
110.0 kg | Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) |
102.5 kg | Karnam Malleswari (IND) |
102.5 kg |
| Total | Zhang Xixiang (CHN) |
197.5 kg | Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) |
187.5 kg | Karnam Malleswari (IND) |
187.5 kg |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Zhang Juhua (CHN) |
92.5 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Xixiang (CHN) |
113.5 kg | Yachiyo, Japan | 5 April 1996 | |
| Total | Zhang Juhua (CHN) |
202.5 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 |
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Zhang Xixiang (CHN) |
54.00 | 82.5 | 87.5 | |
105.0 | 110.0 | |
197.5 | ||
 |
Kuo Ping-chun (TPE) |
53.60 | 80.0 | 85.0 | |
102.5 | |
187.5 | |||
 |
Karnam Malleswari (IND) |
53.90 | 80.0 | 85.0 | |
102.5 | |
187.5 | |||
| 4 |  Neli Yankova (BUL) |
53.05 | 75.0 | 5 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 4 | 175.0 | |||
| 5 |  Maryse Turcotte (CAN) |
53.85 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 7 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 5 | 165.0 | ||
| 6 |  Alfia Galieva (RUS) |
53.95 | 65.0 | 11 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 6 | 160.0 | |||
| 7 |  Evdokia Chatziavramidou (GRE) |
53.05 | 62.5 | 65.0 | 9 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 7 | 157.5 | ||
| 8 |  Melania Locci (ITA) |
53.40 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 8 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 8 | 157.5 | ||
| 9 |  Ursula Garza-Kechko (USA) |
53.70 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 6 | 82.5 | 11 | 152.5 | |||
| 10 |  Valérie Ninvirth (FRA) |
53.25 | 65.0 | 10 | 82.5 | 10 | 147.5 | ||||
| 11 |  Soraya Jiménez (MEX) |
53.85 | 60.0 | 14 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 9 | 147.5 | ||
| 12 |  Maritta Tarkiainen (FIN) |
54.00 | 65.0 | 12 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 13 | 145.0 | |||
| 13 |  Gabriella Máthé (HUN) |
52.50 | 57.5 | 62.5 | 13 | 80.0 | 12 | 142.5 | |||
| — | Robin Goad (USA) |
52.50 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 4 | — | — | ||||