The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The women's competition in the 76 kg division was staged on 12 December 1997.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Hua Ju (CHN) |
107.5 kg |  Mária Takács (HUN) |
100.0 kg |  Mónica Carrió (ESP) |
97.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Hua Ju (CHN) |
140.0 kg |  Kim Soon-hee (KOR) |
125.0 kg | Mária Takács (HUN) |
125.0 kg |
| Total | Hua Ju (CHN) |
247.5 kg | Mária Takács (HUN) |
225.0 kg | Kim Soon-hee (KOR) |
220.0 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Gao Xiaoyan (CHN) |
106.5 kg | Seoul, South Korea | 24 November 1996 |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Guimei (CHN) |
140.0 kg | Shilong, China | 18 December 1993 | |
| Total | Zhang Guimei (CHN) |
235.0 kg | Shilong, China | 18 December 1993 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
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Hua Ju (CHN) |
70.50 | 102.5 | 107.5 | |
130.0 | 140.5 | — | |
247.5 | |
 |
Mária Takács (HUN) |
74.05 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 100.0 | |
120.0 | 122.5 | 125.0 |  |
225.0 |
| |
Kim Soon-hee (KOR) |
74.00 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 5 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 125.0 | |
220.0 | |
| 4 |  Ok Son-hui (PRK) |
71.45 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 4 | 117.5 | 6 | 215.0 | |||
| 5 |  Sumita Laha (IND) |
74.40 | 90.0 | 10 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 5 | 210.0 | ||
| 6 |  Line Mary (FRA) |
75.30 | 92.5 | 8 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 8 | 210.0 | ||
| 7 | Bharti Singh (IND) |
75.90 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 7 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 10 | 207.5 | ||
| 8 | Mónica Carrió (ESP) |
71.35 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 97.5 | |
107.5 | 11 | 205.0 | ||
| 9 |  Jeane Lassen (CAN) |
73.60 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 12 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 7 | 202.5 | |
| 10 |  Hiromi Fujiwara (JPN) |
74.20 | 87.5 | 11 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 9 | 202.5 | ||
| 11 |  Manuela Torazza (ITA) |
74.05 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 9 | 105.0 | 12 | 195.0 | |||
| — |  Lu Yu-ruu (TPE) |
75.75 | 95.0 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Cho Cho Win (MYA) |
74.85 | — | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 4 | — | |||
| DQ |  Aysel Özgür (TUR) |
75.65 | 105.0 | 110.0 | — | 125.0 | — | — | |||
| DQ |  Sefi Onubaye (NGR) |
74.80 | 90.0 | — | 110.0 | 115.0 | — | — | |||
| DQ |  Lubov Grigurko (UKR) |
75.20 | 90.0 | 95.0 | — | 105.0 | — | — | |||
New records edit
| Snatch | 107.5 kg | Hua Ju (CHN)
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WR |
| Aysel Özgür (TUR) |
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| Clean & Jerk | 140.5 kg | Hua Ju (CHN)
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WR |
| Total | 237.5 kg | Hua Ju (CHN)
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WR |
| 247.5 kg | Hua Ju (CHN)
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WR |