1996 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 50 kg

Main article: 1996 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 50 kilograms division was staged on 4 May.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	80.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik (KOR)	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	105.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	95.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik (KOR)	95.0 kg
Total	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	185.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik (KOR)	175.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	172.5 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Jiang Baoyu (CHN)	88.0 kg	Busan, South Korea	3 July 1995
	Clean & Jerk	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	110.5 kg	Hiroshima, Japan	3 October 1994
	Total	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	197.5 kg	Hiroshima, Japan	3 October 1994

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	49.90	77.5	80.0	80.0		100.0	102.5	105.0		185.0
	Choi Myung-shik (KOR)	49.95	75.0	77.5	80.0		95.0	100.0	100.0		175.0
	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	49.15	75.0	77.5	80.0		95.0	97.5	97.5		172.5
4	Izabela Rifatova (BUL)	49.75	72.5	77.5	80.0	4	92.5	92.5	97.5	4	170.0
5	Anna Stroubou (GRE)	49.45	70.0	72.5	75.0	5	85.0	87.5	87.5	6	160.0
6	Noriko Hasegawa (JPN)	50.00	67.5	70.0	70.0	6	85.0	85.0	90.0	5	160.0
7	Siyka Stoeva (BUL)	49.60	67.5	70.0	70.0	7	85.0	85.0	90.0	7	152.5
8	Csilla Földi (HUN)	49.35	60.0	65.0	67.5	8	80.0	85.0	85.0	9	145.0
9	Erzsébet Nagy (HUN)	49.05	57.5	60.0	60.0	10	75.0	80.0	82.5	8	137.5
—	Amanda Inman (AUS)	49.05	57.5	60.0	60.0	9	72.5	72.5	72.5	—	—

References

• Results
• Weightlifting Database