1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg

1999 World Championships in Athens, Greece
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (+ 75 kg) is the heaviest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, open to competitors over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 27, 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	127.5 kg	Agata Wróbel (POL)	127.5 kg	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	157.5 kg	Agata Wróbel (POL)	152.5 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien (TPE)	142.5 kg
Total	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	285.0 kg	Agata Wróbel (POL)	280.0 kg	Bilkisu Musa (NGR)	252.5 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Agata Wróbel (POL)	125.0 kg	Spała, Poland	26 September 1999
	Clean & Jerk	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	156.0 kg	Chiba, Japan	3 May 1999
	Total	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	275.0 kg	Chiba, Japan	3 May 1999

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
01 !	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	97.00	120.0	125.0	127.5	01 !	150.0	155.0	157.5	01 !	285.0
02 !	Agata Wróbel (POL)	117.11	117.5	120.0	127.5	02 !	142.5	145.0	152.5	02 !	280.0
03 !	Bilkisu Musa (NGR)	82.21	105.0	110.0	112.5	4	130.0	135.0	140.0	4	252.5
4	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	132.50	107.5	112.5	115.0	03 !	125.0	132.5	137.5	7	252.5
5	Carmenza Delgado (COL)	89.86	105.0	110.0	112.5	5	130.0	135.0	137.5	5	250.0
6	Moon Kyung-ae (KOR)	92.89	100.0	105.0	107.5	10	127.5	132.5	137.5	6	242.5
7	Vita Rudenok (UKR)	101.46	105.0	110.0	112.5	6	130.0	135.0	137.5	10	240.0
8	Helen Idahosa (NGR)	87.96	95.0	100.0	105.0	8	120.0	130.0	130.0	8	235.0
9	Viktoriya Shaymardanova (UKR)	91.31	105.0	105.0	105.0	9	125.0	130.0	135.0	9	235.0
10	Melinda Szik (HUN)	93.75	105.0	110.0	110.0	11	122.5	127.5	132.5	11	232.5
11	Venera Mannanova (RUS)	79.58	100.0	105.0	107.5	7	112.5	117.5	120.0	14	227.5
12	Olivia Baker (NZL)	99.17	95.0	100.0	100.0	14	120.0	125.0	125.0	13	225.0
13	Kim Dong-ok (KOR)	111.17	100.0	100.0	105.0	12	120.0	120.0	132.5	16	225.0
14	Lourdes Gorostegui (ESP)	97.17	95.0	100.0	100.0	13	115.0	120.0	125.0	15	220.0
15	Miyuki Arai (JPN)	86.97	92.5	92.5	92.5	17	120.0	125.0	125.0	12	217.5
16	Sylvie Iskin (FRA)	95.74	95.0	97.5	100.0	16	115.0	117.5	120.0	17	212.5
17	Claudia Mues (DEN)	92.71	92.5	92.5	95.0	15	107.5	112.5	112.5	21	202.5
18	Susanne Dandenault (CAN)	100.59	85.0	85.0	90.0	20	112.5	112.5	117.5	18	202.5
19	Diana Back (FIN)	77.51	87.5	90.0	90.0	18	105.0	110.0	110.0	20	200.0
20	Reanna Solomon (NRU)	121.46	80.0	80.0	80.0	23	107.5	112.5	115.0	19	192.5
21	Nancy Ponce (MEX)	79.30	80.0	85.0	87.5	21	100.0	105.0	107.5	22	190.0
22	Rosa Margo (ITA)	96.19	75.0	80.0	82.5	22	95.0	100.0	102.5	23	185.0
23	Olga Solovieva (KAZ)	81.16	70.0	70.0	75.0	24	90.0	90.0	90.0	24	160.0
—	Sheeva Peo (NRU)	86.39	85.0	90.0	90.0	19	112.5	112.5	112.5	—	—
—	Katarina Sederholm (NOR)	94.35	100.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Chen Hsiao-lien (TPE)	100.64	105.0	105.0	105.0	—	137.5	142.5	145.0	03 !	—

New records

Snatch	127.5 kg	Agata Wróbel (POL)	WR
Clean & Jerk	157.5 kg	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	WR
Total	277.5 kg	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	WR
	280.0 kg	Agata Wróbel (POL)	WR
	282.5 kg	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	WR
	285.0 kg	Ding Meiyuan (CHN)	WR

References

• Weightlifting Databank
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 23