1997 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 76 kg

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Hua Ju (CHN)	70.50	~~102.5~~	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	~~97.5~~	5	115.0	122.5	125.0		220.0
4	Ok Son-hui (PRK)	71.45	92.5	97.5	~~100.0~~	4	117.5	~~122.5~~	~~125.0~~	6	215.0
5	Sumita Laha (IND)	74.40	90.0	~~92.5~~	~~92.5~~	10	115.0	117.5	120.0	5	210.0
6	Line Mary (FRA)	75.30	92.5	~~97.5~~	~~97.5~~	8	112.5	115.0	117.5	8	210.0
7	Bharti Singh (IND)	75.90	90.0	95.0	~~97.5~~	7	107.5	~~112.5~~	112.5	10	207.5
8	Mónica Carrió (ESP)	71.35	92.5	95.0	97.5		107.5	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	11	205.0
9	Jeane Lassen (CAN)	73.60	80.0	85.0	~~90.0~~	12	110.0	115.0	117.5	7	202.5
10	Hiromi Fujiwara (JPN)	74.20	~~87.5~~	87.5	~~92.5~~	11	107.5	112.5	115.0	9	202.5
11	Manuela Torazza (ITA)	74.05	85.0	~~90.0~~	90.0	9	105.0	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	12	195.0
—	Lu Yu-ruu (TPE)	75.75	~~95.0~~	95.0	~~100.0~~	6	~~120.0~~	~~120.0~~	~~120.0~~	—	—
—	Cho Cho Win (MYA)	74.85	~~90.0~~	~~90.0~~	~~90.0~~	—	115.0	120.0	125.0	4	—
DQ	Aysel Özgür (TUR)	75.65	105.0	110.0	~~112.5~~	—	125.0	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	—	—
DQ	Sefi Onubaye (NGR)	74.80	~~90.0~~	90.0	~~95.0~~	—	110.0	115.0	~~120.0~~	—	—
DQ	Lubov Grigurko (UKR)	75.20	90.0	95.0	~~97.5~~	—	105.0	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	—	—