The 1996 Women's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 3 to May 11, 1996. There were 102 women in action from 24 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
46 kg (details)
Snatch	Guan Hong  China	77.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	70.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	67.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Guan Hong  China	95.0 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	90.0 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	87.5 kg
Total	Guan Hong  China	172.5 kg	Kunjarani Devi  India	157.5 kg	Tsai Huey-woan  Chinese Taipei	157.5 kg
50 kg (details)
Snatch	Liu Xiuhua  China	80.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	77.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Liu Xiuhua  China	105.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	95.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	95.0 kg
Total	Liu Xiuhua  China	185.0 kg	Choi Myung-shik  South Korea	175.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei  Chinese Taipei	172.5 kg
54 kg (details)
Snatch	Zhang Xixiang  China	87.5 kg	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	85.0 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zhang Xixiang  China	110.0 kg	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	102.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	102.5 kg
Total	Zhang Xixiang  China	197.5 kg	Kuo Ping-chun  Chinese Taipei	187.5 kg	Karnam Malleswari  India	187.5 kg
59 kg (details)
Snatch	Chen Xiaomin  China	99.0 kg WR	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	90.0 kg	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	85.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	112.5 kg	Chen Xiaomin  China	110.0 kg	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	107.5 kg
Total	Chen Xiaomin  China	207.5 kg	Maria Christoforidou  Greece	197.5 kg	Yuriko Takahashi  Japan	197.5 kg
64 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Hongyun  China	106.0 kg WR	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	100.0 kg	Bénédicte Comblez  France	90.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Hongyun  China	120.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	115.0 kg	Choi Eun-ja  South Korea	115.0 kg
Total	Li Hongyun  China	225.0 kg	Chen Jui-lien  Chinese Taipei	215.0 kg	Huang Hsi-li  Chinese Taipei	202.5 kg
70 kg (details)
Snatch	Ilona Dankó  Hungary	97.5 kg	Tang Weifang  China	95.0 kg	Irina Komendanskaya  Russia	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Tang Weifang  China	127.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	122.5 kg	Kim Dong-hee  South Korea	120.0 kg
Total	Tang Weifang  China	222.5 kg	Irina Kasimova  Russia	212.5 kg	Kim Dong-hee  South Korea	212.5 kg
76 kg (details)
Snatch	Li Yan  China	97.5 kg	Mária Takács  Hungary	95.0 kg	Theresa Brick  Canada	95.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Li Yan  China	127.5 kg	Mária Takács  Hungary	120.0 kg	Panagiota Antonopoulou  Greece	120.0 kg
Total	Li Yan  China	225.0 kg	Mária Takács  Hungary	215.0 kg	Panagiota Antonopoulou  Greece	210.0 kg
83 kg (details)
Snatch	Wei Xiangying  China	110.0 kg WR	Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei	107.5 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	135.0 kg	Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei	135.0 kg	Wei Xiangying  China	132.5 kg
Total	Wei Xiangying  China	242.5 kg WR	Chen Shu-chih  Chinese Taipei	242.5 kg	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	235.0 kg
+83 kg (details)
Snatch	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	107.5 kg	Wan Ni  China	102.5 kg	Sylvie Iskin  France	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wan Ni  China	137.5 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien  Chinese Taipei	130.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	125.0 kg
Total	Wan Ni  China	240.0 kg	Karoliina Lundahl  Finland	232.5 kg	Chen Hsiao-lien  Chinese Taipei	227.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	0	0	9
2	Chinese Taipei	0	3	4	7
3	Greece	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
6	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	23	3	1	27
2	Hungary	1	3	0	4
3	Finland	1	1	1	3
4	Colombia	1	0	2	3
	Japan	1	0	2	3
6	Chinese Taipei	0	12	6	18
7	India	0	2	4	6
	South Korea	0	2	4	6
9	Greece	0	2	3	5
10	Russia	0	2	1	3
11	France	0	0	2	2
12	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		27	27	27	81

Participating nations

102 competitors from 24 nations competed.