# Weightlifting at the 1997 National Games of China

Weightlifting was part of the 1997 National Games of China held in Shanghai. Men competed in ten and women in nine weight classes.
The competition program at the National Games mirrors that of the Olympic Games as only medals for the total achieved are awarded, but not for individual lifts in either the snatch or clean and jerk. Likewise an athlete failing to register a snatch result cannot advance to the clean and jerk.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 54 kg | Lan Shizhang Guangxi | 285 kg | Yang Bin Guangxi | 277.5 kg | Xie Changbao Beijing | 272.5 kg |
| 59 kg | Le Maosheng Hunan | 307.5 kg | Shi Zhiyong Fujian | 307.5 kg | Yu Tingxiao Sichuan | 295 kg |
| 64 kg | Yang Cunkang Sichuan | 317.5 kg | Xiao Jiangang Guangxi | 317.5 kg | Wang Guohua Fujian | 317.5 kg |
| 70 kg | Zhan Xugang Zhejiang | 360 kg | Wan Jianhui Fujian | 340 kg | Zhang Guozheng Yunnan | 332.5 kg |
| 76 kg | Lin Shoufeng Shandong | 357.5 kg | Xu Qiang Shandong | 355 kg | Chen Yong Fujian | 347.5 kg |
| 83 kg | Li Yunnan Jiangsu | 377.5 kg | Zhang Yong Sichuan | 370 kg | Wang Hailong Heilongjiang | 345 kg |
| 91 kg | Yuan Aijun Jiangsu | 375 kg | Qin Guang Jiangxi | 372.5 kg | Wang Hai Shandong | 370 kg |
| 99 kg | Fan Hongsheng Jilin | 382.5 kg | Tao Yueqiang Anhui | 380 kg | Ma Yanfei Hebei | 380 kg |
| 108 kg | Cui Wenhua Jiangsu | 410 kg | Wu Zhongyou Liaoning | 387.5 kg | Li Xiaoshi Jilin | 385 kg |
| 108+ kg | Wei Tiehan Hebei | 405 kg | Ma Wenhua Jilin | 397.5 kg | Yang Wei Fujian | 395 kg |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 46 kg | Xing Fen Guangdong | 202.5 kg | Jiang Yinsu Hubei | 197.5 kg | Yun Yanhong Hebei | 195 kg |
| 50 kg | Li Zhuo Liaoning | 217.5 kg | Li Yunli Hunan | 217.5 kg | Liu Xiuhua Guangdong | 212.5 kg |
| 54 kg | Yang Xia Hunan | 232.5 kg | Long Yuling Hunan | 230 kg | Zhang Xixiang Guangdong | 225 kg |
| 59 kg | Chen Yanqing Jiangsu | 250 kg | Xu Xiongying Hubei | 242.5 kg | Zou Feie Hunan | 242.5 kg |
| 64 kg | Lei Li PLA | 260 kg | Diao Weiwei "Silver eagle" | 257.5 kg | Hou Kangfeng Hunan | 255 kg |
| 70 kg | Sun Tianni Shandong | 272.5 kg | Shang Shichun Sichuan | 265 kg | Qu Lihua Liaoning | 260 kg |
| 76 kg | Yue Pingtian Guangdong | 280 kg | Xing Shuwen Liaoning | 267.5 kg | Sun Yakun Shanxi | 267.5 kg |
| 83 kg | Wei Xiangying Liaoning | 292.5 kg | Sun Ruiping Sichuan | 282.5 kg | Feng Yuemei Shanxi | 280 kg |
| 83+ kg | Ding Meiyuan Liaoning | 307.5 kg | Dan Yulong Shandong | 297.5 kg | Tang Gonghong Hainan | 290 kg |

## Medal table

| Rank | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Jiangsu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Liaoning | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Hunan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Shandong | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Guangdong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sichuan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Guangxi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Jilin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hebei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | People's Liberation Army | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Zhejiang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fujian | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Hubei | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | "Silver eagle" | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Anhui | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Jiangxi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Shanxi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Beijing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Hainan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Heilongjiang | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Yunnan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |