# 2005 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg

The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 13 November 2005.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 13 November 2005 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 13 November 2005 | 20:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 130 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 126 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | 124 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 159 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | 155 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 155 kg |
| Total | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 285 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 285 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | 279 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 125 kg | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Sun Ruiping (CHN) | 152 kg | Busan, South Korea | 7 October 2002 |
| World Record | Total | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 273 kg | Busan, South Korea | 23 May 2005 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | A | 71.85 | 118 | 123 | 126 | | 150 | 155 | 159 | | 285 |
| | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | A | 74.83 | 123 | 127 | 130 | | 148 | 153 | 155 | | 285 |
| | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | A | 74.56 | 118 | 121 | 124 | | 149 | 155 | 162 | | 279 |
| 4 | Nora Köppel (ARG) | A | 74.46 | 110 | 111 | 115 | 4 | 140 | 145 | 153 | 5 | 260 |
| 5 | Nahla Ramadan (EGY) | A | 74.05 | 110 | 114 | 114 | 5 | 136 | 141 | 145 | 4 | 259 |
| 6 | Rumyana Petkova (BUL) | A | 74.28 | 105 | 107 | 107 | 6 | 120 | 120 | 124 | 8 | 231 |
| 7 | Damaris Aguirre (MEX) | B | 74.23 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 9 | 118 | 120 | 126 | 6 | 230 |
| 8 | Kazue Imahoko (JPN) | A | 74.79 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 8 | 120 | 125 | 127 | 10 | 225 |
| 9 | Pujari Sailaja (IND) | A | 73.92 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 11 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 7 | 222 |
| 10 | Lydia Valentín (ESP) | A | 74.04 | 100 | 105 | 107 | 7 | 115 | 115 | 120 | 13 | 220 |
| 11 | Madeleine Yamechi (CMR) | A | 74.19 | 93 | 96 | 100 | 12 | 122 | 125 | 125 | 9 | 218 |
| 12 | Cara Heads (USA) | B | 74.65 | 93 | 96 | 99 | 10 | 116 | 119 | 119 | 11 | 215 |
| 13 | Deborah Lovely (AUS) | B | 74.86 | 90 | 94 | 97 | 14 | 112 | 116 | 118 | 12 | 210 |
| 14 | Sheba Deireragea (NRU) | B | 74.80 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 13 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 14 | 204 |
| 15 | Yuko Kikuta (JPN) | B | 74.81 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 15 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 15 | 187 |

## New records

| Snatch | 126 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR |
| Snatch | 127 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |
| Snatch | 130 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 155 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 159 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 278 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |
| Total | 279 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | WR |
| Total | 281 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 285 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |