# 2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 71 kg

The women's 71 kilograms competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 November 2018.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 6 November 2018 | 08:00 | Group C |
| 6 November 2018 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 6 November 2018 | 17:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | 115 kg | Nadezda Likhacheva (KAZ) | 112 kg | Sara Ahmed (EGY) | 111 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | 152 kg | Sara Ahmed (EGY) | 141 kg | Mattie Rogers (USA) | 133 kg |
| Total | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | 267 kg | Sara Ahmed (EGY) | 252 kg | Nadezda Likhacheva (KAZ) | 242 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 117 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 147 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 261 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | A | 108 | 113 | 115 | | 140 | 148 | 152 | | 267 |
| | Sara Ahmed (EGY) | A | 105 | 110 | 111 | | 136 | 141 | — | | 252 |
| | Nadezda Likhacheva (KAZ) | A | 105 | 110 | 112 | | 130 | 130 | 136 | 7 | 242 |
| 4 | Anastasia Romanova (RUS) | A | 105 | 110 | 113 | 4 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 6 | 240 |
| 5 | Mattie Rogers (USA) | A | 100 | 103 | 105 | 5 | 130 | 133 | 137 | | 238 |
| 6 | Meredith Alwine (USA) | A | 98 | 98 | 101 | 7 | 128 | 132 | 135 | 4 | 233 |
| 7 | Mari Sánchez (COL) | A | 103 | 106 | 107 | 6 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 8 | 228 |
| 8 | Jennifer Cantú (MEX) | A | 92 | 98 | 98 | 13 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 9 | 216 |
| 9 | Charlotte Åkerlund (SWE) | B | 94 | 97 | 100 | 8 | 113 | 116 | 118 | 11 | 215 |
| 10 | Yekaterina Stolyarenko (KAZ) | B | 90 | 94 | 96 | 10 | 115 | 118 | 122 | 10 | 212 |
| 11 | Gülnabat Kadyrowa (TKM) | B | 94 | 96 | 98 | 9 | 112 | 115 | 115 | 16 | 211 |
| 12 | Kim Su-hyeon (KOR) | B | 90 | 93 | 96 | 11 | 115 | 116 | 123 | 13 | 209 |
| 13 | Liu Lan-yin (TPE) | B | 90 | 93 | 95 | 12 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 15 | 208 |
| 14 | Eri Mitsuke (JPN) | B | 90 | 90 | 93 | 15 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 12 | 207 |
| 15 | Kristel Macrohon (PHI) | B | 85 | 85 | 90 | 16 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 14 | 205 |
| 16 | Berfin Altun (TUR) | C | 85 | 87 | 90 | 21 | 109 | 114 | 119 | 17 | 201 |
| 17 | Eleni Kourtelidou (GRE) | C | 85 | 88 | 88 | 19 | 105 | 108 | 111 | 18 | 199 |
| 18 | Jolanta Wiór (POL) | B | 90 | 93 | 93 | 14 | 108 | 112 | 113 | 20 | 198 |
| 19 | Liana Gyurjyan (ARM) | B | 85 | 85 | 90 | 22 | 105 | 110 | 110 | 19 | 195 |
| 20 | Anastasiya Mikhalenka (BLR) | C | 83 | 87 | 89 | 20 | 107 | 113 | 115 | 21 | 194 |
| 21 | Otgonbayaryn Darkhijav (MGL) | C | 82 | 86 | 89 | 17 | 100 | 103 | 104 | 22 | 189 |
| 22 | Simona Hertlová (CZE) | C | 85 | 88 | 90 | 18 | 100 | 104 | 104 | 23 | 188 |
| 23 | Marina Ohman (ISR) | C | 83 | 83 | 86 | 24 | 95 | 99 | 102 | 24 | 182 |
| 24 | Sara Sigmundsdóttir (ISL) | C | 80 | 84 | 87 | 23 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 26 | 179 |
| 25 | Alessia Wälchli (SUI) | C | 78 | 78 | 82 | 26 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 25 | 176 |
| 26 | Mette Pedersen (DEN) | C | 79 | 79 | 80 | 25 | 94 | 95 | 99 | 27 | 175 |
| — | Patricia Strenius (SWE) | A | 97 | 97 | 97 | — | 125 | 128 | 131 | 5 | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 148 kg | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 152 kg | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 263 kg | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 267 kg | Zhang Wangli (CHN) | WR |