# 1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg

The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the heavyweight (75 kg) division was staged on 14 November 1998.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) | 105.0 kg | Mónica Carrió (ESP) | 100.0 kg | Şule Şahbaz (TUR) | 100.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Gao Xiaoyan (CHN) | 130.0 kg | Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) | 125.0 kg | Mária Takács (HUN) | 120.0 kg |
| Total | Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) | 230.0 kg | Şule Şahbaz (TUR) | 220.0 kg | Mária Takács (HUN) | 217.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Zhao La (CHN) | 111.5 kg | Chongqing, China | 20 September 1998 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 140.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 250.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | 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 | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Karoliina Lundahl (FIN) | 74.36 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | | 120.0 | 122.5 | 125.0 | | 230.0 |
| | Şule Şahbaz (TUR) | 74.08 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 6 | 220.0 |
| | Mária Takács (HUN) | 70.75 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 4 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | | 217.5 |
| 4 | Cara Heads (USA) | 73.14 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 5 | 107.5 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 4 | 217.5 |
| 5 | Mónica Carrió (ESP) | 73.80 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 102.5 | | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 9 | 217.5 |
| 6 | Radomíra Ševčíková (CZE) | 74.31 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 8 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 7 | 215.0 |
| 7 | Line Mary (FRA) | 74.42 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 8 | 215.0 |
| 8 | Jeane Lassen (CAN) | 73.37 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 13 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 5 | 205.0 |
| 9 | Manuela Torazza (ITA) | 70.27 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 6 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 11 | 202.5 |
| 10 | Caroline Pileggi (AUS) | 74.95 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 11 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 10 | 202.5 |
| 11 | Venera Mannanova (RUS) | 74.06 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 7 | 100.0 | — | — | 19 | 195.0 |
| 12 | Hiromi Fujiwara (JPN) | 74.59 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 10 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 13 | 195.0 |
| 13 | Theano Zagkliveri (GRE) | 73.80 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 12 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 12 | 192.5 |
| 14 | Margarita Rojas (COL) | 73.81 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 14 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 14 | 187.5 |
| 15 | Filippia Kochliaridou (GRE) | 74.44 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 16 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 16 | 185.0 |
| 16 | Diana Back (FIN) | 74.45 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 17 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 17 | 185.0 |
| 17 | Rachel Clark (GBR) | 73.10 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 15 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 18 | 182.5 |
| 18 | Zuzana Kováčová (SVK) | 73.89 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 18 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 15 | 180.0 |
| 19 | Rosetta Penani (NRU) | 74.17 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 19 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 20 | 175.0 |
| — | Ilona Dankó (HUN) | 71.99 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Kuo Shu-fen (TPE) | 73.62 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Gao Xiaoyan (CHN) | 73.98 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | — | 125.0 | 127.5 | 130.0 | | — |