| 1996 World Weightlifting Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Women | |
| 46 kg | |
| 50 kg | |
| 54 kg | |
| 59 kg | |
| 64 kg | |
| 70 kg | |
| 76 kg | |
| 83 kg | |
| +83 kg | |
The 1996 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 May to 11 May. The women's competition in the 50 kilograms division was staged on 4 May.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 80.0 kg |  Choi Myung-shik (KOR) | 80.0 kg |  Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 77.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 105.0 kg | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 95.0 kg | Choi Myung-shik (KOR) | 95.0 kg |
| Total | Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 185.0 kg | Choi Myung-shik (KOR) | 175.0 kg | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 172.5 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Jiang Baoyu (CHN) | 88.0 kg | Busan, South Korea | 3 July 1995 |
| Clean & Jerk | Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 110.5 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 | |
| Total | Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 197.5 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Liu Xiuhua (CHN) | 49.90 | 80.0 | | 100.0 | 102.5 | 105.0 | | 185.0 | ||
 | Choi Myung-shik (KOR) | 49.95 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 80.0 | | 95.0 |  | 175.0 | ||
| Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 49.15 | 75.0 | 77.5 | | 95.0 | | 172.5 | |||
| 4 |  Izabela Rifatova (BUL) | 49.75 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 4 | 92.5 | 4 | 170.0 | |||
| 5 |  Anna Stroubou (GRE) | 49.45 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 5 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 6 | 160.0 | ||
| 6 |  Noriko Hasegawa (JPN) | 50.00 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 6 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 5 | 160.0 | ||
| 7 | Siyka Stoeva (BUL) | 49.60 | 67.5 | 7 | 85.0 | 7 | 152.5 | ||||
| 8 |  Csilla Földi (HUN) | 49.35 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 8 | 80.0 | 9 | 145.0 | |||
| 9 | Erzsébet Nagy (HUN) | 49.05 | 57.5 | 10 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 8 | 137.5 | |||
| — |  Amanda Inman (AUS) | 49.05 | 57.5 | 9 | — | — | |||||