| 2005 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 10 November 2005.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10 November 2005 | 13:00 | Group B |
| 17:30 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Junpim Kuntatean (THA) | 98 kg |  Li Ping (CHN) | 98 kg |  Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | 95 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Ping (CHN) | 126 kg | Junpim Kuntatean (THA) | 125 kg | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | 116 kg |
| Total | Li Ping (CHN) | 224 kg | Junpim Kuntatean (THA) | 223 kg | Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | 211 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Ri Song-hui (PRK) | 102 kg | Busan, South Korea | 1 October 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Xuejiu (CHN) | 127 kg | Warsaw, Poland | 20 November 2002 | |
| Total | Yang Xia (CHN) | 225 kg | Sydney, Australia | 18 September 2000 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Li Ping (CHN) | A | 52.84 | 94 | 98 |  | 123 | 126 | | 224 | ||
| Junpim Kuntatean (THA) | A | 52.32 | 95 | 98 | | 120 | 125 | | 223 | ||
 | Yuderqui Contreras (DOM) | A | 52.84 | 89 | 91 | 95 | | 110 | 113 | 116 | 4 | 211 |
| 4 | Suda Chaleephay (THA) | A | 52.26 | 90 | 4 | 110 | 114 | 116 | | 206 | ||
| 5 |  Fang Hsin-tzu (TPE) | A | 52.50 | 83 | 86 | 6 | 109 | 5 | 195 | |||
| 6 |  Marioara Munteanu (ROM) | A | 52.80 | 81 | 85 | 89 | 5 | 100 | 105 | 8 | 194 | |
| 7 |  Maryse Turcotte (CAN) | A | 53.00 | 80 | 8 | 108 | 6 | 188 | ||||
| 8 |  Ana Margot Lemos (COL) | B | 52.60 | 77 | 80 | 7 | 102 | 107 | 7 | 187 | ||
| 9 |  Fetie Kasaj (ALB) | A | 52.60 | 78 | 10 | 104 | 9 | 182 | ||||
| 10 |  Malwina Rowińska (POL) | B | 52.49 | 75 | 11 | 100 | 103 | 10 | 178 | |||
| 11 |  Henrietta Ráki (HUN) | B | 52.22 | 65 | 70 | 12 | 80 | 85 | 12 | 155 | ||
| 12 |  Kate Howard (WAL) | B | 52.44 | 57 | 14 | 74 | 76 | 13 | 133 | |||
| 13 |  Firoga Parvin (BAN) | B | 52.16 | 55 | 57 | 13 | 65 | 14 | 122 | |||
| — |  Dika Toua (PNG) | A | 52.33 | 79 | 9 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Soumaya Fatnassi (TUN) | A | 52.58 | — | 100 | 11 | — | |||||
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