| 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 75 kilograms division was staged on 13 November 2005.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 13 November 2005 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | 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 |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | 125 kg | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 |
| Clean & Jerk | Sun Ruiping (CHN) | 152 kg | Busan, South Korea | 7 October 2002 | |
| Total | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | 273 kg | Busan, South Korea | 23 May 2005 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | A | 71.85 | 118 | 123 | 126 |  | 150 | 155 | 159 | | 285 |
| Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | A | 74.83 | 123 | 127 | 130 | | 148 | 155 |  | 285 | |
| Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | A | 74.56 | 118 | 121 | 124 | | 149 | 155 | | 279 | |
| 4 |  Nora Köppel (ARG) | A | 74.46 | 111 | 115 | 4 | 140 | 145 | 5 | 260 | ||
| 5 |  Nahla Ramadan (EGY) | A | 74.05 | 110 | 114 | 5 | 136 | 141 | 145 | 4 | 259 | |
| 6 |  Rumyana Petkova (BUL) | A | 74.28 | 105 | 107 | 6 | 120 | 124 | 8 | 231 | ||
| 7 |  Damaris Aguirre (MEX) | B | 74.23 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 9 | 120 | 126 | 6 | 230 | |
| 8 |  Kazue Imahoko (JPN) | A | 74.79 | 100 | 105 | 8 | 120 | 10 | 225 | |||
| 9 |  Pujari Sailaja (IND) | A | 73.92 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 11 | 125 | 7 | 222 | ||
| 10 |  Lydia Valentín (ESP) | A | 74.04 | 100 | 105 | 7 | 115 | 13 | 220 | |||
| 11 |  Madeleine Yamechi (CMR) | A | 74.19 | 93 | 96 | 12 | 122 | 9 | 218 | |||
| 12 |  Cara Heads (USA) | B | 74.65 | 93 | 96 | 99 | 10 | 116 | 11 | 215 | ||
| 13 |  Deborah Lovely (AUS) | B | 74.86 | 90 | 94 | 14 | 112 | 116 | 12 | 210 | ||
| 14 |  Sheba Deireragea (NRU) | B | 74.80 | 90 | 94 | 13 | 110 | 14 | 204 | |||
| 15 | Yuko Kikuta (JPN) | B | 74.81 | 80 | 84 | 15 | 100 | 103 | 15 | 187 | ||
| Snatch | 126 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR |
| 127 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR | |
| 130 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR | |
| Clean & Jerk | 155 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | WR |
| 159 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR | |
| Total | 278 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |
| 279 kg | Svetlana Podobedova (RUS) | WR | |
| 281 kg | Liu Chunhong (CHN) | WR | |
| 285 kg | Natalya Zabolotnaya (RUS) | WR |
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