| 2006 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 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 58 kilograms division was staged on 3 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2006 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 16:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 108 kg |  Qiu Hongmei (CHN) | 107 kg |  Wandee Kameaim (THA) | 100 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wandee Kameaim (THA) | 130 kg | Qiu Hongmei (CHN) | 130 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 125 kg |
| Total | Qiu Hongmei (CHN) | 237 kg | Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | 233 kg | Wandee Kameaim (THA) | 230 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Wang Li (CHN) | 110 kg | Bali, Indonesia | 10 August 2003 |
| Clean & Jerk | Gu Wei (CHN) | 139 kg | Doha, Qatar | 10 November 2005 | |
| Total | Gu Wei (CHN) | 241 kg | Doha, Qatar | 10 November 2005 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Qiu Hongmei (CHN) | A | 57.62 | 100 | 105 | 107 |  | 130 | | 237 | ||
| Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) | A | 57.84 | 100 | 105 | 108 | | 125 |  | 233 | ||
| Wandee Kameaim (THA) | A | 57.01 | 95 | 100 | | 125 | 130 | | 230 | ||
| 4 |  Yoon Jin-hee (KOR) | A | 56.01 | 90 | 94 | 4 | 113 | 118 | 4 | 212 | ||
| 5 |  Aleksandra Klejnowska (POL) | A | 57.68 | 90 | 7 | 118 | 5 | 208 | ||||
| 6 |  Mercedes Pérez (COL) | A | 57.96 | 90 | 8 | 105 | 111 | 8 | 201 | |||
| 7 | Marieta Gotfryd (POL) | A | 57.28 | 86 | 91 | 6 | 105 | 109 | 11 | 200 | ||
| 8 | Mónica Picón (COL) | B | 57.18 | 84 | 87 | 10 | 107 | 110 | 112 | 6 | 199 | |
| 9 | Mun Yu-ra (KOR) | B | 57.96 | 83 | 87 | 11 | 105 | 109 | 112 | 7 | 199 | |
| 10 | Natthaneeya Chanpook (THA) | A | 56.96 | 82 | 87 | 9 | 110 | 9 | 197 | |||
| 11 |  Jacquelynn Berube (USA) | A | 58.00 | 86 | 14 | 105 | 109 | 14 | 195 | |||
| 12 |  Gretty Lugo (VEN) | B | 57.72 | 82 | 85 | 16 | 103 | 106 | 109 | 13 | 194 | |
| 13 |  Souad Dinar (FRA) | A | 57.89 | 82 | 20 | 108 | 110 | 10 | 192 | |||
| 14 |  Ruth Kasirye (NOR) | A | 57.86 | 86 | 13 | 105 | 17 | 191 | ||||
| 15 |  Natallia Radukhouskaya (BLR) | A | 57.72 | 80 | 25 | 105 | 109 | 12 | 189 | |||
| 16 |  Alexandra Escobar (ECU) | A | 57.63 | 82 | 85 | 15 | 103 | 19 | 188 | |||
| 17 |  Charikleia Kastritsi (GRE) | B | 57.78 | 81 | 84 | 17 | 96 | 100 | 104 | 18 | 188 | |
| 18 |  Kamilya Bagautdinova (KAZ) | B | 57.66 | 78 | 81 | 21 | 100 | 105 | 16 | 186 | ||
| 19 |  Geralee Vega (PUR) | B | 56.90 | 80 | 23 | 105 | 15 | 185 | ||||
| 20 |  Seen Lee (AUS) | B | 57.77 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 12 | 97 | 23 | 183 | ||
| 21 |  Emily Quarton (CAN) | B | 57.99 | 80 | 83 | 18 | 100 | 21 | 183 | |||
| 22 | Larissa Saint-Jacques (FRA) | B | 57.70 | 78 | 82 | 19 | 97 | 100 | 20 | 182 | ||
| 23 | Amanda Hubbard (USA) | B | 57.86 | 78 | 80 | 26 | 98 | 22 | 178 | |||
| 24 |  Lin Wan-hsuan (TPE) | B | 57.90 | 78 | 81 | 22 | 90 | 95 | 25 | 176 | ||
| 25 |  Heydy Silva (DOM) | B | 56.94 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 24 | 85 | 90 | 28 | 170 | |
| 26 |  Szilvia Nagy (HUN) | B | 57.74 | 72 | 75 | 27 | 90 | 95 | 24 | 170 | ||
| 27 |  Idalia Salinas (ESA) | B | 57.99 | 73 | 28 | 95 | 26 | 168 | ||||
| 28 | Bianka Bazsó (HUN) | B | 57.86 | 67 | 72 | 30 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 27 | 164 | |
| 29 |  Tania Morillas (ESP) | B | 57.57 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 29 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 29 | 155 |
| — |  Romela Begaj (ALB) | A | 55.89 | 91 | 5 | — | — | |||||
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