The 1997 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from December 6 to December 14. The women's competition in the 59 kg division was staged on 9 December 1997.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA) |
97.5 kg |  Khassaraporn Suta (THA) |
92.5 kg |  Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
92.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Khassaraporn Suta (THA) |
117.5 kg |  Naw Ju Ni (MYA) |
117.5 kg | Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA) |
115.0 kg |
| Total | Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA) |
212.5 kg | Khassaraporn Suta (THA) |
210.0 kg | Naw Ju Ni (MYA) |
207.5 kg |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Zou Feie (CHN) |
100.0 kg | Busan, South Korea | 13 May 1997 |
| Clean & Jerk | Khassaraporn Suta (THA) |
125.0 kg | Jakarta, Indonesia | 13 October 1997 | |
| Total | Chen Xiaomin (CHN) |
220.0 kg | Hiroshima, Japan | 4 October 1994 |
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Patmawati Abdul Hamid (INA) |
57.65 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | |
115.0 |  |
212.5 | ||
 |
Khassaraporn Suta (THA) |
58.05 | 87.5 | 92.5 | |
117.5 | |
210.0 | |||
| |
Naw Ju Ni (MYA) |
58.20 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 4 | 110.0 | 117.5 | |
207.5 | ||
| 4 | Wu Mei-yi (TPE) |
58.50 | 92.5 | |
112.5 | 115.0 | 4 | 207.5 | |||
| 5 |  Karnam Malleswari (IND) |
58.60 | 90.0 | 5 | 115.0 | 5 | 205.0 | ||||
| 6 |  Nancy Niro (CAN) |
58.55 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 6 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 7 | 190.0 | ||
| 7 |  Dominika Misterska (POL) |
57.70 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 7 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 8 | 182.5 | |
| 8 | Pratima Kumari (IND) |
58.40 | 77.5 | 12 | 105.0 | 6 | 182.5 | ||||
| 9 |  Josefa Pérez (ESP) |
58.50 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 9 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 11 | 180.0 | ||
| 10 |  Valentina Popova (RUS) |
57.90 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 8 | 97.5 | 12 | 177.5 | ||
| 11 |  Isabella Aconiti (ITA) |
58.40 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 11 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 10 | 177.5 | ||
| 12 |  Olga Sablina (UZB) |
55.85 | 75.0 | 13 | 100.0 | — | 9 | 175.0 | |||
| 13 |  Ana María Arraez (VEN) |
58.00 | 77.5 | 10 | 97.5 | 13 | 175.0 | ||||
| 14 | Lilia Musakayeva (RUS) |
56.20 | 72.5 | 15 | 95.0 | 14 | 167.5 | ||||
| 15 |  Marie Korčiánová (CZE) |
58.55 | 72.5 | 75.0 | 14 | 92.5 | 15 | 167.5 | |||
| 16 |  Nurbanu Akdoğan (TUR) |
58.70 | 65.0 | 72.5 | 16 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 16 | 162.5 | |
| 17 |  Nita Uera (NRU) |
58.35 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 17 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 17 | 152.5 | |