| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|
| 46 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 67.5 kg | Donka Mincheva
Bulgaria | 67.5 kg | Satomi Saito
Japan | 65.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 85.0 kg | Yu Shiu-fen
Chinese Taipei | 85.0 kg WR | Satomi Saito
Japan | 82.5 kg |
| Total | Chu Nan-mei
Chinese Taipei | 152.5 kg WR | Yu Shiu-fen
Chinese Taipei | 147.5 kg | Satomi Saito
Japan | 147.5 kg |
| 50 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Guan Hong
China | 77.5 kg | Liu Xiuhua
China | 77.5 kg WR | Kuo Chin-chun
Chinese Taipei | 75.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Liu Xiuhua
China | 110.0 kg WR | Guan Hong
China | 100.0 kg | Kuo Chin-chun
Chinese Taipei | 95.0 kg |
| Total | Liu Xiuhua
China | 187.5 kg WR | Guan Hong
China | 177.5 kg | Kuo Chin-chun
Chinese Taipei | 170.0 kg |
| 54 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Chen Xiaomin
China | 90.0 kg WR | Robin Byrd
United States | 82.5 kg | Karnam Malleswari
India | 82.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Chen Xiaomin
China | 110.0 kg WR | Nancy Niro
Canada | 97.5 kg | Hiromi Uemura
Japan | 95.0 kg |
| Total | Chen Xiaomin
China | 200.0 kg WR | Robin Byrd
United States | 177.5 kg | Karnam Malleswari
India | 177.5 kg |
| 59 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Sun Caiyan
China | 97.5 kg WR | Gergana Kirilova
Bulgaria | 92.5 kg | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 90.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sun Caiyan
China | 120.0 kg WR | Gergana Kirilova
Bulgaria | 110.0 kg | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 107.5 kg |
| Total | Sun Caiyan
China | 217.5 kg WR | Gergana Kirilova
Bulgaria | 202.5 kg | Maria Christoforidou
Greece | 197.5 kg |
| 64 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Li Hongyun
China | 102.5 kg WR | Erzsébet Márkus
Hungary | 90.0 kg | Won Soon-yi
South Korea | 87.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Hongyun
China | 117.5 kg WR | Won Soon-yi
South Korea | 115.0 kg | Yuriko Takahashi
Japan | 110.0 kg |
| Total | Li Hongyun
China | 220.0 kg WR | Won Soon-yi
South Korea | 202.5 kg | Julie Malenfant
Canada | 195.0 kg |
| 70 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria | 100.0 kg WR | Kim Dong-hee
South Korea | 92.5 kg | Kumi Haseba
Japan | 92.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria | 120.0 kg WR | Kumi Haseba
Japan | 115.0 kg | Kim Dong-hee
South Korea | 112.5 kg |
| Total | Milena Trendafilova
Bulgaria | 220.0 kg WR | Kumi Haseba
Japan | 207.5 kg | Kim Dong-hee
South Korea | 205.0 kg |
| 76 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Hua Ju
China | 105.0 kg WR | Li Changping
China | 92.5 kg | Mária Takács
Hungary | 92.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Changping
China | 127.5 kg WR | Hua Ju
China | 125.0 kg | Valkana Tosheva
Bulgaria | 117.5 kg |
| Total | Hua Ju
China | 230.0 kg WR | Li Changping
China | 220.0 kg | Mária Takács
Hungary | 207.5 kg |
| 83 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Xing Shuwen
China | 107.5 kg WR | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 102.5 kg | Panagiota Antonopoulou
Greece | 90.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 127.5 kg WR | Panagiota Antonopoulou
Greece | 125.0 kg | Bharti Singh
India | 117.5 kg |
| Total | Chen Shu-chih
Chinese Taipei | 230.0 kg WR | Panagiota Antonopoulou
Greece | 215.0 kg | Bharti Singh
India | 207.5 kg |
| +83 kg |
|---|
| Snatch | Li Yajuan
China | 105.0 kg WR | Lubov Grigurko
Ukraine | 100.0 kg | Carla Garrett
United States | 100.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Yajuan
China | 155.0 kg WR | Carla Garrett
United States | 132.5 kg | Theodoula Spanou
Greece | 115.0 kg |
| Total | Li Yajuan
China | 260.0 kg WR | Carla Garrett
United States | 232.5 kg | Lubov Grigurko
Ukraine | 215.0 kg |