The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the featherweight (53 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Chang Xixiang (CHN)	95.0 kg	Chongqing, China	17 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Guo Huibing (CHN)	113.0 kg	Sofia, Bulgaria	19 May 1998
	Total	Chang Xixiang (CHN)	207.5 kg	Chongqing, China	17 September 1998

• Results
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 12 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine