Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

Women's 48 kg
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueRiocentro
Date6 August 2016
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Winning total200 kg
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sopita Tanasan  Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiromi Miyake  Japan
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The Women's 48 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 6 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.[1]

The medals were presented by Tricia Smith, IOC member, Canada and Tamás Aján, President of International Weightlifting Federation.

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date Time Event
6 August 2016 19:00 Group A

Records

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

World record Snatch  Yang Lian (CHN) 98 kg Santo Domingo, Dominican 1 October 2006
Clean & Jerk  Chen Xiexia (CHN) 120 kg Tai'an, China 21 April 2007
Total  Yang Lian (CHN) 217 kg Santo Domingo, Dominican 1 October 2006
Olympic record Snatch  Nurcan Taylan (TUR) 97 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004
Clean & Jerk  Aree Wiratthaworn (THA) 115 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004
Total  Nurcan Taylan (TUR) 210 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004
  • Chen Xiexia's Olympic records in 2008 were rescinded in 2017.
  • Nurcan Taylan's world record in 2010 was rescinded in 2021.

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Group Body
weight 		Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sopita Tanasan  Thailand A 47.91 88 90 92 92 106 108 110 108 200
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia A 47.25 82 85 87 85 107 115 115 107 192
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiromi Miyake  Japan A 47.95 81 81 81 81 105 107 107 107 188
4 Beatriz Pirón  Dominican Republic A 47.50 85 87 87 85 102 105 105 102 187
5 Margarita Yelisseyeva  Kazakhstan A 47.72 80 84 84 80 103 106 106 106 186
6 Morghan King  United States A 47.79 80 82 83 83 100 103 103 100 183
7 Chen Wei-ling  Chinese Taipei A 47.13 75 79 81 81 99 100 100 100 181
8 Iulia Paratova  Ukraine A 47.74 84 86 86 84 95 95 98 95 179
9 Roilya Ranaivosoa  Mauritius A 47.90 73 78 80 80 93 98 100 93 173
10 Zhanyl Okoeva  Kyrgyzstan A 47.56 68 72 75 72 92 97 101 97 169
– Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India A 47.77 82 82 84 82 104 106 106 – –
– Vương Thị Huyền  Vietnam A 47.84 83 84 84 – – – – – –

References

  1. ^ "Rio 2016: Weightlifting". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.