Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg explained

Event:	Women's 48 kg
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL London
Date:	28 July
Competitors:	14
Nations:	12
Gold:	Wang Mingjuan
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Hiromi Miyake
Silvernoc:	JPN
Bronze:	Ryang Chun-hwa
Bronzenoc:	PRK
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The women's 48 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 28 July.^[1]

Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
28 July 2012	15:30	Group A

Records

Chen Xiexia's Olympic records were rescinded in 2017.
Nurcan Taylan's world record was rescinded in 2021.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result
		A	47.73	88	88	91	91	110	114	~~116~~	114	205
		A	47.74	83	85	87	87	108	110	~~113~~	110	197
		A	47.52	80	83	84	80	~~108~~	109	112	112	192
4		A	47.23	78	80	82	82	106	~~108~~	109	109	191
5		A	46.99	80	83	84	83	104	~~107~~	~~107~~	104	187
6		A	47.77	76	78	80	80	92	94	96	96	176
7		A	47.74	72	74	75	74	93	97	97	97	171
8		A	47.43	68	70	70	70	92	96	98	98	168
9		A	47.85	72	75	77	77	87	90	92	90	167
10		A	47.71	70	73	75	73	88	91	93	93	166
11		A	47.61	65	70	70	65	87	92	92	92	157
12		A	47.74	55	55	60	55	75	80	82	80	135
—		A	47.45	81	81	81	—	—	—	—	—	—
—		A	47.85	79	79	80	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

Results

Notes and References

Web site: Weightlifting – Schedule & Results. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 4 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121204182815/www.london2012.com/weightlifting/schedule-and-results/. dead.
Web site: Format competition – Weightlifting. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. 1 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801003355/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/women-48kg/competition-format/index.html. dead.