| Event: | Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | Oshawa Sports Centre |
| Dates: | July 11 |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Cándida Vásquez |
| Goldnoc: | DOM |
| Silver: | Ana Segura |
| Silvernoc: | COL |
| Bronze: | Beatriz Pirón |
| Bronzenoc: | DOM |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's 48 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 11 at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Lely Burgos from Puerto Rico.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. This weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
9 athletes from eight countries took part.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Group | B.weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 47.90 | 81 PR | 100 | 181 PR | ||||
| A | 47.43 | 77 | 103 PR | 180 | ||||
| A | 47.90 | 80 | 95 | 175 | ||||
| 4 | A | 47.51 | 79 | 93 | 172 | |||
| 5 | A | 47.63 | 70 | 92 | 162 | |||
| 6 | A | 47.66 | 71 | 91 | 162 | |||
| 7 | A | 47.08 | 70 | 91 | 161 | |||
| 8 | A | 47.95 | 70 | 88 | 158 | |||
| 9 | A | 47.86 | 70 | 85 | 155 |
The following records were established and improved upon during the competition.
| width=100 | Snatch | width=70 | 81.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR | ||
| width=100 | Clean & Jerk | width=70 | 103.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR | ||
| width=100 | Total | width=70 | 181.0 kg | width=250 align=left | width=70 | PR |