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

Event:	Women's 48 kg
Games:	2016 Summer
Venue:	Riocentro
Date:	6 August 2016
Competitors:	12
Nations:	12
Win Label:	Winning total
Win Value:	200 kg
Gold:	Sopita Tanasan
Goldnoc:	THA
Silver:	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani
Silvernoc:	INA
Bronze:	Hiromi Miyake
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

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

Records

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

World record	Snatch		98 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican	1 October 2006
	Clean & Jerk		120 kg	Tai'an, China	21 April 2007
	Total		217 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican	1 October 2006
Olympic record	Snatch		97 kg		14 August 2004
	Clean & Jerk		115 kg		14 August 2004
	Total		210 kg		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• Chen Xiexia's Olympic records in 2008 were rescinded in 2017.
• Nurcan Taylan's world record in 2010 was rescinded in 2021.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
			A	47.91	88	90	92	92	106	108	110	108	200
			A	47.25	82	85	87	85	107	115	115	107	192
			A	47.95	81	81	81	81	105	107	107	107	188
			A	47.50	85	87	87	85	102	105	105	102	187
			A	47.72	80	84	84	80	103	106	106	106	186
			A	47.79	80	82	83	83	100	103	103	100	183
			A	47.13	75	79	81	81	99	100	100	100	181
			A	47.74	84	86	86	84	95	95	98	95	179
			A	47.90	73	78	80	80	93	98	100	93	173
10			A	47.56	68	72	75	72	92	97	101	97	169
			A	47.77	82	82	84	82	104	106	106	–	–
			A	47.84	83	84	84	–	–	–	–	–	–

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rio 2016: Weightlifting . . 17 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150417073527/http://www.rio2016.com/en/the-games/olympic/sports/weightlifting . 17 April 2015 .