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

Women's 48 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	6 August 2016
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Winning total	200 kg
Medalists
Sopita Tanasan  Thailand Sri Wahyuni Agustiani  Indonesia Hiromi Miyake  Japan

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• Chen Xiexia's Olympic records in 2008 were rescinded in 2017.
• Nurcan Taylan's world record in 2010 was rescinded in 2021.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
	Sopita Tanasan	Thailand	A	47.91	88	90	92	92	106	108	110	108	200
	Sri Wahyuni Agustiani	Indonesia	A	47.25	82	85	87	85	107	115	115	107	192
	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.