Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

Women's 48 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	17 September
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Tara Nott   United States Raema Lisa Rumbewas   Indonesia Sri Indriyani   Indonesia
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The women's 48 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 17. ^{[1] [2]}

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.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

Date	Time	Event
17 September 2000	14:30	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Liu Xiuhua  (CHN)	87.5 kg	Montreal, Canada	9 June 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Donka Mincheva  (BUL)	113.5 kg	Athens, Greece	21 November 1999
	Total	Liu Xiuhua  (CHN)	197.5 kg	Montreal, Canada	9 June 2000
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	87.5 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	112.5 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Olympic Standard	197.5 kg	—	1 January 1997

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Tara Nott  (USA)	A	47.48	80.0	82.5	82.5	82.5	100.0	102.5	105.0	102.5	185.0
	Raema Lisa Rumbewas  (INA)	A	47.98	80.0	85.0	85.0	80.0	102.5	105.0	107.5	105.0	185.0
	Sri Indriyani  (INA)	A	47.28	80.0	82.5	82.5	82.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	182.5
4	Kay Thi Win  (MYA)	A	47.48	80.0	85.0	85.0	80.0	100.0	105.0	105.0	100.0	180.0
5	Robin Goad  (USA)	A	47.66	77.5	80.0	80.0	77.5	95.0	100.0	105.0	100.0	177.5
6	Kaori Niyanagi  (JPN)	A	47.66	75.0	80.0	80.0	75.0	100.0	100.0	105.0	100.0	175.0
7	Eva Giganti  (ITA)	A	46.56	77.5	77.5	77.5	77.5	92.5	95.0	95.0	92.5	170.0
8	Sabrina Richard  (FRA)	A	46.88	70.0	72.5	75.0	70.0	87.5	92.5	92.5	87.5	157.5
9	Maria Elisabete Jorge  (BRA)	A	47.40	55.0	60.0	60.0	60.0	75.0	80.0	80.0	75.0	135.0
10	Dika Toua  (PNG)	A	47.36	45.0	45.0	50.0	50.0	62.5	67.5	72.5	67.5	117.5
—	Donka Mincheva  (BUL)	A	47.62	80.0	80.0	82.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Izabela Dragneva  (BUL)	A	47.78	80.0	85.0	85.0	85.0	100.0	105.0	—	105.0	190.0

• Bulgaria's Izabela Dragneva originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after she tested positive for furosemide. ^[3]

References

1. "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
2. "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
3. "Bulgarian Lifters Disqualified, U.S. Gets Gold". ABC News Australia. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

• Official Olympic Report