Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 16 March 2006 | |||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | |||||||||
Winning total weight | 166 kg | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Men | Women | |
56 kg | 48 kg | |
62 kg | 53 kg | |
69 kg | 58 kg | |
77 kg | 63 kg | |
85 kg | 69 kg | |
94 kg | 75 kg | |
105 kg | +75 kg | |
+105 kg | ||
The Women's 48 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 16 March 2006. [1]
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Date | Time | Event |
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16 March 2006 | 14:00 | Group A |
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | Snatch | ![]() | 97 kg | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
Clean & Jerk | ![]() | 118 kg | Doha, Qatar | 9 November 2005 | |
Total | ![]() | 213 kg | Doha, Qatar | 9 November 2005 | |
Commonwealth record | Snatch | ![]() | 82 kg | Bhilai, India | 17 March 2002 |
Clean & Jerk | ![]() | 107 kg | Osaka, Japan | 2 May 2000 | |
Total | ![]() | 190 kg | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 | |
Games record | Snatch | ![]() | 75 kg | Manchester, England | 30 July 2002 |
Clean & Jerk | ![]() | 92 kg | Manchester, England | 30 July 2002 | |
Total | ![]() | 167 kg | Manchester, England | 30 July 2002 |
The following record was established during the competition:
Clean & Jerk | 94 kg | ![]() | GR |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||||
![]() | Kunjarani Devi | ![]() | A | 47.80 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 88 | 91 | 94 | 94 | 166 | |
![]() | Marilou Dozois-Prévost | ![]() | A | 47.46 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 89 | 92 | 92 | 165 | |
![]() | Erika Yamasaki | ![]() | A | 47.95 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 153 | ||
4 | Joanne Calvino | ![]() | A | 47.98 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 83 | 83 | 147 | |||
5 | Zaira Zakaria | ![]() | A | 47.95 | 65 | 65 | 80 | 80 | 145 | ||||
6 | Suzanne Hiram | ![]() | A | 47.34 | 62 | 62 | 78 | 78 | 140 | ||||
7 | Molla Shabira | ![]() | A | 47.87 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 131 | ||
8 | Julie Matatiken | ![]() | A | 47.51 | 55 | 55 | 70 | 70 | 125 | ||||
9 | Kathleen Hare | ![]() | A | 47.59 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 124 | |
– | Portia Vries | ![]() | A | 47.78 | 65 | 65 | – | – | |||||
– | Kate Howard | ![]() | A | 47.64 | 58 | 58 | – | – |
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