Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

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Women's 48 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date9 August
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Chen Wei-ling Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Silver medal icon.svg Im Jyoung-hwa Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Pensiri Laosirikul Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
  2004
2012  

The women's 48 kilograms weightlifting event is the lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on August 9 at 10:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude. It was the second set of medals to be awarded at the Games, a few moments after the women's 10m Air Rifle.

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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.

Chen Xiexia and Sibel Özkan initially won the gold and the silver medals, but in 2016 their results were annulled due to a doping violation from a reanalysis of samples from 2008.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
9 August 200810:00Group A

Records

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

World Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Lian  (CHN)98 kg Santo Domingo, Dominican 1 October 2006
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiexia  (CHN)120 kg Tai'an, China 21 April 2007
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Lian  (CHN)217 kg Santo Domingo, Dominican 1 October 2006
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of Turkey.svg  Nurcan Taylan  (TUR)97 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004
Clean & JerkFlag of Thailand.svg  Aree Wiratthaworn  (THA)115 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004
TotalFlag of Turkey.svg  Nurcan Taylan  (TUR)210 kg Athens, Greece 14 August 2004

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen Wei-ling  (TPE)A47.1184878784108112115112196
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Im Jyoung-hwa  (KOR)A47.6283868886106110113110196
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Thailand.svg  Pensiri Laosirikul  (THA)A47.6785858585110114114110195
4Flag of Japan.svg  Hiromi Miyake  (JPN)A47.3580828280105110110105185
5Flag of France.svg  Mélanie Noël  (FRA)A47.91757880809710010097177
6Flag of Japan.svg  Misaki Oshiro  (JPN)A47.627780808092969692172
7Flag of Poland.svg  Marzena Karpińska  (POL)A47.627982827992929792171
8Flag of Canada.svg  Marilou Dozois-Prévost  (CAN)A47.757376787690909690166
9Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Karla Moreno  (NCA)A47.076565716583838585150
Flag of Thailand.svg  Pramsiri Bunphithak  (THA)A47.95848484
Flag of Italy.svg  Genny Pagliaro  (ITA)A47.85828282
DQFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiexia  (CHN)A47.4690939595113115117117212
DQFlag of Turkey.svg  Sibel Özkan  (TUR)A47.8086888888108108111111199
DQFlag of Turkey.svg  Nurcan Taylan  (TUR)A47.84848484

New records

Clean & Jerk117 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiexia  (CHN) OR
Total212 kgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xiexia  (CHN) OR

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