Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 48 kg

The Women's 48 kg weightlifting event was the lightest women's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 4 October at 14:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.[1] Nigerian Augustina Nwaokolo won the first gold medal of the Games, setting a new Games record of 175 kg after lifting 77 kg in the snatch and 98 kg in the clean and jerk.[2]

Athletes

10 lifters were selected for the games.[3]

	Athlete	Year of birth
1	Vivian Lee (AUS)	1978
2	Erika Yamasaki (AUS)	1987
3	Molla Shabira (BAN)	1990
4	Sandyha Atom (IND)	1980
5	Sonya Chanu (IND)	1980
6	Zaira Zakaria (MAS)	1987
7	Augustina Nwaokolo (NGR)	1992
8	Kathleen Hare (PNG)	1988
9	Kathsia Telemaque (SEY)	1989
10	Portia Vries (RSA)	1984

Results

Rank	Name	Country	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Augustina Nwaokolo	Nigeria	47.32	77	98	175 GR
	Sonya Chanu	India	47.71	73	94	167
	Sandyha Atom	India	47.73	70	95	165
4	Zaira Zakaria	Malaysia	47.95	75	90	165
5	Vivian Lee	Australia	47.66	69	91	160
6	Portia Vries	South Africa	47.36	66	90	156
7	Kathleen Hare	Papua New Guinea	46.80	64	83	147
8	Kathsia Telemaque	Seychelles	47.94	65	80	145
9	Molla Shabira	Bangladesh	47.69	66	75	141
–	Erika Yamasaki	Australia	47.90	73	–	DNF

References

1. http://results.cwgdelhi2010.org/en/Comp.mvc/DetailedScheduleByDate?sportCode=WL&day=04-10-2010&expandAll=False
2. "Nigerian lifter Augustina Nwaokolo wins opening gold". BBC Sport. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
3. http://results.cwgdelhi2010.org/en/Comp.mvc/Info/StartList/WLW048101

See also

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games