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

Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting
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
Powerlifting – bench press
Men			Women
	Open			Open

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 October 4 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. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
3. http://results.cwgdelhi2010.org/en/Comp.mvc/Info/StartList/WLW048101

See also

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games