1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

1999 World Championships in Athens, Greece
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 Flyweight Weightlifting Event (48 kg) is the lightest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 21, 1999.

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.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Sri Indriyani (INA)	82.5 kg	Li Xuezhao (CHN)	80.0 kg	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	80.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Donka Mincheva (BUL)	112.5 kg	Kunjarani Devi (IND)	105.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi (JPN)	105.0 kg
Total	Donka Mincheva (BUL)	192.5 kg	Sri Indriyani (INA)	185.0 kg	Kaori Niyanagi (JPN)	185.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Li Zhuo (CHN)	84.0 kg	Wuhan, China	29 August 1999
	Clean & Jerk	Li Zhuo (CHN)	113.0 kg	Wuhan, China	29 August 1999
	Total	Li Zhuo (CHN)	195.0 kg	Wuhan, China	29 August 1999

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
01 !	Donka Mincheva (BUL)	47.78	80.0	85.0	85.0	5	102.5	107.5	113.5	01 !	192.5
02 !	Sri Indriyani (INA)	47.47	80.0	82.5	85.0	01 !	97.5	102.5	105.0	4	185.0
03 !	Kaori Niyanagi (JPN)	47.71	75.0	80.0	80.0	4	100.0	105.0	107.5	03 !	185.0
4	Li Xuezhao (CHN)	47.00	75.0	80.0	80.0	02 !	100.0	105.0	105.0	5	180.0
5	Kunjarani Devi (IND)	47.42	75.0	80.0	80.0	10	95.0	100.0	105.0	02 !	180.0
6	Kay Thi Win (MYA)	47.38	77.5	77.5	82.5	8	97.5	97.5	105.0	7	175.0
7	Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA)	47.61	75.0	75.0	80.0	13	100.0	102.5	102.5	6	175.0
8	Chu Nan-mei (TPE)	47.69	80.0	80.0	80.0	03 !	95.0	100.0	100.0	12	175.0
9	Tara Nott (USA)	47.80	75.0	77.5	80.0	9	97.5	102.5	102.5	8	175.0
10	Kyi Kyi Than (MYA)	46.92	77.5	77.5	82.5	7	95.0	100.0	100.0	9	172.5
11	Masumi Imaoka (JPN)	47.44	75.0	75.0	77.5	11	95.0	95.0	100.0	10	170.0
12	Udomporn Polsak (THA)	47.63	75.0	80.0	80.0	14	95.0	100.0	100.0	11	170.0
13	Eva Giganti (ITA)	46.67	70.0	75.0	77.5	6	87.5	90.0	90.0	13	167.5
14	Gema Peris (ESP)	47.61	70.0	72.5	75.0	12	85.0	87.5	90.0	14	165.0
15	Olena Zinovyeva (UKR)	47.76	70.0	75.0	75.0	15	90.0	95.0	95.0	16	165.0
16	Sabrina Richard (FRA)	47.60	67.5	70.0	70.0	16	85.0	85.0	90.0	18	152.5
17	Guillermina Candelario (DOM)	45.72	65.0	65.0	65.0	17	85.0	85.0	90.0	17	150.0
18	Micol Dal Nevo (ITA)	47.89	65.0	65.0	65.0	19	80.0	85.0	87.5	19	150.0
19	Wendy Santana (DOM)	47.90	62.5	67.5	67.5	22	82.5	82.5	85.0	20	147.5
20	Betsabé García (MEX)	47.73	62.5	65.0	65.0	18	80.0	82.5	82.5	23	145.0
21	Csilla Földi (HUN)	47.82	62.5	62.5	70.0	20	82.5	87.5	87.5	21	145.0
22	Blanca Fernández (ESP)	47.84	62.5	62.5	65.0	21	82.5	82.5	87.5	22	145.0
23	Kaisa Viren (FIN)	47.72	60.0	62.5	62.5	23	70.0	75.0	75.0	25	130.0
24	Lubica Valentová (SVK)	46.78	52.5	55.0	57.5	25	67.5	70.0	72.5	24	122.5
25	Susana Brandão (POR)	47.18	50.0	52.5	55.0	26	65.0	70.0	70.0	26	117.5
26	Renata Natan (ISR)	47.67	45.0	45.0	50.0	27	55.0	60.0	60.0	28	100.0
27	Eugenie van Dam (NED)	47.69	25.0	30.0	35.0	28	35.0	40.0	45.0	29	70.0
—	Maria Saari (FIN)	47.52	55.0	55.0	55.0	24	70.0	70.0	70.0	—	—
—	Sanamacha Chanu (IND)	47.73	75.0	75.0	75.0	—	90.0	95.0	95.0	15	—
—	Margarita Katz (ISR)	47.94	45.0	45.0	50.0	—	55.0	57.5	62.5	27	—
DQ	Yulenis González (COL)	47.82	60.0	62.5	62.5	—	80.0	80.0	80.0	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

113.5 kg

Donka Mincheva (BUL)

WR

References

• Weightlifting Databank
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 19