2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

2001 World Weightlifting Championships
	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 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The women's competition in 48 kg division was staged on 4 November 2001.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Gao Wei (CHN)	85.0 kg	Remigia Arcila (VEN)	77.5 kg	Gema Peris (ESP)	75.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gao Wei (CHN)	105.0 kg	Blessed Udoh (NGR)	100.0 kg	Chen Han-tung (TPE)	95.0 kg
Total	Gao Wei (CHN)	190.0 kg	Blessed Udoh (NGR)	175.0 kg	Chen Han-tung (TPE)	170.0 kg

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	87.5 kg	Montreal, Canada	9 June 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Donka Mincheva (BUL)	113.5 kg	Athens, Greece	21 November 1999
	Total	Liu Xiuhua (CHN)	197.5 kg	Montreal, Canada	9 June 2000

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Gao Wei (CHN)	47.54	80.0	85.0	88.0		105.0	114.0	114.0		190.0
	Blessed Udoh (NGR)	47.84	70.0	75.0	77.5	5	95.0	100.0	100.0		175.0
	Chen Han-tung (TPE)	47.46	75.0	75.0	77.5	4	95.0	100.0	100.0		170.0
4	Gema Peris (ESP)	47.44	72.5	75.0	75.0		85.0	90.0	92.5	4	167.5
5	Remigia Arcila (VEN)	48.00	70.0	75.0	77.5		90.0	90.0	90.0	8	167.5
6	Svetlana Ulyanova (RUS)	47.78	67.5	72.5	77.5	6	90.0	95.0	95.0	7	162.5
7	Sabrina Richard (FRA)	47.50	65.0	67.5	70.0	9	85.0	87.5	90.0	5	157.5
8	Tikina Gopal (IND)	47.72	67.5	70.0	70.0	11	87.5	90.0	90.0	6	157.5
9	Snejana Popova (RUS)	47.92	65.0	70.0	72.5	7	85.0	87.5	87.5	11	155.0
10	Betsabé García (MEX)	47.50	67.5	67.5	72.5	10	85.0	90.0	90.0	10	152.5
11	Karine Turcotte (CAN)	47.40	62.5	65.0	65.0	12	80.0	82.5	85.0	9	150.0
12	María José Tocino (ESP)	47.30	67.5	67.5	67.5	8	75.0	80.0	82.5	12	147.5
13	Renata Natan (ISR)	47.60	45.0	50.0	52.5	13	55.0	60.0	62.5	13	112.5

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 31