Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 48 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg
at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg ; at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	16 March 2006
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning total weight	166 kg
Medalists
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The Women's 48 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 16 March 2006.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
16 March 2006	14:00	Group A

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

The following record was established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk	94 kg	Kunjarani Devi (IND)	GR

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	Total
	Kunjarani Devi	India	A	47.80	70	70	72	72	88	91	94	94	166
	Marilou Dozois-Prévost	Canada	A	47.46	69	71	73	73	89	89	92	92	165
	Erika Yamasaki	Australia	A	47.95	66	69	69	69	82	84	87	84	153
4	Joanne Calvino	England	A	47.98	62	64	64	64	83	83	86	83	147
5	Zaira Zakaria	Malaysia	A	47.95	65	67	67	65	80	86	86	80	145
6	Suzanne Hiram	Nauru	A	47.34	62	65	65	62	78	78	82	78	140
7	Molla Shabira	Bangladesh	A	47.87	58	62	64	64	67	73	73	67	131
8	Julie Matatiken	Seychelles	A	47.51	55	55	61	55	70	75	75	70	125
9	Kathleen Hare	Papua New Guinea	A	47.59	49	53	55	55	65	69	71	69	124
–	Portia Vries	South Africa	A	47.78	65	65	68	65	85	85	85	–	–
–	Kate Howard	Wales	A	47.64	58	58	60	58	73	73	73	–	–