1998 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
| 1998 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 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The women's competition in the flyweight (48 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Li Yunli (CHN) |
80.0 kg |  Chu Nan-mei (TPE) |
77.5 kg | Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
77.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Yunli (CHN) |
102.5 kg | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) |
95.0 kg |  Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) |
95.0 kg |
| Total | Li Yunli (CHN) |
182.5 kg | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) |
172.5 kg | Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
172.5 kg |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Zhuo (CHN) |
83.0 kg | Chongqing, China | 16 September 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | Li Xuezhao (CHN) |
112.5 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 24 April 1998 | |
| Total | Li Xuezhao (CHN) |
192.5 kg | Ramat Gan, Israel | 24 April 1998 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Li Yunli (CHN) |
47.25 | 77.5 | 80.0 | |
97.5 | 100.0 | 102.5 | |
182.5 | |
 |
Chu Nan-mei (TPE) |
47.12 | 77.5 | |
95.0 | |
172.5 | ||||
 |
Tsai Huey-woan (TPE) |
47.64 | 75.0 | 77.5 | |
95.0 | 4 | 172.5 | |||
| 4 | Masumi Imaoka (JPN) |
46.29 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 75.0 | 5 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 6 | 167.5 |
| 5 |  Siyka Stoeva (BUL) |
47.86 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 4 | 90.0 | 9 | 167.5 | |||
| 6 |  Tara Nott (USA) |
47.92 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 7 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 5 | 167.5 | |
| 7 |  Remigia Arcila (VEN) |
47.30 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 75.0 | 6 | 90.0 | 8 | 165.0 | ||
| 8 | Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) |
47.55 | 70.0 | 8 | 95.0 | |
165.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Anikó Ajkay (HUN) |
47.66 | 70.0 | 9 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 7 | 162.5 | |||
| 10 |  Sabrina Richard (FRA) |
46.75 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 10 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 11 | 147.5 | ||
| 11 | Dahbia Rigaud (FRA) |
47.03 | 62.5 | 12 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 10 | 147.5 | |||
| 12 |  Eva Giganti (ITA) |
47.09 | 65.0 | 67.5 | 11 | 75.0 | 14 | 142.5 | |||
| 13 |  Karine Turcotte (CAN) |
47.86 | 60.0 | 13 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 12 | 137.5 | |||
| 14 |  Janice Degia (NRU) |
47.69 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 14 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 15 | 120.0 | ||
| — | Danila Manca (ITA) |
46.81 | — | 75.0 | 13 | — | |||||
| — |  Maria Saari (FIN) |
47.59 | — | 65.0 | 67.5 | 16 | — | ||||