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Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

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Date
  
17 September

Competitors
  
12 from 9 nations

Location
  
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, City of Sydney, Australia

Venue
  
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

The women's 48 kg weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 17.

Contents

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

Records

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

Results

  • Bulgaria's Izabela Dragneva was stripped of her gold medal and expelled from the Games after she tested positive for furosemide. As a result, it was awarded to U.S. weightlifter Tara Nott.
  • References

    Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg Wikipedia