2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting - Bantamweight (Women)

sport	Weightlifting
competition	Class up to 48 kg
gender	Women
place	ExCeL Exhibition Center , London
Attendees	14 female athletes from 12 countries
date	July 28, 2012
Medals	Wang Mingjuan ( CHN ) Hiromi Miyake ( JPN ) Ryang Chun-hwa ( PRK )

The weightlifting of women in the class up to 48 kg (bantam weight ) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on July 28, 2012 at the ExCeL Exhibition Center . 14 athletes from 12 countries competed.

The competition consisted of two parts: tearing (Snatch) and pushing (Clean and Jerk) . The participants competed first in the snatch, in which they had three attempts. Whoever remained without a valid attempt was eliminated. Each starter again had three attempts in pushing. The athlete with the highest aggregate weight won. In the event of a tie, lower body weight was decisive.

Title holders

world champion	Tear	Tian Yuan	090 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Bump	Tian Yuan	117 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
	Duel	Tian Yuan	207 kg	World Cup 2011 in Paris
Olympic Champion	Duel	Chen Xiexia	212 kg	Beijing 2008

Existing records

World record	Tear	Yang Lian	098 kg	Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic	October 1, 2006
	Bump	Chen Xiexia	120 kg	Tai'an , China	April 21, 2007
	Duel	Yang Lian	217 kg	Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic	October 1, 2006
Olympic record	Tear	Nurcan Taylan	097 kg	Athens , Greece	August 14, 2004
	Bump	Chen Xiexia	117 kg	Beijing , China	August 9, 2008
	Duel	Chen Xiexia	212 kg	Beijing , China	August 9, 2008

Time schedule

• Group A: July 28, 2012, 3:30 p.m.

Bottom line

space	country	sportswoman	Body weight	Tear (kg)				Push (kg)				Duel
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01	CHN	Wang Mingjuan	47.73	88	88	91	91	110	114	116	114	205
02	JPN	Hiromi Miyake	47.74	83	85	87	87	108	110	113	110	197
03	PRK	Ryang Chun-hwa	47.52	80	83	84	80	108	109	112	112	192
04th	THA	Sirivimon Pramongkhol	47.23	78	80	82	82	106	108	109	109	191
05	DOOR	Nurdan Karagöz	46.99	80	83	84	83	104	107	107	104	187
06th	JPN	Honami Mizuochi	47.77	76	78	80	80	92	94	96	96	176
07th	IND	Ngangbam Soniya Chanu	47.74	72	74	75	74	93	97	97	97	171
08th	VEN	Betsi Rivas	47.43	68	70	70	70	92	96	98	98	168
09	DOM	Beatriz Pirón	47.85	72	75	77	77	87	90	92	90	167
10	FRA	Mélanie Bardis	47.71	70	73	75	73	88	91	93	93	166
11	PURE	Lely Burgos	47.61	65	70	70	65	87	92	92	92	157
12	MAD	Nathalia Rakotondramanana	47.74	55	55	60	55	75	80	82	80	135
-	THA	Panida Khamsri	47.45	81	81	81	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-	UZB	Marina Sisoyeva	47.85	79	79	80	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

• Hiromi Miyake (JPN) and Ryang Chun-hwa (PRK) won the first medals for their countries in this weight class.
• The Polish European Champion Marzena Karpińska was not admitted to the competition because of suspected doping.
• Vice World Champion Panida Khamsri (THA) retired after three unsuccessful attempts in the snatch.

Web links

• Official results , International Weightlifting Federation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Weightlifters fail doping tests. ESPN , July 27, 2012, accessed September 12, 2018 .