# 1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

The Women's Flyweight Weightlifting Event (48 kg) is the lightest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 21, 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Sri Indriyani (INA) | 82.5 kg | Li Xuezhao (CHN) | 80.0 kg | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 80.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Donka Mincheva (BUL) | 112.5 kg | Kunjarani Devi (IND) | 105.0 kg | Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) | 105.0 kg |
| Total | Donka Mincheva (BUL) | 192.5 kg | Sri Indriyani (INA) | 185.0 kg | Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) | 185.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Li Zhuo (CHN) | 84.0 kg | Wuhan, China | 29 August 1999 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Li Zhuo (CHN) | 113.0 kg | Wuhan, China | 29 August 1999 |
| World Record | Total | Li Zhuo (CHN) | 195.0 kg | Wuhan, China | 29 August 1999 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Donka Mincheva (BUL) | 47.78 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 113.5 | | 192.5 |
| | Sri Indriyani (INA) | 47.47 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 85.0 | | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 4 | 185.0 |
| | Kaori Niyanagi (JPN) | 47.71 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | | 185.0 |
| 4 | Li Xuezhao (CHN) | 47.00 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 5 | 180.0 |
| 5 | Kunjarani Devi (IND) | 47.42 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 10 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | | 180.0 |
| 6 | Kay Thi Win (MYA) | 47.38 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 8 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 105.0 | 7 | 175.0 |
| 7 | Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) | 47.61 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 13 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 6 | 175.0 |
| 8 | Chu Nan-mei (TPE) | 47.69 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 12 | 175.0 |
| 9 | Tara Nott (USA) | 47.80 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 80.0 | 9 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 8 | 175.0 |
| 10 | Kyi Kyi Than (MYA) | 46.92 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 7 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9 | 172.5 |
| 11 | Masumi Imaoka (JPN) | 47.44 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 11 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 10 | 170.0 |
| 12 | Udomporn Polsak (THA) | 47.63 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 14 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 11 | 170.0 |
| 13 | Eva Giganti (ITA) | 46.67 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 6 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 13 | 167.5 |
| 14 | Gema Peris (ESP) | 47.61 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 75.0 | 12 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 14 | 165.0 |
| 15 | Olena Zinovyeva (UKR) | 47.76 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 15 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 16 | 165.0 |
| 16 | Sabrina Richard (FRA) | 47.60 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 16 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 18 | 152.5 |
| 17 | Guillermina Candelario (DOM) | 45.72 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 17 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 17 | 150.0 |
| 18 | Micol Dal Nevo (ITA) | 47.89 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 19 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 19 | 150.0 |
| 19 | Wendy Santana (DOM) | 47.90 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 22 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 20 | 147.5 |
| 20 | Betsabé García (MEX) | 47.73 | 62.5 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 18 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 23 | 145.0 |
| 21 | Csilla Földi (HUN) | 47.82 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 70.0 | 20 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 21 | 145.0 |
| 22 | Blanca Fernández (ESP) | 47.84 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 65.0 | 21 | 82.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 22 | 145.0 |
| 23 | Kaisa Viren (FIN) | 47.72 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 23 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 25 | 130.0 |
| 24 | Lubica Valentová (SVK) | 46.78 | 52.5 | 55.0 | 57.5 | 25 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 24 | 122.5 |
| 25 | Susana Brandão (POR) | 47.18 | 50.0 | 52.5 | 55.0 | 26 | 65.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 26 | 117.5 |
| 26 | Renata Natan (ISR) | 47.67 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 27 | 55.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 28 | 100.0 |
| 27 | Eugenie van Dam (NED) | 47.69 | 25.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 28 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 45.0 | 29 | 70.0 |
| — | Maria Saari (FIN) | 47.52 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 24 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | — | — |
| — | Sanamacha Chanu (IND) | 47.73 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | — | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 15 | — |
| — | Margarita Katz (ISR) | 47.94 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | — | 55.0 | 57.5 | 62.5 | 27 | — |
| DQ | Yulenis González (COL) | 47.82 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 62.5 | — | 80.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 113.5 kg | Donka Mincheva (BUL) | WR |