# 2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

The women's competition in the flyweight (– 48 kg) division was held on 5 November 2011.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 5 November 2011 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 5 November 2011 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 5 November 2011 | 17:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Tian Yuan (CHN) | 90 kg | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | 83 kg | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | 82 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Tian Yuan (CHN) | 117 kg | Panida Khamsri (THA) | 107 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 103 kg |
| Total | Tian Yuan (CHN) | 207 kg | Panida Khamsri (THA) | 187 kg | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | 183 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Yang Lian (CHN) | 98 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican | 1 October 2006 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) Chen Xiexia (CHN) | 121 kg 120 kg | Antalya, Turkey Tai'an, China | 17 September 2010 21 April 2007 |
| World Record | Total | Yang Lian (CHN) | 217 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican | 1 October 2006 |
* Nurcan Taylan's world record was rescinded in 2021.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | 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 | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Tian Yuan (CHN) | A | 47.76 | 85 | 87 | 90 | | 111 | 115 | 117 | | 207 |
| | Panida Khamsri (THA) | A | 47.59 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 6 | 103 | 104 | 107 | | 187 |
| | Nurdan Karagöz (TUR) | A | 46.91 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 4 | 101 | 103 | 103 | | 183 |
| 4 | Wipada Sirimongkhon (THA) | A | 47.48 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 5 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 4 | 183 |
| 5 | Marzena Karpińska (POL) | A | 47.69 | 82 | 84 | 84 | | 98 | 101 | 103 | 5 | 183 |
| 6 | Ngangbam Soniya Chanu (IND) | A | 47.52 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 7 | 93 | 96 | 100 | 7 | 171 |
| 7 | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | A | 47.96 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 8 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 9 | 170 |
| 8 | Betsi Rivas (VEN) | B | 47.84 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 14 | 90 | 95 | 97 | 6 | 167 |
| 9 | Lely Burgos (PUR) | C | 47.40 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 13 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 8 | 165 |
| 10 | Estefanía Juan (ESP) | B | 47.60 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 9 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 163 |
| 11 | Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (IND) | B | 47.61 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 11 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 11 | 161 |
| 12 | Masitoh (INA) | B | 47.16 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 10 | 87 | 92 | 92 | 13 | 158 |
| 13 | Mélanie Bardis (FRA) | B | 47.90 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 12 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 14 | 158 |
| 14 | Anaïs Michel (FRA) | B | 47.63 | 65 | 68 | 68 | 19 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 12 | 153 |
| 15 | Carolanni Reyes (DOM) | B | 47.98 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 17 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 17 | 153 |
| 16 | Georgina Silvestre (DOM) | B | 46.24 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 15 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 19 | 151 |
| 17 | Giovanna D'Alessandro (ITA) | C | 44.33 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 18 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 18 | 150 |
| 18 | Génesis Murcia (ESA) | C | 46.96 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 16 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 21 | 148 |
| 19 | Aline Campeiro (BRA) | C | 47.96 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 22 | 78 | 83 | 86 | 15 | 148 |
| 20 | Jo Calvino (GBR) | C | 47.95 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 21 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 16 | 147 |
| 21 | Vivian Lee (AUS) | C | 47.20 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 20 | 82 | 87 | 87 | 20 | 144 |
| 22 | Kulsoom Abdullah (PAK) | C | 47.80 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 24 | 48 | 52 | 55 | 23 | 92 |
| — | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | A | 47.94 | 80 | 83 | 85 | | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — |
| — | Hannah Powell (GBR) | C | 43.70 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 23 | 77 | 77 | 77 | — | — |
| — | Fiorela Ramírez (PER) | C | 47.46 | 58 | 58 | 58 | — | 70 | 75 | 80 | 22 | — |
| — | Cristina Iovu (MDA) | A | 47.89 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Shqiponja Brahja (ALB) | B | 48.00 | 75 | 76 | 80 | — | 90 | 96 | 96 | — | — |