# 2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

The women's 48 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20 and 21 November 2015 in Houston, United States.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 20 November 2015 | 15:00 | Group C |
| 20 November 2015 | 19:30 | Group B |
| 21 November 2015 | 17:25 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Jiang Huihua (CHN) | 88 kg | Vương Thị Huyền (VIE) | 85 kg | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | 85 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Ri Song-gum (PRK) | 110 kg | Jiang Huihua (CHN) | 110 kg | Vương Thị Huyền (VIE) | 109 kg |
| Total | Jiang Huihua (CHN) | 198 kg | Vương Thị Huyền (VIE) | 194 kg | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | 193 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* Nurcan Taylan's world record was rescinded in 2021.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 |
| | Jiang Huihua (CHN) | A | 47.95 | 88 | 88 | 91 | | 106 | 108 | 110 | | 198 |
| | Vương Thị Huyền (VIE) | A | 47.41 | 85 | 87 | 88 | | 106 | 109 | 109 | | 194 |
| | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | A | 47.73 | 82 | 85 | 87 | | 105 | 108 | 109 | 5 | 193 |
| 4 | Ri Song-gum (PRK) | A | 47.39 | 77 | 81 | 83 | 8 | 107 | 110 | 111 | | 191 |
| 5 | Chen Wei-ling (TPE) | A | 47.46 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 5 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 7 | 188 |
| 6 | Ryang Chun-hwa (PRK) | A | 47.65 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 12 | 108 | 111 | 111 | 4 | 188 |
| 7 | Im Jyoung-hwa (KOR) | B | 47.87 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 4 | 98 | 103 | 103 | 10 | 188 |
| 8 | Sibel Özkan (TUR) | A | 47.97 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 6 | 103 | 109 | 109 | 11 | 186 |
| 9 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | B | 47.40 | 78 | 78 | 81 | 9 | 98 | 102 | 104 | 12 | 183 |
| 10 | Sri Wahyuni Agustiani (INA) | B | 47.91 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 18 | 100 | 103 | 104 | 9 | 182 |
| 11 | Beatriz Pirón (DOM) | A | 47.54 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 11 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 13 | 180 |
| 12 | Panida Khamsri (THA) | A | 47.68 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 21 | 102 | 105 | 109 | 8 | 180 |
| 13 | Roilya Ranaivosoa (MRI) | A | 47.96 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 14 | 100 | 100 | 104 | 14 | 180 |
| 14 | Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (IND) | B | 47.25 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 7 | 98 | 98 | 102 | 16 | 179 |
| 15 | Anaïs Michel (FRA) | B | 47.32 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 16 | 97 | 99 | 101 | 15 | 177 |
| 16 | Ana Segura (COL) | B | 47.97 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 15 | 95 | 98 | 102 | 17 | 177 |
| 17 | Iana Diachenko (UKR) | B | 47.57 | 78 | 78 | 80 | 17 | 94 | 94 | 96 | 20 | 174 |
| 18 | Manon Lorentz (FRA) | B | 47.52 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 10 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 25 | 173 |
| 19 | Monica Csengeri (ROU) | B | 47.88 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 13 | 93 | 97 | 98 | 27 | 173 |
| 20 | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | B | 47.61 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 19 | 93 | 93 | 97 | 26 | 170 |
| 21 | Lee Seul-ki (KOR) | B | 47.65 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 20 | 95 | 95 | 100 | 21 | 170 |
| 22 | Morghan King (USA) | B | 47.73 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 23 | 92 | 95 | 98 | 23 | 170 |
| 23 | Julia Schwarzbach (GER) | B | 47.73 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 22 | 92 | 94 | 95 | 24 | 170 |
| 24 | Zhanyl Okoeva (KGZ) | B | 47.86 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 27 | 97 | 101 | 101 | 18 | 170 |
| 25 | Cándida Vásquez (DOM) | C | 47.56 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 28 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 19 | 168 |
| 26 | Estefanía Juan (ESP) | C | 47.73 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 26 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 22 | 168 |
| 27 | Kathleen Winters (USA) | C | 47.97 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 25 | 87 | 87 | 90 | 31 | 165 |
| 28 | Misaki Oshiro (JPN) | C | 47.90 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 24 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 32 | 163 |
| 29 | Thelma Toua (PNG) | C | 47.91 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 31 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 30 | 160 |
| 30 | Jenniffer López (ECU) | C | 47.99 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 34 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 28 | 158 |
| 31 | Betsi Rivas (VEN) | C | 47.73 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 33 | 87 | 90 | 93 | 29 | 157 |
| 32 | Amanda Braddock (CAN) | C | 47.90 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 30 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 33 | 157 |
| 33 | Lely Burgos (PUR) | C | 47.94 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 32 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 34 | 154 |
| 34 | Eva Giganti (ITA) | C | 46.95 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 29 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 35 | 150 |
| 35 | Tham Nguyen (IRL) | C | 47.59 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 36 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 36 | 130 |
| 36 | Alexandria Craig (IRL) | C | 46.77 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 35 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 37 | 128 |
| — | Nguyễn Thị Thúy (VIE) | A | 47.75 | 83 | 83 | 83 | — | 108 | 108 | 110 | 6 | — |
| DQ | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) | A | 47.37 | 77 | 77 | 85 | — | 95 | 100 | 100 | — | — |
| DQ | Silviya Angelova (AZE) | C | 47.92 | 67 | 67 | 72 | — | 85 | 90 | 90 | — | — |