# 2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The women's 48 kilograms division was staged on 1 October 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 1 October 2006 | 12:00 | Group B |
| 1 October 2006 | 16:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Yang Lian (CHN) | 98 kg | Aree Wiratthaworn (THA) | 85 kg | Svetlana Ulyanova (RUS) | 83 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Yang Lian (CHN) | 119 kg | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | 108 kg | Svetlana Ulyanova (RUS) | 105 kg |
| Total | Yang Lian (CHN) | 217 kg | Aree Wiratthaworn (THA) | 188 kg | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | 188 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Nurcan Taylan (TUR) | 97 kg | Athens, Greece | 14 August 2004 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Wang Mingjuan (CHN) | 118 kg | Doha, Qatar | 9 November 2005 |
| World Record | Total | Wang Mingjuan (CHN) | 213 kg | Doha, Qatar | 9 November 2005 |

## 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 |
| | Yang Lian (CHN) | A | 47.80 | 90 | 95 | 98 | | 110 | 116 | 119 | | 217 |
| | Aree Wiratthaworn (THA) | A | 47.52 | 80 | 85 | 87 | | 103 | 108 | 108 | 5 | 188 |
| | Hiromi Miyake (JPN) | A | 47.63 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 6 | 105 | 108 | 110 | | 188 |
| 4 | Svetlana Ulyanova (RUS) | A | 47.73 | 80 | 83 | 85 | | 101 | 101 | 105 | | 188 |
| 5 | Estefanía Juan (ESP) | A | 47.77 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 4 | 102 | 104 | 107 | 4 | 186 |
| 6 | Thipamon Phupruem (THA) | A | 47.30 | 72 | 77 | 80 | 7 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 6 | 179 |
| 7 | Genny Pagliaro (ITA) | A | 47.84 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 5 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 9 | 177 |
| 8 | Nguyễn Bích Hà (VIE) | A | 47.65 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 8 | 93 | 96 | 101 | 7 | 171 |
| 9 | Mélanie Noël (FRA) | A | 47.79 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 10 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 8 | 170 |
| 10 | Shoko Sumida (JPN) | A | 47.74 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 9 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 10 | 167 |
| 11 | Carolina Valencia (MEX) | B | 47.97 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 12 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 11 | 165 |
| 12 | Olga Navotna (UKR) | B | 47.64 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 11 | 85 | 88 | 91 | 12 | 164 |
| 13 | Chen Wei-ling (TPE) | B | 45.63 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 13 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 13 | 160 |
| 14 | Lely Burgos (PUR) | B | 47.62 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 14 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 14 | 160 |
| 15 | Marta Kleszczyńska (POL) | B | 47.85 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 15 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 15 | 160 |
| 16 | Guillermina Candelario (DOM) | B | 47.98 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 16 | 86 | 91 | 92 | 17 | 156 |
| 17 | Lazzat Kashkulina (KAZ) | B | 47.93 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 17 | 82 | 87 | 87 | 16 | 154 |
| 18 | Sevginar Topalova (BUL) | B | 47.96 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 19 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 18 | 147 |
| 19 | Giovanna D'Alessandro (ITA) | B | 46.59 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 18 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 19 | 145 |
| 20 | Tímea Kovács (HUN) | B | 47.62 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 20 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 20 | 131 |
| — | Silviya Angelova (BUL) | B | 47.48 | 68 | 68 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 98 kg | Yang Lian (CHN) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 119 kg | Yang Lian (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 214 kg | Yang Lian (CHN) | WR |
| Total | 217 kg | Yang Lian (CHN) | WR |