The women's 48 kilograms event at the 1998 Asian Games took place on 7 December 1998 at Thunder Dome, Maung Thong Thani Sports Complex.
A total of seven weightlifters from seven national Olympic committees participated in this event. The weightlifter, Liu Xiuhua from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 187.5 kg. she also broke the snatch world record with 83.5 kilograms, she also tried to break the clean and jerk world record but was unsuccessful.
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score were allowed to perform the clean and jerk.
Results
RankAthleteBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result 47.45 80.0 83.5 83.5 82.5 105.0 113.0 115.0 105.0 187.5 48.00 77.5 80.0 80.0 77.5 102.5 105.0 105.0 105.0 182.5 46.85 77.5 80.0 82.5 80.0 100.0 100.0 102.5 100.0 180.0 4 47.65 75.0 77.5 77.5 77.5 100.0 102.5 102.5 100.0 177.5 5 47.70 77.5 77.5 80.0 77.5 95.0 95.0 95.0 95.0 172.5 6 47.65 72.5 75.0 77.5 75.0 95.0 100.0 100.0 95.0 170.0 7 47.60 70.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 95.0 102.5 102.5 95.0 165.0
New records The following records were established during the competition. Snatch83.5
References
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