Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 48 kg

Weightlifting – Women's 48 kg at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Weightlifting Forum
Dates	October 23
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Medalists
	«2007 2015»

Weightlifting at the 2011 Pan American Games
Men		Women
	56 kg		48 kg
	62 kg		53 kg
	69 kg		58 kg
	77 kg		63 kg
	85 kg		69 kg
	94 kg		75 kg
	105 kg		+75 kg
	+105 kg

The women's 48 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, was held on October 23 at the Weightlifting Forum.^[1] The defending champion was Carolina Valencia from Mexico.

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. This weightlifting event was the lightest women's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass.

Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Date	Time	Round
October 23, 2011	14:00	Final

Results

9 athletes from 8 countries took part.^[2]

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)^[3]
	Lely Burgos	Puerto Rico	A	47.49	71	99	170
	Betsi Rivas	Venezuela	A	47.34	73	96	169
	Katherine Mercado	Colombia	A	46.99	73	92	165
4	Carolanni Reyes	Dominican Republic	A	47.44	70	87	157
5	Génesis Murcia	El Salvador	A	47.44	68	85	153
6	Georgina Silvestre	Dominican Republic	A	46.13	70	82	152
7	Kelly Rexroad	United States	A	47.44	68	82	150
8	Maria Cavero	Argentina	A	46.73	66	80	146
9	Fiorela Ramirez	Peru	A	47.48	73	78	136