The Women's 48 kg weightlifting event was the lightest women's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on October 4 at 14:00 and was the first Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Nigerian Augustina Nwaokolo won the first gold medal of the Games, setting a new Games record of 175 kg after lifting 77 kg in the snatch and 98 kg in the clean and jerk.

Athletes

10 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	Year of birth
1		1978
2		1987
3		1990
4		1980
5		1980
6		1987
7		1992
8		1988
9		1989
10		1984

Results

Rank	Name	Country	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Augustina Nwaokolo		47.32	77	98	175 GR
	Sonya Chanu		47.71	73	94	167
	Sandyha Atom		47.73	70	95	165
	Zaira Zakaria		47.95	75	90	165
	Vivian Lee		47.66	69	91	160
	Portia Vries		47.36	66	90	156
	Kathleen Hare		46.80	64	83	147
	Kathsia Telemaque		47.94	65	80	145
	Molla Shabira		47.69	66	75	141
–	Erika Yamasaki Erika Yamasaki Erika Yamasaki is an Australian weightlifter. She started Weightlifting in 2000, when she was tested in a talent identification program. Erika first started to represent Australia in 2003 at the Oceania Championships...		47.90	73	–	DNF