Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 July – 3 August 2022
Competitors	174 from 37 nations
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Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the nineteenth staging of weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1950, and the second staging within England specifically.

The competition took place between 30 July and 3 August 2022, spread across sixteen weight classes (eight per gender).^[1]^[2]

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:^[1]^[2]

Date Event	Sat 30	Sun 31	Mon 1	Tue 2	Wed 3
Men's
55 kg	F
61 kg	F
67 kg		F
73 kg		F
81 kg			F
96 kg				F
109 kg					F
+109 kg					F
Women's
49 kg	F
55 kg	F
59 kg		F
64 kg			F
71 kg			F
76 kg				F
87 kg				F
+87 kg					F

Venue

The weightlifting competitions were held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull.^[3] Competitions for five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting and table tennis - also take place there.^[4]

Qualification

A total of 180 weightlifters (90 per gender) qualify to compete at the Games. Nations may earn one quota per weight class, allocated as follows:^[5]

The host nation.
The 2021 Commonwealth champion.
Athletes on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List as of 28 February 2022.
Recipient of a CGF/IWF Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (England)

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
55 kg details	Aniq Kasdan Malaysia	249 kg	Sanket Mahadev Sargar India	248 kg	Dilanka Isuru Kumara Sri Lanka	225 kg
61 kg details	Muhamad Aznil Bidin Malaysia	285 kg GR	Morea Baru Papua New Guinea	273 kg	Gururaja Poojary India	269 kg
67 kg details	Jeremy Lalrinnunga India	300 kg GR	Vaipava Nevo Ioane Samoa	293 kg	Edidiong Joseph Umoafia Nigeria	290 kg
73 kg details	Achinta Sheuli India	313 kg GR	Muhammad Erry Hidayat Malaysia	303 kg	Shad Darsigny Canada	298 kg
81 kg details	Chris Murray England	325 kg GR	Kyle Bruce Australia	323 kg	Nicolas Vachon Canada	320 kg
96 kg details	Don Opeloge Samoa	381 kg GR	Vikas Thakur India	346 kg	Taniela Rainibogi Fiji	343 kg
109 kg details	Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu Cameroon	361 kg	Jack Opeloge Samoa	358 kg	Lovepreet Singh India	355 kg
+109 kg details	Nooh Dastgir Butt Pakistan	405 kg GR	David Liti New Zealand	394 kg	Gurdeep Singh India	390 kg

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg details	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu India	201 kg GR	Roilya Ranaivosoa Mauritius	172 kg	Hannah Kaminski Canada	171 kg
55 kg details	Adijat Olarinoye Nigeria	203 kg GR	Bindyarani Sorokhaibam India	202 kg	Fraer Morrow England	198 kg
59 kg details	Rafiatu Lawal Nigeria	206 kg GR	Jessica Gordon Brown England	197 kg	Tali Darsigny Canada	196 kg
64 kg details	Maude Charron Canada	231 kg GR	Sarah Cochrane Australia	216 kg	Islamiyat Yusuf Nigeria	212 kg
71 kg details	Sarah Davies England	229 kg GR	Alexis Ashworth Canada	214 kg	Harjinder Kaur India	212 kg
76 kg details	Maya Laylor Canada	228 kg GR	Taiwo Liadi Nigeria	216 kg JCR	Maximina Uepa Nauru	215 kg
87 kg details	Eileen Cikamatana Australia	255 kg GR	Kristel Ngarlem Canada	236 kg	Mary Osijo Nigeria	225 kg
+87 kg details	Emily Campbell England	286 kg GR CR	Feagaiga Stowers Samoa	268 kg	Charisma Amoe Tarrant Australia	239 kg

Participating nations

There were 37 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in weightlifting with a total of 174 (90 men and 84 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[6]

Australia (11)
Bangladesh (4)
Botswana (2)
Brunei (1)
Cameroon (5)
Canada (14)
Cook Islands (1)
Cyprus (1)
England (15)
Fiji (2)
Ghana (2)
Gibraltar (1)
India (15)
Jamaica (4)
Kenya (3)
Kiribati (1)
Lesotho (1)
Malaysia (7)
Malta (4)
Mauritius (6)
Nauru (7)
New Zealand (7)
Nigeria (9)
Northern Ireland (2)
Pakistan (3)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Samoa (6)
Scotland (4)
Seychelles (2)
Singapore (6)
Solomon Islands (2)
South Africa (4)
Sri Lanka (10)
Tonga (2)
Uganda (1)
Vanuatu (1)
Wales (7)

References

^ ^a ^b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Competition Schedule | Weightlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The NEC. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "Weightlifting Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

External links

Results Book – Weightlifting

[wlschedule-1] "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[schedulepdf-2] Competition Schedule | Weightlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[3] "NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The NEC. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[4] "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[5] "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[6] "Weightlifting Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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