Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	4 August 2022
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Para powerlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , held in Birmingham, England. This was the sixth staging of para powerlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically.

The competition took place on 4 August 2022, spread across four weight classes (two per gender). ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

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

Date Event	Thu 4
Session →	A	E
Men's lightweight	F
Men's heavyweight		F
Women's lightweight	F
Women's heavyweight		F

Venue

The para powerlifting competition was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. ^[3] Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, table tennis, and weightlifting - also took place there. ^[4]

Qualification

Main article: Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A total of 40 powerlifters (20 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations earned two quotas per weight class, allocated as follows: ^[5]

• Athletes in the World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) Commonwealth Rankings as of 25 April 2022.
• Recipients of a CGF/WPPO Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Rank	CGA	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	1	2	1	4
2	England*	1	2	0	3
3	India	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
5	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Kenya	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's lightweight details	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin   Malaysia	154.60 GR	Mark Swan   England	145.50	Nnamdi Innocent   Nigeria	132.50
Men's heavyweight details	Sudhir Sudhir   India	134.5 GR	Ikechukwu Obichukwu   Nigeria	133.6	Micky Yule   Scotland	130.9
Women's lightweight details	Zoe Newson   England	102.2	Olivia Broome   England	100	Hellen Wawira   Kenya	98.5
Women's heavyweight details	Folashade Oluwafemiayo   Nigeria	123.4 GR, WR	Bose Omolayo   Nigeria	115.2	Hani Watson   Australia	98.5

References

1. "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
2. Competition Schedule | Para Powerlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 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 2 May 2022.
4. "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
5. "Athlete Allocation System | Para Powerlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Para Powerlifting. 10 December 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

External links

• Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Para Powerlifting
• Para Powerlifting – Results Book