Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Weightlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games Weightlifting.svg
Venue National Exhibition Centre
Dates30 July – 3 August 2022
Competitors174 from 37 nations
  2018
2026  

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.

Contents

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 30Sun 31Mon 1Tue 2Wed 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 will be held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull. [3] Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting and table tennis - will 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]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of India.svg  India 33410
2Flag of England.svg  England*3115
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2248
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2136
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2103
6Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1304
7Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1214
8Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1001
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1001
10Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0101
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0101
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0101
13Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0011
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 0011
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0011
Totals (15 entries)16161648

Medalists

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

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