| Weightlifting – Women's 59 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 31 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total | 206 kg | |||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 55 kg | 49 kg | |
| 61 kg | 55 kg | |
| 67 kg | 59 kg | |
| 73 kg | 64 kg | |
| 81 kg | 71 kg | |
| 96 kg | 76 kg | |
| 109 kg | 87 kg | |
| +109 kg | +87 kg | |
The Women's 59 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 31 July 2022. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: [2]
When the previous records and weight classes were discarded following readjustment, the IWF defined "world standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as world records (WR), CommonWealth Authority defined "Commonwealth standards" and "Commonwealth games standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as Commonwealth record (CR) and Commonwealth games record (GR) in the new weight classes. Wherever World Standard/Commonwealth Standard/Commonwealth Games Standard appear in the list below, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted the benchmark weights in a sanctioned competition.
| World record | Snatch |  Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 110 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 20 Apr 2021 |
| Clean & Jerk | Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 140 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 18 September 2019 | |
| Total | Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE) | 247 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 20 Apr 2021 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch |  Tali Darsigny (CAN) | 94 kg | Lima, Peru | 28 July 2019 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Chinenye Fidelis (NGR) | 125 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3 November 2018 | |
| Total |  Zoe Smith (ENG) | 216 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 18 September 2019 | |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 87 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 111 kg | |||
| Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 197 kg |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 90 kg |  Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR) | GR |
| Clean & Jerk | 116 kg | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR) | GR |
| Total | 206 kg | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR) | GR |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Sunday 31 July 2022 | 14:00 | Final |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
 | Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR) | 57.64 | 90 | 90 GR | 110 | 115 | 116 | 116 GR | 206 GR | ||
 |  Jessica Gordon Brown (ENG) | 58.75 | 86 | 86 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 111 | 197 | ||
 |  Tali Darsigny (CAN) | 58.95 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 109 | 196 | |
| 4 |  Anneke Spies (RSA) | 58.89 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 190 | ||
| 5 |  Brenna Kean (AUS) | 58.67 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 106 | 106 | 189 | |||
| 6 |  Hannah Crymble (NIR) | 58.24 | 83 | 83 | 103 | 103 | 186 | ||||
| 7 |  Popy Hazarika (IND) | 57.05 | 81 | 81 | 102 | 102 | 183 | ||||
| 8 |  Tenishia Thornton (MLT) | 56.33 | 78 | 78 | 100 | 100 | 178 | ||||
| 9 |  Marlyne Marcus Marceeta (MAS) | 56.94 | 73 | 73 | 102 | 102 | 175 | ||||
| 10 |  Sarah Ang (SGP) | 57.99 | 73 | 73 | 85 | 90 | 90 | 163 | |||
| ― |  Clementina Ciana Agricole (SEY) | 58.94 | — | — | — | — | ― | DNF | |||
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