Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 67 kg

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Weightlifting – Men's 67 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	31 July 2022
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Winning total weight	300 GR
Medalists
Jeremy Lalrinnunga    India   Vaipava Ioane    Samoa   Edidiong Joseph Umoafia    Nigeria
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The men's 67 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 31 July 2022. An initial list of eleven athletes were expected to compete, though Talha Talib of Pakistan was removed after he was suspended due to an anti-doping violation. At the event, nine athletes competed with Craig Carfay of Scotland not competing.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India won the event with a Games record of 300 kilograms. He had also set a Games record in the snatch with a weight of 140 kilograms. Vaipava Ioane of Samoa was the silver medalist with a total of 293 kilograms, setting a Games record in the clean and jerk with a weight of 166 kilograms. Edidiong Joseph Umoafia of Nigeria was the bronze medalist.

Background

Weightlifting was part of the programme of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, whereas its weight categories were changed in 2018 by the International Weightlifting Federation. ^[1] One of these events would be the men's 67 kg event and would be included in the Games' programme. To qualify for the event, an athlete would have to either place first at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in a category included at the Games, place high enough in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, or be given a Bipartite Invitation from the hosts. England can automatically qualify a weightlifter as they are the hosts of the event. ^[2]

The 2021 Commonwealth Champion in the event would be Jeremy Lalrinnunga of India, qualifying him for the games. ^[3] The athletes that had qualified through their ranking were Talha Talib of Pakistan, Edidiong Joseph Umoafia of Nigeria, Vaipava Ioane of Samoa, Chaturanga Lakmal of Sri Lanka, Craig Carfay of Scotland, Ruben Katoatau of Kiribati, Kester Loy of Singapore, and Ditto Ika of Nauru. Jaswant Shergill was the host's pick to represent England, while Marc Jonathan Coret of Mauritius was awarded the Bipartite Invitation. ^{[4] [5]} Later on, Talib would be removed from the list following his suspension for failing an anti-doping test. ^[6]

List of initial qualified athletes

List of athletes

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Jaswant Shergill  (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Jeremy Lalrinnunga  (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	7	Talha Talib  (PAK)   Edidiong Joseph Umoafia  (NGR)   Vaipava Ioane  (SAM)   Chaturanga Lakmal  (SRI)   Craig Carfray  (SCO)   Ruben Katoatau  (KIR)   Kester Loy  (SGP)   Ditto Ika  (NRU)
Bipartite Invitation	1	Marc Jonathan Coret  (MRI)
Total	10

Records

Records before the competition ^[7]

World record	Snatch	Huang Minhao  (CHN)	155 kg	Tokyo, Japan	6 July 2019
	Clean & Jerk	Pak Jong-ju  (PRK)	188 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	20 November 2019
	Total	Chen Lijun  (CHN)	339 kg	Ningbo, China	21 April 2019
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Talha Talib  (PAK)	150 kg	Tokyo, Japan	25 July 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Talha Talib  (PAK)	170 kg	Tokyo, Japan	25 July 2021
	Total	Talha Talib  (PAK)	320 kg	Tokyo, Japan	25 July 2021
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	131 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	162 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	289 kg

Records set at the competition ^[8]

Snatch	140 kg	Jeremy Lalrinnunga  (IND)	GR
Clean and jerk	166 kg	Vaipava Ioane  (SAM)	GR
Total	300 kg	Jeremy Lalrinnunga  (IND)	GR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 31 July 2022	9:30	Final

Results

The event was held on 31 July 2022 at the National Exhibition Centre. ^[9] Carfay would not compete at the Games, leaving the total amount of athletes in the event to nine. ^[8]

Results summary ^[8]

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Jeremy Lalrinnunga  (IND)	66.36	136	140	143	140 GR	154	160	165	160	300 GR
	Vaipava Ioane  (SAM)	66.32	124	127	129	127	163	166	174	166 GR	293
	Edidiong Joseph Umoafia  (NGR)	66.86	130	130	130	130	150	160	160	160	290
4	Jaswant Shergill  (ENG)	66.68	110	114	117	114	140	146	150	146	260
5	Chaturanga Lakmal  (SRI)	64.57	112	116	119	119	140	140	144	140	259
6	Ruben Katoatau  (KIR)	66.97	106	110	114	114	136	140	144	144	258
7	Ditto Ika  (NRU)	66.79	105	105	108	105	135	140	145	140	245
8	Marc Jonathan Coret  (MRI)	66.16	100	105	107	105	136	140	140	136	241
9	Kester Loy  (SGP)	66.41	105	106	109	109	128	134	135	128	237

References

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3. Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". Inside the Games . Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
4. IWF Commonwealth Ranking List - 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifying (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
5. Ranking List / Final as of 30 March 2022 (XLSX). IWF. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. Oliver, Brian (28 April 2022). "Birmingham-bound athletes among Pakistan weightlifters charged with doping offences". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
7. "Weightlifting – Men – Records" (PDF). Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games . 29 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
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