| Weightlifting – Women's 49 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 30 July 2022 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total weight | 201 | |||||||||
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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 49 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 30 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 |  Hou Zhihui (CHN) | 96 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | 119 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | |
| Total | Hou Zhihui (CHN) | 213 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch |  Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | 87 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |
| Clean & Jerk | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | 119 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | |
| Total | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | 205 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 17 April 2021 | |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 77 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 99 kg | |||
| Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 175 kg |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 88 kg | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | CR, GR |
| Clean & Jerk | 113 kg | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | GR |
| Total | 201 kg | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | GR |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 15:30 | Final |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) | 48.68 | 84 | 88 | 88 CR/GR | 109 | 113 | 113 GR | 201 GR | ||
 |  Roilya Ranaivosoa (MRI) | 48.63 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 172 | |
 |  Hannah Kaminski (CAN) | 48.97 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 97 | 171 | |
| 4 |  Stella Kingsley (NGR) | 48.52 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 170 | |
| 5 |  Dika Toua (PNG) | 48.90 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 93 | 96 | 96 | 170 | |
| 6 |  Noorin Gulam (ENG) | 48.77 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 88 | 88 | 161 | ||
| 7 |  Hannah Powell (WAL) | 48.60 | 67 | 67 | 85 | 85 | 152 | ||||
| 8 |  Srimali Samarakoon (SRI) | 48.29 | 65 | 65 | 87 | 87 | 152 | ||||
| 9 |  Winnifred Ntumi (GHA) | 48.63 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 139 | ||
| 10 |  Ying Chan (SGP) | 48.40 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 137 | ||
| ― |  Marjia Akter Ekra (BAN) | 48.54 | 58 | - | 58 | - | - | NM | DNF | ||
Loa Dika Toua is a Papua New Guinean Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's −49 kg.
Halil Zorba is a British weightlifter. He represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and was in contention for the British team for the 2012 Summer Olympics but was ultimately not chosen for the team despite being British Champion in his weight class. He competes part-time, continuing with his career as a civil engineer.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Women's 49 kg category. Mirabai Chanu has won the World Championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions to the sport. She was awarded the sporting honour Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by the Government of India in 2018.
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