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Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Weightlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates30 July – 3 August 2022
Competitors174 from 37 nations
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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.

The competition took place between 30 July and 3 August 2022, spread across sixteen weight classes (eight per gender).[1][2]

Schedule

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The competition schedule is as follows:[1][2]

Date
Event
Sat 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 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

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The weightlifting competitions were held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull.[3] Competitions for five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting and table tennis - also take place there.[4]

Qualification

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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]

  • The host nation.
  • The 2021 Commonwealth champion.
  • Athletes on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List as of 28 February 2022.
  • Recipient of a CGF/IWF Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (England)

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India33410
2 England*3115
3 Canada2248
4 Nigeria2136
5 Malaysia2103
6 Samoa1304
7 Australia1214
8 Cameroon1001
 Pakistan1001
10 Mauritius0101
 New Zealand0101
 Papua New Guinea0101
13 Fiji0011
 Nauru0011
 Sri Lanka0011
Totals (15 entries)16161648

Medalists

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Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Participating nations

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Competition Schedule | Weightlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 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 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Weightlifting Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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