Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held in the Gold Coast from April 5 to 9. The Weightlifting competition was held at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. A total of eight men's and eight women's events were held.

Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Dates	5–9 April 2018
Competitors	206 from 35 nations
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On 7 October 2016, it was announced that seven new events for women were being added to the sport program, meaning there would be an equal number of events for men and women. This marked the first time in history that a major multi-sport event would have equality in terms of events. This included the addition of an additional female event in the weightlifting competitions.^[1][2]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 5 April	09:30	Men's 56 kg
	14:00	Women's 48 kg
	18:30	Men's 62 kg
Friday, 6 April	09:30	Women's 53 kg
	14:00	Men's 69 kg
	18:30	Women's 58 kg
Saturday, 7 April	09:30	Men's 77 kg
	14:00	Women's 63 kg
	18:30	Men's 85 kg
Sunday, 8 April	09:30	Women's 69 kg
	14:00	Men's 94 kg
	18:30	Women's 75 kg
Monday, 9 April	09:30	Men's 105 kg
	16:00	Women's 90 kg
		Women's +90 kg
	18:30	Men's +105 kg

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	5	2	2	9
2	Samoa	2	2	0	4
3	Malaysia	2	0	1	3
4	England	1	3	2	6
5	Canada	1	3	1	5
6	Papua New Guinea	1	2	0	3
7	Australia*	1	1	1	3
8	Fiji	1	0	1	2
	Wales	1	0	1	2
10	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
11	Sri Lanka	0	1	2	3
12	Mauritius	0	1	0	1
	Nauru	0	1	0	1
14	Pakistan	0	0	2	2
15	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Solomon Islands	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		16	16	16	48

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
56 kg details	Azroy Hazalwafie  Malaysia	261 kg GR	Gururaja Poojary  India	249 kg	Chaturanga Lakmal  Sri Lanka	248 kg
62 kg details	Aznil Bidin  Malaysia	288 kg	Morea Baru  Papua New Guinea	286 kg	Talha Talib  Pakistan	283 kg
69 kg details	Gareth Evans  Wales	299 kg	Indika Dissanayake  Sri Lanka	297 kg	Deepak Lather  India	295 kg
77 kg details	Sathish Sivalingam  India	317 kg	Jack Oliver  England	312 kg	François Etoundi  Australia	305 kg
85 kg details	Ragala Venkat Rahul  India	338 kg	Don Opeloge  Samoa	331 kg	Mohamad Fazrul Azrie  Malaysia	328 kg
94 kg details	Steven Kari  Papua New Guinea	370 kg CR / GR	Boady Santavy  Canada	369 kg	Vikas Thakur  India	351 kg
105 kg details	Sanele Mao  Samoa	360 kg	Pardeep Singh  India	352 kg	Owen Boxall  England	351 kg
+105 kg details	David Liti  New Zealand	403 kg GR	Lauititi Lui  Samoa	400 kg	Muhammad Butt  Pakistan	395 kg

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
48 kg details	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  India	196 kg CR /GR	Roilya Ranaivosoa  Mauritius	170 kg	Dinusha Gomes  Sri Lanka	155 kg
53 kg details	Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu  India	192 kg GR	Dika Toua  Papua New Guinea	182 kg	Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet  Canada	181 kg
58 kg details	Tia-Clair Toomey  Australia	201 kg	Tali Darsigny  Canada	200 kg	Jenly Tegu Wini  Solomon Islands	189 kg
63 kg details	Maude Charron  Canada	220 kg GR	Zoe Smith  England	207 kg	Mona Pretorius  South Africa	206 kg
69 kg details	Punam Yadav  India	222 kg	Sarah Davies  England	217 kg	Apolonia Vaivai  Fiji	216 kg
75 kg details	Emily Godley  England	222 kg	Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau  Canada	221 kg	Laura Hughes  Wales	207 kg
90 kg details	Eileen Cikamatana  Fiji	233 kg	Kaity Fassina  Australia	232 kg	Clementine Meukeugni  Cameroon	226 kg
+90 kg details	Feagaiga Stowers  Samoa	253 kg	Charisma Amoe-Tarrant  Nauru	243 kg	Emily Campbell  England	242 kg

Records

Men's

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Weight	Record
Men's 56 kg	5 April	Snatch	Azroy Hazalwafie	Malaysia	117 kg	GR
Men's 56 kg	5 April	Total	Azroy Hazalwafie	Malaysia	261 kg	GR
Men's 62 kg	5 April	Snatch	Talha Talib	Pakistan	132 kg	GR
Men's 94 kg	8 April	Snatch	Boady Santavy	Canada	168 kg	GR
Men's 94 kg	8 April	Clean & Jerk	Steven Kari	Papua New Guinea	216 kg	CR, GR
Men's +105 kg	9 April	Total	David Liti	New Zealand	403 kg	CR, GR

Women's

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Weight	Record
Women's 48 kg	5 April	Snatch	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	India	86 kg	CR, GR
Women's 48 kg	5 April	Clean & Jerk	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	India	110 kg	CR, GR
Women's 48 kg	5 April	Total	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	India	196 kg	CR, GR
Women's 53 kg	6 April	Snatch	Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu	India	84 kg	GR
Women's 63 kg	7 April	Clean & Jerk	Maude Charron	Canada	122 kg	GR

• Broken Records in Weightlifting

Qualification

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

For the first time, weightlifting athletes had to qualify for the Games. A total of 226 weightlifters (120 male and 106 women) will qualify to compete at the games. Qualification was done through multiple pathways.^[3]

Participating nations

There are 35 participating associations in weightlifting with a total of 206 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

•  Australia (16)
•  Bangladesh (5)
•  Barbados (2)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Canada (11)
•  Cameroon (5)
•  Cook Islands (2)
•  England (12)
•  Fiji (7)
•  Ghana (4)
•  India (16)
•  Kenya (5)
•  Kiribati (5)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Malaysia (10)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mauritius (10)
•  Nigeria (4)
•  Northern Ireland (5)
•  Nauru (10)
•  New Zealand (12)
•  Pakistan (5)
•  Papua New Guinea (6)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•  Samoa (6)
•  Scotland (4)
•  Seychelles (3)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Solomon Islands (3)
•  Sri Lanka (11)
•  South Africa (3)
•  Tonga (1)
•  Tuvalu (1)
•  Uganda (4)
•  Wales (13)