Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 55 kg

The Women's 55 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 30 July 2022. The weightlifter from Nigeria won the gold, with a combined lift of 203 kg.[1]

Weightlifting – Women's 55 kg
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates30 July
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Winning total203 kg
Medalists
gold medal    Nigeria
silver medal    India
bronze medal    England
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Records edit

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   Li Yajun (CHN) 102 kg Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3 November 2018
Clean & Jerk   Liao Qiuyun (CHN) 129 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
Total   Liao Qiuyun (CHN) 227 kg Pattaya, Thailand 20 September 2019
Commonwealth record Snatch   Chika Amalaha (NGR) 95 kg Cairo, Egypt

26 April 2019

Clean & Jerk   Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) 116 kg Rabat, Morocco 26 August 2019
Total   Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) 209 kg Rabat, Morocco 26 August 2019
Games record Snatch Commonwealth Games Standard 83 kg
Clean & Jerk Commonwealth Games Standard 106 kg
Total Commonwealth Games Standard 189 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch 92 kg   Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) GR
Clean & Jerk 116 kg   Bindyarani Sorokhaibam (IND) GR
Total 203 kg   Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) GR

Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday 30 July 2022 20:00 Final

Results edit

Rank Athlete Body
weight (kg)
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
    Adijat Olarinoye (NGR) 54.51 90 92 93 92 GR 110 110 111 111 203 GR
    Bindyarani Sorokhaibam (IND) 54.01 81 84 86 86 110 114 116 116 GR 202
    Fraer Morrow (ENG) 54.57 86 89 91 89 109 109 115 109 198
4   Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN) 54.80 77 80 82 82 96 101 101 96 178
5   Cascandra Elly (MAS) 54.40 73 78 78 78 91 96 98 96 174
6   Sky Norris (JAM) 53.89 74 77 78 78 85 88 92 92 170
7   Chamari Warnakulasuriya (SRI) 54.83 70 74 74 70 90 94 94 94 164
8   My-Only Stephen (NRU) 54.29 68 68 70 68 86 88 88 86 154
  Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL) 54.54 79 79 79 79 105 105 105 NM DNF
  Catrin Jones (WAL) 54.78 83 83 83 NM DNF
  Jodey Hughes (SCO) 54.81 71 71 71 NM DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting - Daily Schedule". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting – Women – Records" (PDF). BOCCG. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

External links edit