The women's 87 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 2 August 2022. The weightlifter from Australia won the gold, with a combined lift of 255 kg.[1]
| Weightlifting – Women's 87 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Exhibition Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 2 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total | 255 kg | |||||||||
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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 | World Standard | 132 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 164 kg | |||
| Total | World Standard | 294 kg | |||
| Commonwealth record | Snatch |  Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) |
115 kg | Lima, Peru | 10 October 2019 |
| Clean & Jerk | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) |
152 kg | Tianjin, China | 10 December 2019 | |
| Total | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) |
266 kg | Tianjin, China | 10 December 2019 | |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 108 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 135 kg | |||
| Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 242 kg |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 110 kg |  Eileen Cikamatana (AUS)
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GR |
| Clean & Jerk | 145 kg | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS)
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GR |
| Total | 255 kg | Eileen Cikamatana (AUS)
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GR |
Schedule edit
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 18:30 | Final |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
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Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) |
84.08 | 105 | 110 | 110 GR | 129 | 137 | 145 | 145 GR | 255 GR | |
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 Kristel Ngarlem (CAN) |
82.03 | 97 | 101 | 101 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 236 | |
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 Mary Osijo (NGR) |
82.52 | 95 | 100 | 102 | 102 | 116 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 225 |
| 4 |  Clémentine Meukeugni (CMR) |
86.11 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 118 | 121 | — | 121 | 221 | |
| 5 |  Hayley Whiting (NZL) |
82.97 | 93 | 93 | 116 | 116 | 209 | ||||
| 6 |  Usha Kumara (IND) |
86.29 | 90 | 95 | 95 | 110 | 110 | 205 | |||
| 7 |  Chathurika Balage (SRI) |
85.20 | 81 | 81 | 105 | 111 | 111 | 192 | |||
| 8 |  Ajah Pritchard-Lolo (VAN) |
84.56 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 93 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 178 | |
| 9 |  Romentha Larue (SEY) |
84.53 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 93 | 98 | 98 | 176 | ||
| 10 |  Yvgeni Henderson (JAM) |
85.23 | 73 | 73 | 90 | 90 | 163 | ||||
| — |  Emily Sweeney (ENG) |
85.60 | NM | — | — | — | — | DNF | |||
References edit
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifting – Women – Records" (PDF). BOCCG. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
External links edit
- "Weightlifting - results, Women's 87 kg". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- "Results Women's 87 kg" (PDF). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.