Weightlifting – Men's 55 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 July
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning total	249 kg
Medalists
Aniq Kasdan    Malaysia   Sanket Mahadev Sargar    India   Dilanka Isuru Kumara    Sri Lanka

Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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 Men's 55 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 30 July 2022. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 249 kg.^[1]

Records

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	135 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	166 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019
	Total	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	294 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Commonwealth Standard	114 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Sanket Sargar (IND)	143 kg	Singapore	25 February 2022
	Total	Sanket Sargar (IND)	256 kg	Singapore	25 February 2022
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	114 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	141 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	255 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk

142 kg

Aniq Kasdan (MAS)

GR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Aniq Kasdan (MAS)	54.72	107	111	111	107	138	142	142	142 GR	249
	Sanket Mahadev Sargar (IND)	54.56	107	111	113	113	135	139	139	135	248
	Dilanka Isuru Kumara (SRI)	54.80	105	105	112	105	120	137	141	120	225
4	Ben Hickling (ENG)	54.79	93	93	97	93	112	116	119	119	212
5	Md Ashikur Rahman Taj (BAN)	54.65	90	93	96	93	110	115	118	118	211
6	Philip Masi (SOL)	54.50	82	90	90	90	102	107	110	107	197
7	Willem Gwendal Emile (MRI)	53.97	75	80	83	83	95	100	103	103	186
8	David Mok Pingwei (SGP)	54.67	81	86	87	81	100	103	103	100	181
9	Kgotla Alphius N Kgaswane (BOT)	54.55	70	75	77	70	95	100	101	101	171
10	Benjamin Osiemo Ochoma (KEN)	54.20	65	70	70	65	83	85	88	85	150
―	Davis Niyoyita (UGA)	55.00	100	100	100	―	―	―	―	―	DNF

References

External links

• "Weightlifting - results, Men's 55 kg". Retrieved 30 July 2022.
• "Results Men's 55 kg" (PDF). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.