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

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]

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 recordSnatch Li Yajun (CHN)102 kgAshgabat, Turkmenistan3 November 2018
Clean & Jerk Liao Qiuyun (CHN)129 kgPattaya, Thailand20 September 2019
Total Liao Qiuyun (CHN)227 kgPattaya, Thailand20 September 2019
Commonwealth recordSnatch Chika Amalaha (NGR)95 kgCairo, Egypt

26 April 2019

Clean & Jerk Adijat Olarinoye (NGR)116 kgRabat, Morocco26 August 2019
Total Adijat Olarinoye (NGR)209 kgRabat, Morocco26 August 2019
Games recordSnatchCommonwealth Games Standard83 kg
Clean & JerkCommonwealth Games Standard106 kg
TotalCommonwealth Games Standard189 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

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday 30 July 202220:00Final

Results

Rank Athlete Body
weight (kg)
Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adijat Olarinoye (NGR)54.5190929392 GR110110111111203 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bindyarani Sorokhaibam (IND)54.0181848686110114116116 GR202
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fraer Morrow (ENG)54.5786899189109109115109198
4 Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN)54.80778082829610110196178
5 Cascandra Elly (MAS)54.407378787891969896174
6 Sky Norris (JAM)53.897477787885889292170
7 Chamari Warnakulasuriya (SRI)54.837074747090949494164
8 My-Only Stephen (NRU)54.296868706886888886154
 Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL)54.5479797979105105105NMDNF
 Catrin Jones (WAL)54.78838383NMDNF
 Jodey Hughes (SCO)54.81717171NMDNF

References

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