Weightlifting – Women's 71 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	1 August
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Winning total	229 kg
Medalists
Sarah Davies    England   Alexis Ashworth    Canada   Harjinder Kaur    India

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 women's 71 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 1 August 2022. The weightlifter from England won the gold, with a combined lift of 229 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	117 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Wangli (CHN)	152 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	6 November 2018
	Total	Zhang Wangli (CHN)	267 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	6 November 2018
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Sarah Davies (ENG)	102 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	13 December 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Sarah Davies (ENG)	132 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	13 December 2021
	Total	Sarah Davies (ENG)	234 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	13 December 2021
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	98 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	123 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	219 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch	103 kg	Sarah Davies (ENG)	CR, GR
Clean & Jerk	126 kg	Sarah Davies (ENG)	GR
Total	229 kg	Sarah Davies (ENG)	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
	Sarah Davies (ENG)	70.58	97	101	103	103 CR, GR	126	126	130	126 GR	229 GR
	Alexis Ashworth (CAN)	70.20	91	91	94	91	112	116	123	123	214
	Harjinder Kaur (IND)	69.14	90	90	93	93	113	116	119	119	212
4	Kiana Rose Elliott (AUS)	67.39	90	90	94	94	105	108	110	110	204
5	Nancy Genzel Abouke (NRU)	68.40	87	90	90	87	110	114	114	110	197
6	Megan Signal (NZL)	70.73	88	88	92	88	108	111	112	108	196
7	Ketty Lent (MRI)	70.29	82	87	90	87	107	111	111	107	194
8	Roberta Tabone (MLT)	69.97	82	84	86	86	101	105	108	105	191
9	Faye Pittman (WAL)	70.22	81	84	84	81	105	108	108	108	189
10	Holly O'Shea (GIB)	68.75	70	74	76	74	89	93	97	97	171
—	Joy Ogbonne Eze (NGR)	69.79	95	100	103	100	125	125	125	—	DNF
—	Alice Aitchison (SCO)	69.88	82	82	82	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

References

External links

• "Weightlifting - results, Women's 71 kg". Retrieved 1 August 2022.
• "Results Women's 71 kg" (PDF). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.