Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting is one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham, England. This will be the nineteenth staging of weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1950, and the second staging within England specifically.

Weightlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates30 July – 3 August 2022
Weightlifting at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
MenWomen
55 kg49 kg
61 kg55 kg
67 kg59 kg
73 kg64 kg
81 kg71 kg
96 kg76 kg
109 kg87 kg
+109 kg+87 kg

The competition is scheduled to take place between 30 July and 3 August 2022, spread across sixteen weight classes (eight per gender).[1][2]

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:[1][2]

Date
Event
Sat 30Sun 31Mon 1Tue 2Wed 3
Men's
55 kgF
61 kgF
67 kgF
73 kgF
81 kgF
96 kgF
109 kgF
+109 kgF
Women's
49 kgF
55 kgF
59 kgF
64 kgF
71 kgF
76 kgF
87 kgF
+87 kgF

Venue

The weightlifting competitions will be held at the National Exhibition Centre.[3] Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, para powerlifting, and table tennis - will also take place there.[4]

Qualification
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A total of 180 weightlifters (90 per gender) qualify to compete at the Games. Nations may earn one quota per weight class, allocated as follows:[5]

  • The host nation.
  • The 2021 Commonwealth champion.
  • Athletes on the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List as of 28 February 2022.
  • Recipient of a CGF/IWF Bipartite Invitation.

References
  1. "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. Competition Schedule | Weightlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. "NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The NEC. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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