Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was the 18th appearance of Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The weightlifting competition was held in the Gold Coast, Australia, from April 5 to 9. The events were held at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. A total of eight men's and eight women's events were held.
On 7 October 2016, it was announced that seven new events for women were being added to the sport program, meaning there would be an equal number of events for men and women. This marked the first time in history that a major multi-sport event would have equality in terms of events. This included the addition of an additional female event in the weightlifting competitions.
Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:
Date Time EventThursday, 5 April 09:30 Men's 56 kg 14:00 Women's 48 kg 18:30 Men's 62 kgFriday, 6 April 09:30 Women's 53 kg 14:00 Men's 69 kg 18:30 Women's 58 kgSaturday, 7 April 09:30 Men's 77 kg 14:00 Women's 63 kg 18:30 Men's 85 kgSunday, 8 April 09:30 Women's 69 kg 14:00 Men's 94 kg 18:30 Women's 75 kgMonday, 9 April 09:30 Men's 105 kg16:00 Women's 90 kgWomen's +90 kg 18:30 Men's +105 kg
Medal table
Medalists Men's events 56 kg 261 kg GR 249 kg 248 kg62 kg 288 kg 286 kg 283 kg 69 kg 299 kg 297 kg 295 kg77 kg 317 kg 312 kg 305 kg85 kg 338 kg 331 kg 328 kg94 kg 370 kg / GR 369 kg 351 kg105 kg 360 kg 352 kg 351 kg +105 kg 403 kg GR 400 kg 395 kg
Women's events 48 kg 196 kg /GR 170 kg 155 kg53 kg 192 kg GR 182 kg 181 kg58 kg 201 kg 200 kg 189 kg63 kg 220 kg GR 207 kg 206 kg 69 kg 222 kg 217 kg 216 kg75 kg 222 kg 221 kg 207 kg 90 kg 233 kg 232 kg 226 kg +90 kg 253 kg 243 kg 242 kg
Records Men's Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight RecordMen's 56 kg 5 April Snatch Azroy Hazalwafie 117 kg GRMen's 56 kg 5 April Total Azroy Hazalwafie 261 kg GRMen's 62 kg 5 April Snatch Talha Talib 132 kg GRMen's 94 kg 8 April Snatch Boady Santavy 168 kg GRMen's 94 kg 8 April Clean & Jerk Steven Kari 216 kg , GRMen's +105 kg 9 April Total David Liti 403 kg , GR
Women's Event Date Round Name Nationality Weight RecordWomen's 48 kg 5 April Snatch Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 86 kg , GRWomen's 48 kg 5 April Clean & Jerk Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 110 kg , GRWomen's 48 kg 5 April Total Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 196 kg , GRWomen's 53 kg 6 April Snatch Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu 84 kg GRWomen's 63 kg 7 April Clean & Jerk Maude Charron 122 kg GR
Broken Records in Weightlifting
Qualification
For the first time, weightlifting athletes had to qualify for the Games. A total of 226 weightlifters (120 male and 106 women) will qualify to compete at the games. Qualification was done through multiple pathways.
Participating nations There are 35 participating associations in weightlifting with a total of 206 athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
References
External links Results Book – Weightlifting