Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

There was a nominal total of 180 quota places available for weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games; 90 each for men and women.[1]

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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Rules

Each Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) is restricted to one entry per weight category, which equates to a maximum quota of sixteen qualified weightlifters. Those entered may contest one category only.

  • As the host CGA, England is guaranteed one quota place in all sixteen weight categories.
  • Gold medallists in eligible categories at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships earned one place each.
  • Eight or nine places per category are determined by the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List (as of 28 February 2022).
  • The last place in each category is determined by a CGF/IWF Bipartite Invitation.

Timeline
EventDatesLocation
2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships7–17 December 2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
IWF Commonwealth Ranking List[2][3]1 January 2021 – 28 February 2022Various locations

Summary
CGA Men Women Total
556167738196109+10949555964717687+87
 AustraliaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes11
 BangladeshYesYesYesYes4
 BotswanaYes1
 BruneiYes1
 CameroonYesYesYesYesYes5
 CanadaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes14
 Cook IslandsYes1
 CyprusYes1
 EnglandYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes15
 FijiYesYes2
 GhanaYesYes2
 GibraltarYes1
 IndiaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes15
 JamaicaYesYesYesYes4
 KenyaYesYesYes3
 KiribatiYes1
 LesothoYes1
 MalaysiaYesYesYesYesYesYesYes7
 MaltaYesYesYesYes4
 MauritiusYesYesYesYesYesYes6
 NauruYesYesYesYesYesYesYes7
 New ZealandYesYesYesYesYesYesYes7
 NigeriaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes9
 NiueYes1
 Northern IrelandYesYes2
 PakistanYesYesYes3
 Papua New GuineaYesYes2
 SamoaYesYesYesYesYesYes6
 ScotlandYesYesYesYesYes5
 SeychellesYesYes2
 SingaporeYesYesYesYesYesYes6
 Solomon IslandsYesYes2
 Sri LankaYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes10
 South AfricaYesYesYesYes4
 TongaYesYes2
 UgandaYesYesYes3
 VanuatuYes1
 WalesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes7
TOTAL: 38 CGAs11101012121111111111111212111111178

Men's events

55 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Ben Hickling (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Aniq Kasdan (MAS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Sanket Sargar (IND)
 Sharjeel Butt (PAK)[lower-alpha 1]
 Dilanka Isuru Kumara (SRI)
 Davis Niyoyita (UGA)
 Ashikur Rahman Taj (BAN)
 David Mok Pingwei (SGP)
 Kgotla Kgaswane (BOT)
 Benjamin Ochoma (KEN)
 Willem Emile (MRI)
Bipartite Invitation1 Philip Masi (SOL)
TOTAL11

61 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation0
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Aznil Bidin (MAS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Morea Baru (PNG)
 Gururaja Poojary (IND)
 Thilanka Palangasinghe (SRI)
 Emmanuel Appah (NGR)
 Youri Simard (CAN)
 Abubakar Ghani (PAK)[lower-alpha 2]
 Davis Niyoyita (UGA)[lower-alpha 3]
 Nashrul Abu Bakar (BRU)
 Ben Foggo (WAL)[lower-alpha 4]
 Shadrack Cain (NRU)
 Mubarak Kivumbi (UGA)
Bipartite Invitation1 Thapelo Sebota (LES)
TOTAL10

67 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Jaswant Shergill (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Jeremy Lalrinnunga (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings7 Talha Talib (PAK)[lower-alpha 2]
 Edidiong Joseph Umoafia (NGR)
 Vaipava Ioane (SAM)
 Chaturanga Lakmal (SRI)
 Craig Carfray (SCO)
 Ruben Katoatau (KIR)
 Kester Loy (SGP)
 Ditto Ika (NRU)
Bipartite Invitation1 Marc Jonathan Coret (MRI)
TOTAL10

73 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Jack Oliver (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Achinta Sheuli (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings9 Erry Hidayat (MAS)
 John Tafi (SAM)
 Shad Darsigny (CAN)
 Brandon Wakeling (AUS)
 Vester Villalon (NZL)
 Ezekiel Moses (NRU)
 Indika Dissanayake (SRI)
 Michael Farmer (WAL)
 Jon-Antohein Phillips (RSA)
Bipartite Invitation1 Anthony Libasia (KEN)
TOTAL12

81 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Chris Murray (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Ajay Singh (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings9 Nicolas Vachon (CAN)
 Kyle Bruce (AUS)
 Cameron McTaggart (NZL)
 Haider Ali (PAK)
 Michel Ngongang (CMR)
 Chinthana Vidanage (SRI)
 Nasir Roslan (MAS)
 Jason Epton (SCO)
 Lim Kang Yin (SGP)
Bipartite Invitation1 Omarie Mears (JAM)
TOTAL12

96 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Cyrille Tchatchet (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Boady Santavy (CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Don Opeloge (SAM)
 Antonis Martasidis (CYP)
 Vikas Thakur (IND)
 Ridge Barredo (AUS)
 Forrester Osei (GHA)
 Cédric Coret (MRI)
 Denis Essama Owona (CMR)
 Ruben Burger (RSA)
Bipartite Invitation1 Taniela Rainibogi (FIJ)
TOTAL11

109 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Andrew Griffiths (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu (CMR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Jack Opeloge (SAM)
 Lovepreet Singh (IND)
 Pierre-Alexandre Besette (CAN)
 Jackson Roberts-Young (AUS)
 Hafiz Shamsuddin (MAS)
 Koale Junior Tasi Taala (NZL)
 Jordan Sakkas (WAL)
 Hanzala Dastigir Butt (PAK)
Bipartite Invitation1 Sio Pomelile (TGA)
TOTAL11

+109 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Gordon Shaw (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 David Liti (NZL)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Nooh Dastgir Butt (PAK)
 Gurdeep Singh (IND)
 Quinn Everett (CAN)
 Suamili Nanai (AUS)
 Petelo Lautusi (SAM)
 Ushan Charuka (SRI)
 Joseph Walton (WAL)[lower-alpha 4]
 Nathan Morris (RSA)
 Godfrey Baligeya (UGA)
Bipartite Invitation1 Giovanni Toimata (NIU)
TOTAL11

Women's events

49 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Noorin Gulam (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Stella Kingsley (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND)
 Dika Toua (PNG)
 Roilya Ranaivosoa (MRI)
 Hannah Kaminski (CAN)
 Tenishia Thornton (MLT)[lower-alpha 3]
 Hannah Powell (WAL)
 Srimali Samarakoon (SRI)
 Lisa Tobias (SCO)[lower-alpha 4]
 Winnifred Ntumi (GHA)
 Marja Akter Ekra (BAN)
Bipartite Invitation1 Chan Ying Ying (SGP)
TOTAL11

55 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Fraer Morrow (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Adijat Olarinoye (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Bindyarani Devi (IND)
 Catrin Jones (WAL)
 Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL)
 Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN)
 Jessica Sewastenko (AUS)[lower-alpha 4]
 Jodey Hughes (SCO)
 Elly Cascandra Englebert (MAS)
 Tenishia Thornton (MLT)[lower-alpha 3]
 Chamari Warnakulasuriya (SRI)
 My-Only Stephen (NRU)
Bipartite Invitation1 Sky Norris (JAM)
TOTAL11

59 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Jessica Gordon-Brown (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Tali Darsigny (CAN)
 Bindyarani Devi (IND)[lower-alpha 3]
 Brenna Kean (AUS)
 Popy Hazarika (IND)
 Clementina Agricole (SEY)
 Hannah Crymle (NIR)
 Anneke Spies (RSA)
 Marcetta Marlyne Marcus (MAS)
 Tenishia Thornton (MLT)
Bipartite Invitation1 Sarah Ang (SGP)
TOTAL11

64 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Zoe Smith (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Sarah Cochrane (AUS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings9 Maude Charron (CAN)
 Islamiyat Yusuf (NGR)
 Popy Hazarika (IND)[lower-alpha 3]
 Emma McIntyre (NZL)
 Yasmin Zammit Stevens (MLT)
 Christie-Marie Williams (WAL)
 Caroline Doyle (NIR)
 Mabia Akter (BAN)
 Lesley Brown (SCO)[lower-alpha 4]
 Nicole Heng (SGP)
 Bernice Detudamo (NRU)
 Arshika Vijayabaskar (SRI)
Bipartite Invitation1 Rachael Achieng (KEN)
TOTAL12

71 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Sarah Davies (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Joy Ogbonne Eze (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings9 Kiana Elliott (AUS)
 Alexis Ashworth (CAN)
 Harjinder Kaur (IND)
 Faye Pittman (WAL)
 Nancy Genzel Abouke (NRU)
 Megan Signal (NZL)
 Yasmin Zammit Stevens (MLT)[lower-alpha 3]
 Alice Aitchison (SCO)
 Roberta Tabone (MLT)
 Ketty Lent (MRI)
Bipartite Invitation1 Holly O'Shea (GIB)
TOTAL12

76 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Deborah Alawode (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Maya Laylor (CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Punam Yadav (IND)
 Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga (CMR)
 Liadi Taiwo (NGR)
 Ebony Gorincu (AUS)
 Nancy Genzel Abouke (NRU)[lower-alpha 3]
 Agata Herbert (SCO)
 Amy Salt (WAL)
 Renee Baarspul (NZL)[lower-alpha 4]
 Maximina Uepa (NRU)
 Niamh Menary (NIR)[lower-alpha 4]
 Monira Kazi (BAN)
Bipartite Invitation1 Chloe Whylie (JAM)
TOTAL11

87 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Emily Sweeney (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Kristel Ngarlem (CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Eileen Cikamatana (AUS)
 Clementine Meukeugni (CMR)
 Hayley Whiting (NZL)
 Mary Osijo (NGR)
 Bannur Natesh Usha (IND)
 Chathurika Priyanthi (SRI)
 Sientje Henderson (JAM)
 Imoasina Pelenato (SAM)[lower-alpha 4]
 Romantha Larue (SEY)
Bipartite Invitation1 Ajah Pritchard-Lolo (VAN)
TOTAL11

+87 kg
Means of qualificationQuotasQualified
Host Nation1 Emily Campbell (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships1 Purnima Pandey (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings8 Feagaiga Stowers (SAM)
 Charisma Amoe-Tarrant (AUS)
 Kuinini Manumua (TGA)
 Emma Friesen (CAN)
 Manine Lynch (COK)
 Miniah Summerell (NZL)[lower-alpha 4]
 Trimalee Haputenne (SRI)
 Helen Seipua (FIJ)
 Rebecca Gilbert (NIR)[lower-alpha 4]
 Alison Sunee (MRI)
Bipartite Invitation1 Elisia Scicluna (MLT)
TOTAL11
Notes
  1. Removed from the list following his suspension for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.[4]
  2. Removed from the list following his suspension for failing an anti-doping test.[4]
  3. Selected a different weight category in which they also qualified.
  4. Quota place not accepted by their CGA.

References
  1. "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. RANKING LIST / FINAL AS AT 30 MARCH 2022 (XLSX). IWF. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. Oliver, Brian (28 April 2022). "Birmingham-bound athletes among Pakistan weightlifters charged with doping offences". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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