Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Qualification system[]

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. Per the regulations each country may only enter one athlete per event for a total of 16 athletes (eight per gender). The host nation (Australia) is permitted to enter one athlete per event. The 2017 Commonwealth champion will also qualify. The next 12 spots (5 for the heaviest two women's categories) are awarded using the Commonwealth Rankings (from 24 October 2016 – 31 October 2017). Finally one spot is reserved for a wildcard per category.^[1]

Summary[]

CGA	Men								Women								Total
CGA	56 kg	62 kg	69 kg	77 kg	85 kg	94 kg	105 kg	+105 kg	48 kg	53 kg	58 kg	63 kg	69 kg	75 kg	90 kg	+90 kg	Total
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Bangladesh			X							X	X	X		X			5
Barbados				X			X										2
Botswana	X																1
Cameroon		X			X	X							X		X		6
Canada				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			11
Cook Islands														X		X	2
England				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	12
Fiji	X	X			X				X		X		X	X	X		8
Ghana					X	X	X			X							4
India	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Kenya	X			X		X					X	X					5
Kiribati		X	X	X			X						X				5
Lesotho			X														1
Malta												X					1
Malaysia	X	X	X	X	X			X		X	X			X	X		10
Mauritius	X	X	X	X				X	X		X		X	X		X	10
Nauru	X	X	X	X	X			X		X		X	X			X	10
New Zealand		X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	12
Nigeria		X			X				X	X							4
Northern Ireland				X		X		X				X	X				5
Pakistan	X	X	X			X		X									5
Papua New Guinea		X		X		X			X	X					X		6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines														X			1
Samoa			X		X	X	X	X								X	6
Scotland						X	X		X		X						4
Seychelles		X					X					X					3
Singapore					X												1
Solomon Islands					X					X	X						3
South Africa											X	X	X				3
Sri Lanka	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X			X			11
Tonga							X										1
Tuvalu		X															1
Uganda	X		X			X						X					4
Wales	X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		13
Total: 35 CGAs	12	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	11	14	15	13	13	13	8	8	206

Men[]

56 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Azroy Hazalwafie (MAS)
Commonwealth Rankings	10	Gururaja Poojary (IND) Chaturanga Lakmal (SRI) Manueli Tulo (FIJ) Elson Brechtefeld (NRU) Abdullah Ghafoor (PAK) ~~(ENG)~~ (MRI) (WAL) ~~(SCO)~~ Julius Ssekitoleko (UGA) (BOT) (KEN)
Invitation	0	TBD
TOTAL	12

62 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Vannara Be (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Morea Baru (PNG)
Commonwealth Rankings	12	~~(CYP)~~ Muhammad Aznil Bidin (MAS) Talha Talib (PAK) Thilanka Palangasinghe (SRI) (IND) Ianne Guiñares (NZL) (CMR) ~~(CAN)~~ (FIJ) (MRI) Rick Confiance (SEY) ~~(ENG)~~ (NRU) (NGR) (TUV)
Invitation	1	(KIR)
TOTAL	15

69 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Brandon Wakeling (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Mohd Hafifi Mansor (MAS)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	Vaipava Ioane (SAM) Deepak Lather (IND) (PAK) Gareth Evans (WAL) Indika Dissanayake (SRI) (NZL) Ruben Katoatau (KIR) ~~(CAN)~~ ~~(RSA)~~ ~~Christopher Freebury (ENG)~~ (BAN) ~~(SCO)~~ (MRI) Larko Doguape (NRU) (UGA)
Invitation	1	(LES)
TOTAL	14

77 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	François Etoundi (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Sathish Sivalingam (IND)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	(MAS) Taretiita Tabaroua (KIR) Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) Nicolas Vachon (CAN) Toua Udia (PNG) Cameron McTaggart (NZL) Jack Oliver (ENG) ~~(PAK)~~ (BAR) ~~(SCO)~~ Webstar Lukose (KEN) (NRU) (MRI)
Invitation	1	(NIR)
TOTAL	14

85 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Ragala Venkat Rahul (IND)
Commonwealth Rankings	12	Don Opeloge (SAM) Mohamad Fazrul Azrie (MAS) (CMR) Richard Patterson (NZL) Mathieu Marineau (CAN) (NGR) (ENG) (FIJ) Christian Amoah (GHA) (NRU) (WAL) ~~(PAK)~~ (SGP)
Invitation	1	David Gorosi (SOL)
TOTAL	15

94 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Simplice Ribouem (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Steven Kari (PNG)
Commonwealth Rankings	12	Boady Santavy (CAN) (PAK) Siaosi Leuo (SAM) Vikas Thakur (IND) (ENG) (GHA) (SCO) Petit Minkoumba (CMR) ~~(NZL)~~ ~~Alexandros Amanatidis (CYP)~~ Shanaka Peters (SRI) (NIR) Joshua Parry (WAL) Kalidi Batuusa (UGA)
Invitation	1	James Omondi (KEN)
TOTAL	15

105 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Pardeep Singh (IND)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	Owen Boxall (ENG) Sanele Mao (SAM) David Katoatau (KIR) (GHA) (CAN) Stanislav Chalaev (NZL) ~~(MAS)~~ ~~(PAK)~~ (BAR) (WAL) (SCO) ~~(MLT)~~ (SRI) (TGA)
Invitation	1	(SEY)
TOTAL	14

+105 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Damon Kelly (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Lauititi Lui (SAM)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	Muhammad Butt (PAK) David Liti (NZL) (IND) Ben Watson (ENG) (CAN) Itte Detenamo (NRU) (MAS) (SRI) ~~(SCO)~~ (WAL) ~~(RSA)~~ (NIR) (MRI)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	13

Women[]

48 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND)
Commonwealth Rankings	12 9*	Marie Ranaivosoa (MRI) (CAN) (PNG) (WAL) (SRI) (NGR) (ENG) ~~(NZL)~~ (SCO) ~~(NIR)~~ (FIJ)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	11

Only 11 athletes were eligible through the rankings. It is unknown if the last spot will be reallocated to the invitations.
New Zealand rejected its quota.

53 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (IND)
Commonwealth Rankings	12	Dika Toua (PNG) Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN) Mary Kini Lifu (SOL) Phillipa Patterson (NZL) (MAS) Fraer Morrow (ENG) (SRI) (WAL) (GHA) (NGR) (BAN) ~~(SCO)~~ (NRU)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	14

58 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Tia-Clair Toomey (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Jenly Tegu Wini (SOL)
Commonwealth Rankings	12	Tali Darsigny (CAN) Saraswati Rout (IND) Alethea Boon (NZL) (RSA) (ENG) (WAL) (MRI) (SCO) (SRI) (MAS) (BAN) (FIJ)
Invitation	1	(KEN)
TOTAL	15

63 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Seen Lee (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Clementina Agricole (SEY)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	Maude Charron (CAN) Zoe Smith (ENG) Vandna Gupta (IND) Mona Pretorius (RSA) ~~Megan Signal (NZL)~~ ~~(MAS)~~ (BAN) (NIR) (MLT) ~~(SCO)~~ ~~(CYP)~~ Maximina Uepa (NRU) (WAL) (KEN) (UGA)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	13

69 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Apolonia Vaivai (FIJ)
Commonwealth Rankings	11	Punam Yadav (IND) (CAN) Andrea Miller (NZL) (MRI) (RSA) (WAL) (CMR) Sarah Davies (ENG) ~~(SCO)~~ ~~TBD (SRI)~~ (KIR) (NIR) (NRU)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	13

75 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	(AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Laura Hughes (WAL)
Commonwealth Rankings	10	Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau (CAN) Emily Godley (ENG) (IND) (NZL) (VIN) (SRI) (MAS) ~~Georgina Black (SCO)~~ (COK) ~~TBD (CMR)~~ Alison Sunee (MRI) (BAN)
Invitation	0
TOTAL	12

90 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Kaity Fassina (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Eileen Cikamatana (FIJ)
Commonwealth Rankings	5	Clementine Noumbissi (CMR) Tracey Lambrechs (NZL) (MAS) (WAL) Lorraine Harry (PNG)
Invitation	1	(IND)
TOTAL	8

+90 kg[]

Method of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Deborah Acason (AUS)
2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	1	Laurel Hubbard (NZL)
Commonwealth Rankings	5	Feiagaiga Stowers (SAM) Emily Campbell (ENG) Luisa Peters (COK) (IND) Charisma Amoe-Tarrant (NRU)
Invitation	1	(MRI)
TOTAL	8

References[]

^ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links[]

[qualification-1] "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Qualification
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	90 kg
	+105 kg	+90 kg
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