Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Weightlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games Weightlifting.svg
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates30 July – 3 August 2022
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Weightlifting at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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Qualification
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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.

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 30 Sun 31 Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3
Session → M A E M A E M A E M A E M A E
Men's
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Women's
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

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) will 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. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b 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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