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]

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[]

Event	Dates	Location
2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships	7–17 December 2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
IWF Commonwealth Ranking List^[2]^[3]	1 January 2021 – 28 February 2022	Various locations

Summary[]

CGA	Men								Women								Total
CGA	55 kg	61 kg	67 kg	73 kg	81 kg	96 kg	109 kg	+109 kg	49 kg	55 kg	59 kg	64 kg	71 kg	76 kg	87 kg	+87 kg	Total
Australia																	12
Bangladesh																	2
Botswana																	1
Brunei																	1
Cameroon																	5
Canada																	14
Cook Islands																	1
Cyprus																	1
England																	16
Fiji																	1
Ghana																	2
India																	15
Jamaica																	2
Kenya																	1
Kiribati																	1
Malaysia																	7
																	4
Mauritius																	3
																	4
New Zealand																	7
Nigeria																	9
Niue																	1
Northern Ireland																	2
Pakistan																	6
																	2
Samoa																	7
Scotland																	7
																	1
Singapore																	4
																	1
Sri Lanka																	10
South Africa																	4
Tonga																	1
Uganda																	1
Vanuatu																	1
Wales																	9
TOTAL: 36 CGAs	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	166

Men's events[]

55 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Aniq Kasdan (MAS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	(IND) (PAK) Dilanka Isuru Kumara (SRI) (UGA) (BAN) (SGP) (BOT) (KEN)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

61 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Aznil Bidin (MAS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Morea Baru () Gururaja Poojary (IND) Thilanka Palangasinghe (SRI) Emmanuel Appah (NGR) (CAN) (PAK) Davis Niyoyita (UGA)^[a] (BRU) (WAL)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

67 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Jeremy Lalrinnunga (IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Talha Talib (PAK) (NGR) Vaipava Ioane (SAM) Chaturanga Lakmal (SRI) (SCO) Ruben Katoatau (KIR) (SGP) ()
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

73 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	(IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9	(MAS) (SAM) (CAN) Brandon Wakeling (AUS) (NZL) () Indika Dissanayake (SRI) (WAL) (RSA)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

81 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	(IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9	Nicolas Vachon (CAN) (AUS) Cameron McTaggart (NZL) (PAK) Michel Ngongang (CMR) Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) (MAS) (SCO) (SGP)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

96 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Boady Santavy (CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Don Opeloge (SAM) Antonis Martasidis (CYP) Vikas Thakur (IND) (AUS) Forrester Osei (GHA) (MRI) (CMR) (RSA)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

109 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	(CMR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	(SAM) (IND) (CAN) (AUS) (MAS) (NZL) (WAL) (PAK)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

+109 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	David Liti (NZL)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Nooh Butt (PAK) (IND) (CAN) (AUS) (SAM) (SRI) (WAL) (RSA)
Bipartite Invitation	1	(NIU)
TOTAL	11

Women's events[]

49 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Stella Kingsley (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (IND) Dika Toua () Roilya Ranaivosoa (MRI) (CAN) Tenishia Thornton ()^[a] (WAL) (SRI) (SCO) Winnifred Ntumi (GHA)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

55 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Adijat Olarinoye (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	(IND) Catrin Jones (WAL) Jenly Tegu Wini () Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet (CAN) (AUS) (SCO) (MAS) Tenishia Thornton ()^[a] (SRI)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

59 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Tali Darsigny (CAN) Bindyarani Devi (IND)^[a] (AUS) (IND) Clementina Agricole () (NIR) (RSA) (MAS) ()
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

64 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Sarah Cochrane (AUS)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9	Maude Charron (CAN) (NGR) Popy Hazarika (IND)^[a] (NZL) Yasmin Zammit Stevens () (WAL) (NIR) (BAN) (SCO) (SGP)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

71 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Joy Ogbonne Eze (NGR)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9	Kiana Elliott (AUS) (CAN) (IND) (WAL) Nancy Genzel Abouke () Megan Signal (NZL) Yasmin Zammit Stevens ()^[a] (SCO) () (MRI)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

76 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	(CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Punam Yadav (IND) Jeanne Gaëlle Eyenga (CMR) (NGR) (AUS) Nancy Genzel Abouke ()^[a] (SCO) (WAL) ~~(NZL)~~^[b] Maximina Uepa () (JAM)
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

87 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	Kristel Ngarlem (CAN)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Eileen Cikamatana (AUS) Clementine Meukeugni (CMR) (NZL) (NGR) (IND) (SRI) (JAM) (SAM)
Bipartite Invitation	1	(VAN)
TOTAL	11

+87 kg[]

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1	tbc (ENG)
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1	(IND)
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8	Feagaiga Stowers (SAM) Charisma Amoe-Tarrant (AUS) Kuinini Manumua (TGA) (CAN) (COK) ~~(NZL)~~^[b] (SRI) (FIJ) ()
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Selected a different weight category in which they also qualified.
^ ^a ^b Quota not accepted by their CGA.

References[]

^ "Athlete Allocation System | Weightlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (before multiple category removals) (PDF). IWF. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final) (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[mcr-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Selected a different weight category in which they also qualified.

[qna-5] Quota not accepted by their CGA.

[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 (before multiple category removals) (PDF). IWF. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[3] IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final) (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[b]