Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 55 kg explained

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Event:	Weightlifting – Men's 55 kg
Games:	2022
Venue:	National Exhibition Centre
Dates:	30 July
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	Aniq Kasdan
Goldcga:	MAS
Silver:	Sanket Mahadev Sargar
Silvercga:	IND
Bronze:	Dilanka Isuru Kumara
Bronzecga:	SRI
Win Value:	249 kg
Win Label:	Winning total
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The Men's 55 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 30 July 2022. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 249 kg.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[2]
When the previous records and weight classes were discarded following readjustment, the IWF defined "world standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as world records (WR), CommonWealth Authority defined "Commonwealth standards" and "Commonwealth games standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as Commonwealth record (CR) and Commonwealth games record (GR) in the new weight classes. Wherever World Standard/Commonwealth Standard/Commonwealth Games Standard appear in the list below, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted the benchmark weights in a sanctioned competition.

World record	Snatch	World Standard	135 kg
	Clean & Jerk		166 kg		18 September 2019
	Total		294 kg		18 September 2019
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Commonwealth Standard	114 kg
	Clean & Jerk		143 kg		25 February 2022
	Total		256 kg		25 February 2022
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	114 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	141 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	255 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk

142 kg

GR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
	1		2	3	width=55	Result	1	2	3	width=55		Result
		54.72	107	111	111	107	138	142	142	142 GR	249
		54.56	107	111	113	113	135	139	139	135	248
		54.80	105	105	112	105	120	137	141	120	225
4		54.79	93	93	97	93	112	116	119	119	212
5		54.65	90	93	96	93	110	115	118	118	211
6		54.50	82	90	90	90	102	107	110	107	197
7		53.97	75	80	83	83	95	100	103	103	186
8		54.67	81	86	87	81	100	103	103	100	181
9		54.55	70	75	77	70	95	100	101	101	171
10		54.20	65	70	70	65	83	85	88	85	150
―		55.00	100	100	100	―	―	―	―	―

External links

• Web site: Weightlifting - results, Men's 55 kg . 30 July 2022.
• Web site: 30 July 2022 . Results Men's 55 kg . 30 July 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting - 55kg Results . 30 July 2022 . Birmingham2022.
2. Web site: Weightlifting – Men – Records. 29 July 2022. 4 August 2022. BOCCG.