See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
| Event: | Weightlifting – Men's 81 kg |
| Games: | 2022 |
| Venue: | National Exhibition Centre |
| Dates: | 1 August 2022 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: | Chris Murray |
| Goldcga: | ENG |
| Silver: | Kyle Bruce |
| Silvercga: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Nicolas Vachon |
| Bronzecga: | CAN |
| Win Value: | 325 |
| Win Label: | Winning total weight |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2026 |
The Men's 81 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 1 August 2022. The weightlifter from England won the gold, with a combined lift of 325 kg.[1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:[2]
| World record | Snatch | 175 kg | 21 April 2021 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 208 kg | 12 December 2021 | |||
| Total | 378 kg | 22 September 2019 | |||
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | 154 kg | 18 June 2019 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 190 kg | 12 July 2019 | |||
| Total | 338 kg | 12 July 2019 | |||
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 147 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 183 kg | |||
| Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 323 kg |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Total | 325 kg | GR |
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 above, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted the benchmark weights in a sanctioned competition.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Rank | Athlete | Bodyweight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
| 80.86 | 138 | 141 | 144 | 144 | 174 | 178 | 181 | 181 | 325 GR | ||
| 80.99 | 143 | 143 | 175 | 180 | 180 | 323 | |||||
| 80.82 | 136 | 140 | 140 | 175 | 180 | 180 | 320 | ||||
| 4 | 80.91 | 137 | 140 | 143 | 143 | 172 | 176 | 176 | 319 | ||
| 5 | 79.83 | 135 | 135 | 161 | 170 | 170 | 305 | ||||
| 6 | 80.95 | 135 | 138 | 138 | 165 | 165 | 303 | ||||
| 7 | 80.02 | 135 | 135 | 165 | 165 | 300 | |||||
| 8 | 80.43 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 156 | 163 | 163 | 288 | |||
| 9 | 80.96 | 127 | 127 | 155 | - | 155 | 282 | ||||
| 10 | 80.98 | 120 | 120 | 150 | 157 | 157 | 277 | ||||
| 11 | 80.61 | 120 | 123 | 126 | 126 | 141 | 147 | 147 | 273 | ||
| - | 80.43 | 136 | 139 | 139 | |||||||