Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 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. Each qualified weightlifter 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
	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						96								76		+87	Total
																	11
																	4
																	1
																	1
																	5
																	14
																	1
																	1
																	15
																	2
																	2
																	1
																	15
																	4
																	3
																	1
																	1
																	7
																	4
																	6
																	7
																	7
																	9
																	1
																	2
																	3
																	2
																	6
																	5
																	2
																	6
																	2
																	10
																	4
																	2
																	3
																	1
																	7
TOTAL: 38 CGAs	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	178

Men's events

55 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

61 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	0
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	10

67 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	7
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	10

73 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

81 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

96 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

109 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

+109 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

Women's events

49 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

55 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

59 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

64 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

71 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	9
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	12

76 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

87 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

+87 kg

Means of qualification	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	1
2021 Commonwealth Championships	1
IWF Commonwealth Rankings	8
Bipartite Invitation	1
TOTAL	11

Notes

Notes and References

Web site: Athlete Allocation System Weightlifting. https://web.archive.org/web/20220307125039/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/03/Weightlifting_B2022-Athlete-Allocation-System_REVISED-V3.pdf. Commonwealth Sport / IWF. 22 February 2022. 7 March 2022. 7 March 2022. live.
Book: IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING . 9 March 2022 . . 9 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309134607/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/03/IWF-Commonwealth-Ranking-List_FINAL.pdf . 9 March 2022 . dead.
Book: RANKING LIST / FINAL AS AT 30 MARCH 2022 . 31 March 2022 . . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522185927/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/05/B2022-WLF_Final-Qualification-List.xlsx . 22 May 2022 . XLSX . live.