Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 59 kg explained

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Event:	Weightlifting – Women's 59 kg
Games:	2022
Venue:	National Exhibition Centre
Dates:	31 July
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal
Goldcga:	NGR
Silver:	Jessica Gordon Brown
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Tali Darsigny
Bronzecga:	CAN
Win Value:	206 kg
Win Label:	Winning total
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The Women's 59 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 31 July 2022. The weightlifter from Nigeria won the gold, with a combined lift of 206 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		110 kg		20 Apr 2021
	Clean & Jerk		140 kg		18 September 2019
	Total		247 kg		20 Apr 2021
Commonwealth record	Snatch		94 kg		28 July 2019
	Clean & Jerk		125 kg		3 November 2018
	Total		216 kg		18 September 2019
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	87 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	111 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	197 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch	90 kg		GR
Clean & Jerk	116 kg		GR
Total	206 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
		57.64	90	94	95	90 GR	110	115	116	116 GR	206 GR
		58.75	86	89	89	86	107	109	111	111	197
		58.95	85	87	87	87	105	107	109	109	196
4		58.89	80	85	85	85	100	101	105	105	190
5		58.67	79	83	83	83	106	111	114	106	189
6		58.24	83	83	85	83	102	102	103	103	186
7		57.05	81	84	86	81	102	102	107	102	183
8		56.33	78	78	80	78	100	103	103	100	178
9		56.94	73	78	78	73	102	108	108	102	175
10		57.99	73	78	78	73	85	90	95	90	163
―		58.94	78	79	79	—	—	—	—	―

External links

• Web site: Weightlifting - results, Women's 59 kg . 31 July 2022.
• Web site: 31 July 2022 . Results Women's 59 kg . 31 July 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting - Startlist, Women's 59 kg . 31 July 2022 . Birmingham 2022.
2. Web site: Weightlifting – Women – Records. 3 August 2022. 4 August 2022. BOCCG.