Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 76 kg explained

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Event:	Weightlifting – Women's 76 kg
Games:	2022
Venue:	National Exhibition Centre
Dates:	2 August
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	Maya Laylor
Goldcga:	CAN
Silver:	Taiwo Liadi
Silvercga:	NGR
Bronze:	Maximina Uepa
Bronzecga:	NRU
Win Value:	228 kg
Win Label:	Winning total
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's 76 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 2 August 2022. The weightlifter from Canada won the gold, with a combined lift of 228 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		124 kg		18 September 2019
	Clean & Jerk		156 kg	Fuzhou, China	26 February 2019
	Total		278 kg	Ningbo, China	21 April 2019
Commonwealth record	Snatch		102 kg		6 November 2021
	Clean & Jerk		134 kg		30 January 2021
	Total		233 kg		30 January 2021
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	101 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	127 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	227 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk	128 kg		GR
Total	228 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
		75.33	100	105	105	100	123	128	135	128 GR	228 GR
		74.23	90	95	96	96	115	115	120	120	216
		72.57	90	94	96	96	115	119	122	119	215
4		75.67	90	93	96	93	114	119	119	119	212
5		75.62	90	90	96	90	115	119	122	122	212
6		74.58	89	89	93	93	113	119	119	113	206
7		75.09	86	90	90	86	105	110	113	113	199
8		74.82	78	81	84	81	95	95	98	95	176
9		71.02	75	78	78	75	95	95	98	95	170
—		75.46	95	95	98	98	116	116	116	—
—		73.53	70	86	90	86	105	107	107	—

External links

• Web site: Weightlifting - results, Women's 76 kg . 2 August 2022.
• Web site: 2 August 2022 . Results Women's 76 kg . 2 August 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Birmingham 2022 Results . 2022-08-02 . results.birmingham2022.com . en.
2. Web site: Weightlifting – Women – Records. 3 August 2022. 4 August 2022. BOCCG.