Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting ; at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Dates	24 July – 2 August 2014
Competitors	270 from 38 nations
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland were held between 24 July and 2 August at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. Included with the weightlifting event were four powerlifting events for disabled athletes.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
Thursday 24 July	19:30	Men's 56 kg
Thursday 24 July	19:30	Women's 48 kg
Friday 25 July	19:30	Men's 62 kg
Friday 25 July	19:30	Women's 53 kg
Saturday 26 July	19:30	Men's 69 kg
Saturday 26 July	19:30	Women's 58 kg
Sunday 27 July	19:30	Men's 77 kg
Sunday 27 July	19:30	Women's 63 kg
Monday 28 July	19:30	Men's 85 kg
Monday 28 July	19:30	Women's 69 kg
Tuesday 29 July	19:30	Men's 94 kg
Tuesday 29 July	19:30	Women's 75 kg
Wednesday 30 July	19:30	Men's 105 kg
Wednesday 30 July	19:30	Women's +75 kg
Thursday 31 July	19:30	Men's +105 kg

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	6	6	1	13
2	India (IND)	3	5	6	14
3	Canada (CAN)	2	0	2	4
4	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	2	0	0	2
5	England (ENG)	1	1	2	4
6	Malaysia (MAS)	1	1	1	3
6	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
8	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	0	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	1	0	0	1
	Kiribati (KIR)	1	0	0	1
11	Samoa (SAM)	0	2	1	3
12	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
13	Nauru (NRU)	0	1	0	1
13	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	0	1
15	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	Wales (WAL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		19	19	19	57

Events

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg details	Sukhen Dey India	Zulhelmi Md Pisol Malaysia	Ganesh Mali India
62 kg details	Dimitris Minasidis Cyprus	Sudesh Peiris Sri Lanka	Vaipava Ioane Samoa
69 kg details	Mohd Hafifi Mansor Malaysia	Yinka Ayenuwa Nigeria	Omkar Otari India
77 kg details	Sathish Sivalingam India	Katulu Ravi Kumar India	François Etoundi Australia
85 kg details	Richie Patterson New Zealand	Vikas Thakur India	Pascal Plamondon Canada
94 kg details	Steven Kari Papua New Guinea	Simplice Ribouem Australia	Chandrakant Mali India
105 kg details	David Katoatau Kiribati	Stanislav Chalaev New Zealand	Ben Watson England
+105 kg details	George Kobaladze Canada	Itte Detenamo Nauru	Damon Kelly Australia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Sanjita Khumukchan India	Mirabai Chanu Saikhom India	Nkechi Opara Nigeria
53 kg details*	Dika Toua Papua New Guinea	Santoshi Matsa India	Swati Singh India
58 kg details	Zoe Smith England	Ndidi Winifred Nigeria	Michaela Breeze Wales
63 kg details	Olauwatoyin Adesanmi Nigeria	Obioma Okoli Nigeria	Punam Yadav India
69 kg details	Marie Fegue Cameroon	Itohan Ebireguesele Nigeria	Marie-Josée Arès-Pilon Canada
75 kg details	Marie-Ève Beauchemin-Nadeau Canada	Mary Opeloge Samoa	Apolonia Vaivai Fiji
+75 kg details	Maryam Usman Nigeria	Ele Opeloge Samoa	Tracey Lambrechs New Zealand

* The women's 53 kg competition was originally won by 16-year-old Chika Amalaha of Nigeria. Following a failed doping test, Amalaha was stripped of her medal and placement, and the medals were redistributed.^[2]

Powerlifting

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 72 kg details	Paul Kehinde Nigeria	Rolland Ezuruike Nigeria	Ali Jawad England
Men's +72 kg details	Abdulazeez Ibrahim Nigeria	Rajinder Rahelu India	Jong Yee Khie Malaysia
Women's 61 kg details	Esther Oyema Nigeria	Natalie Blake England	Sakina Khatun India
Women's +61 kg details	Loveline Obiji Nigeria	Bose Omolayo Nigeria	Joyce Wambui Njuguna Kenya

Participating nations

Australia (19)
Bangladesh (4)
Barbados (2)
Cameroon (18)
Canada (14)
Cook Islands (1)
Cyprus (3)
England (17)
Fiji (4)
Ghana (10)
India (19)
Kenya (7)
Kiribati (5)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (14)
Mauritius (4)
Namibia (1)
Nauru (4)
New Zealand (12)
Nigeria (21)
Niue (6)
Pakistan (5)
Papua New Guinea (10)
Rwanda (1)
Samoa (12)
Scotland (5)
Seychelles (5)
Singapore (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Solomon Islands (4)
South Africa (6)
Sri Lanka (11)
Tanzania (2)
Tonga (3)
Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
Tuvalu (3)
Uganda (4)
Wales (6)

References

^ "Weightlifting". glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ "Amalaha stripped of medal". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

External links

"Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Results". glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
Official results book – Weightlifting
Official results book – Powerlifting

[1] "Weightlifting". glasgow2014.com. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[2] "Amalaha stripped of medal". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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