Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Para powerlifting was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. This was the sixth staging of para powerlifting at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 2002, and the second staging within England specifically.

Para powerlifting
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
VenueNational Exhibition Centre
Dates4 August 2022
← 2018

The competition took place on 4 August 2022, spread across four weight classes (two per gender).[1][2]

Schedule

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The competition schedule is as follows:[1][2]

Date
Event
Thu 4
Session → A E
Men's lightweight F
Men's heavyweight F
Women's lightweight F
Women's heavyweight F

Venue

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The para powerlifting competition was held at the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull.[3] Five other sports - badminton, boxing, netball, table tennis, and weightlifting - also took place there.[4]

Qualification

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A total of 40 powerlifters (20 per gender) qualified to compete at the Games. Nations earned two quotas per weight class, allocated as follows:[5]

  • Athletes in the World Para Powerlifting (WPPO) Commonwealth Rankings as of 25 April 2022.
  • Recipients of a CGF/WPPO Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (England)

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Nigeria1214
2  England*1203
3  India1001
  Malaysia1001
5  Australia0011
  Kenya0011
  Scotland0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's lightweight
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Bonnie Bunyau Gustin
  Malaysia
154.60 GR Mark Swan
  England
145.50 Nnamdi Innocent
  Nigeria
132.50
Men's heavyweight
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Sudhir
  India
134.5 GR Ikechukwu Obichukwu
  Nigeria
133.6 Micky Yule
  Scotland
130.9
Women's lightweight
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Zoe Newson
  England
102.2 Olivia Broome
  England
100 Hellen Wawira
  Kenya
98.5
Women's heavyweight
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Folashade Oluwafemiayo
  Nigeria
123.4 GR, WR Bose Omolayo
  Nigeria
115.2 Hani Watson
  Australia
98.5

References

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  1. ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Competition Schedule | Para Powerlifting (PDF). BOCCG. p. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. ^ "NEC WILL HOST SIX SPORTS AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". The NEC. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Venues | THE NEC". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Athlete Allocation System | Para Powerlifting" (PDF). Commonwealth Sport / World Para Powerlifting. 10 December 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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