Weightlifting – Men's 61 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 July
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Winning total	285 kg
Medalists
Muhamad Aznil Bidin    Malaysia   Morea Baru    Papua New Guinea   Gururaja Poojary    India

Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
	Men	Women
	55 kg	49 kg
	61 kg	55 kg
	67 kg	59 kg
	73 kg	64 kg
	81 kg	71 kg
	96 kg	76 kg
	109 kg	87 kg
	+109 kg	+87 kg

The Men's 61 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 30 July 2022. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 285 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	Li Fabin (CHN)	145 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	19 September 2019
	Clean & Jerk	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	174 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	3 November 2018
	Total	Li Fabin (CHN)	318 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	19 September 2019
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Aznil Bidin (MAS)	128 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	9 February 2020
	Clean & Jerk	Morea Baru (PNG)	163 kg	Darwin, Australia	27 Apr 2019
	Total	Aznil Bidin (MAS)	287 kg	Hanoi, Vietnam	20 May 2022
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	123 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	152 kg
	Total	Commonwealth Games Standard	272 kg

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch	127 kg	Muhamad Aznil Bidin (MAS)	GR
Clean & Jerk	158 kg	Muhamad Aznil Bidin (MAS)	GR
Total	285 kg	Muhamad Aznil Bidin (MAS)	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	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Muhamad Aznil Bidin (MAS)	60.93	123	127	130	127 GR	153	158	165	158 GR	285 GR
	Morea Baru (PNG)	61.00	114	118	121	121	152	165	165	152	273
	Gururaja Poojary (IND)	60.94	115	118	120	118	144	148	151	151	269
4	Youri Simard (CAN)	61.00	110	115	119	119	140	145	149	149	268
5	Emmanuel Appah (NGR)	60.66	110	115	117	110	135	140	140	135	245
6	Nashrul Haji Abu Bakar (BRU)	60.65	95	100	100	95	123	127	132	132	227
7	Shadrach Cain (NRU)	59.82	85	90	90	90	110	116	120	116	206
8	Nkhahle Sebota (LES)	59.91	80	87	90	80	106	112	115	106	186
―	Thilanka Palangasinghe (SRI)	61.00	100	105	―	100	―	―	―	―	DNF

References

External links

• "Weightlifting - results, Men's 61 kg". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
• "Results Men's 61 kg" (PDF). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.