Weightlifting – Women's 59 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	31 July
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning total	206 kg
Medalists
Rafiatu Folashade Lawal    Nigeria   Jessica Gordon Brown    England   Tali Darsigny    Canada

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 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	Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE)	110 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	20 Apr 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE)	140 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019
	Total	Kuo Hsing-chun (TPE)	247 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	20 Apr 2021
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Tali Darsigny (CAN)	94 kg	Lima, Peru	28 July 2019
	Clean & Jerk	Chinenye Fidelis (NGR)	125 kg	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	3 November 2018
	Total	Zoe Smith (ENG)	216 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	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	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)	GR
Clean & Jerk	116 kg	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)	GR
Total	206 kg	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)	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
	Rafiatu Folashade Lawal (NGR)	57.64	90	94	95	90 GR	110	115	116	116 GR	206 GR
	Jessica Gordon Brown (ENG)	58.75	86	89	89	86	107	109	111	111	197
	Tali Darsigny (CAN)	58.95	85	87	87	87	105	107	109	109	196
4	Anneke Spies (RSA)	58.89	80	85	85	85	100	101	105	105	190
5	Brenna Kean (AUS)	58.67	79	83	83	83	106	111	114	106	189
6	Hannah Crymble (NIR)	58.24	83	83	85	83	102	102	103	103	186
7	Popy Hazarika (IND)	57.05	81	84	86	81	102	102	107	102	183
8	Tenishia Thornton (MLT)	56.33	78	78	80	78	100	103	103	100	178
9	Marlyne Marcus Marceeta (MAS)	56.94	73	78	78	73	102	108	108	102	175
10	Sarah Ang (SGP)	57.99	73	78	78	73	85	90	95	90	163
―	Clementina Ciana Agricole (SEY)	58.94	78	79	79	—	—	—	—	―	DNF

References

External links

• "Weightlifting - results, Women's 59 kg". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
• "Results Women's 59 kg" (PDF). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.