# Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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.

## 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 |
| 8 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 15 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Wales (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 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.

### 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)