# Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 96 kg

The Men's 96 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 2 August 2022. The weightlifter from Samoa won the gold, with a combined lift of 381 kg, a Commonwealth Games record.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch | Lesman Paredes (COL) | 187 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 14 December 2021 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Tao Tian (CHN) | 231 kg | Tokyo, Japan | 7 July 2019 |
| World record | Total | Sohrab Moradi (IRI) | 416 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 7 November 2018 |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | Boady Santavy (CAN) | 181 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 22 April 2021 |
| Commonwealth record | Clean & Jerk | Boady Santavy (CAN) | 210 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 24 September 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Total | Boady Santavy (CAN) | 389 kg | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 22 April 2021 |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 159 kg | | |
| Games record | Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 199 kg | | |
| Games record | Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 351 kg | | |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 171 kg | Don Opeloge (SAM) | GR |
| Clean & Jerk | 210 kg | Don Opeloge (SAM) | GR |
| Total | 381 kg | Don Opeloge (SAM) | GR |
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 above, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted the benchmark weights in a sanctioned competition.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 14:00 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight (kg) | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Don Opeloge (SAM) | 95.20 | 161 | 166 | 171 | 171 GR | 200 | 210 | 220 | 210 GR | 381 GR |
| | Vikas Thakur (IND) | 95.61 | 149 | 153 | 155 | 155 | 187 | 191 | 198 | 191 | 346 |
| | Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi (FIJ) | 95.06 | 150 | 155 | 160 | 155 | 185 | 188 | 190 | 188 | 343 |
| 4 | Denis Joel Essama Owona (CMR) | 94.94 | 145 | 146 | 152 | 145 | 180 | 187 | 188 | 180 | 325 |
| 5 | Ridge Barredo (AUS) | 95.55 | 135 | 136 | 142 | 136 | 170 | 180 | 190 | 180 | 316 |
| 6 | Ruben Burger (RSA) | 95.36 | 138 | 138 | 143 | 138 | 165 | 171 | 175 | 165 | 303 |
| 7 | Cédric Coret (MRI) | 94.75 | 130 | 136 | 141 | 141 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 301 |
| ― | Cyrille Tchatchet II (ENG) | 95.90 | 154 | 158 | 162 | 158 | 185 | 188 | 188 | NM | DNF |
| ― | Antonis Martasidis (CYP) | 89.74 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 150 | 191 | 194 | 194 | NM | DNF |
| ― | Forrester Osei (GHA) | 95.15 | 155 | 155 | 155 | NM | ― | ― | ― | ― | DNF |
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