# Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 81 kg

The Men's 81 kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place at the National Exhibition Centre on 1 August 2022. The weightlifter from England won the gold, with a combined lift of 325 kg.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch | Li Dayin (CHN) | 175 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 21 April 2021 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Karlos Nasar (BUL) | 208 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 12 December 2021 |
| World record | Total | Lü Xiaojun (CHN) | 378 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 22 September 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | Alex Bellemarre (CAN) | 154 kg | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 18 June 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Clean & Jerk | Ajay Singh (IND) | 190 kg | Apia, Samoa | 12 July 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Total | Ajay Singh (IND) | 338 kg | Apia, Samoa | 12 July 2019 |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 147 kg | | |
| Games record | Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 183 kg | | |
| Games record | Total | Commonwealth Games Standard | 323 kg | | |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Total | 325 kg | Chris Murray (ENG) | 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 |
| Monday 1 August 2022 | 09:30 | 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 |
| | Chris Murray (ENG) | 80.86 | 138 | 141 | 144 | 144 | 174 | 178 | 181 | 181 | 325 GR |
| | Kyle Bruce (AUS) | 80.99 | 143 | 147 | 147 | 143 | 175 | 180 | 183 | 180 | 323 |
| | Nicolas Vachon (CAN) | 80.82 | 136 | 140 | 140 | 140 | 175 | 180 | 187 | 180 | 320 |
| 4 | Ajay Singh (IND) | 80.91 | 137 | 140 | 143 | 143 | 172 | 176 | 180 | 176 | 319 |
| 5 | Haider Ali (PAK) | 79.83 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 135 | 161 | 169 | 170 | 170 | 305 |
| 6 | Cameron McTaggart (NZL) | 80.95 | 135 | 138 | 141 | 138 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 165 | 303 |
| 7 | Nasir Bin Roslan Mohamad (MAS) | 80.02 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 135 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 165 | 300 |
| 8 | Lim Kang Yin (SGP) | 80.43 | 120 | 125 | 130 | 125 | 156 | 163 | 170 | 163 | 288 |
| 9 | Chinthana Vidanage (SRI) | 80.96 | 127 | 127 | 130 | 127 | 155 | 160 | - | 155 | 282 |
| 10 | Jason Epton (SCO) | 80.98 | 120 | 120 | 125 | 120 | 150 | 157 | 162 | 157 | 277 |
| 11 | Omarie Mears (JAM) | 80.61 | 120 | 123 | 126 | 126 | 141 | 147 | 151 | 147 | 273 |
| - | Guy Michel Ngongang Tchuissi (CMR) | 80.43 | 136 | 139 | 141 | 139 | 171 | 172 | 172 | NM | DNF |