# Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 61 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.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: 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 |
| World record | Clean & Jerk | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | 174 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 3 November 2018 |
| World record | Total | Li Fabin (CHN) | 318 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 19 September 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | Aznil Bidin (MAS) | 128 kg | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 9 February 2020 |
| Commonwealth record | Clean & Jerk | Morea Baru (PNG) | 163 kg | Darwin, Australia | 27 Apr 2019 |
| Commonwealth record | Total | Aznil Bidin (MAS) | 287 kg | Hanoi, Vietnam | 20 May 2022 |
| Games record | Snatch | Commonwealth Games Standard | 123 kg | | |
| Games record | Clean & Jerk | Commonwealth Games Standard | 152 kg | | |
| Games record | 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)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday 30 July 2022 | 11:45 | 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 |
| | 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 |