Weightlifting – Men's 96 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Exhibition Centre
Dates	2 August 2022
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning total weight	381 GR
Medalists
Don Opeloge    Samoa   Vikas Thakur    India   Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi    Fiji
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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
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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.^[1]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Snatch	Lesman Paredes (COL)	187 kg	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	14 December 2021
	Clean & Jerk	Tao Tian (CHN)	231 kg	Tokyo, Japan	7 July 2019
	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
	Clean & Jerk	Boady Santavy (CAN)	210 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	24 September 2019
	Total	Boady Santavy (CAN)	389 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	22 April 2021
Games record	Snatch	Commonwealth Games Standard	159 kg
	Clean & Jerk	Commonwealth Games Standard	199 kg
	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.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	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
―	Boady Santavy (CAN)	DNS

• "Weightlifting - results, Men's 96 kg". Retrieved 2 August 2022.
• "Results Men's 96 kg" (PDF). 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.