The Men's 77 kg weightlifting event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 1 August 2002. The weightlifter from Wales won the gold, with a combined lift of 305 kg.[1]
| Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Manchester International Convention Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 1 August 2002 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total weight | 305 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule edit
All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 1 August 2002 | 10:00 | Group A |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch |  Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) |
172.5 kg | Doha, Qatar | 27 March 2002 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS) |
210.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 27 April 2001 | |
| Total | Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL) |
377.5 kg | Doha, Qatar | 27 March 2002 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | ||||
| Clean & Jerk | |||||
| Total | |||||
| Games record | Snatch |  Satheesha Rai (IND) |
147.5 kg | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 17 September 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Damian Brown (AUS) |
187.5 kg | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 17 September 1998 | |
| Total | Damian Brown (AUS) |
327.5 kg | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 17 September 1998 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | ||||||
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Dave Morgan |  Wales |
A | 76.32 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 |  |
160.0 | 160.0 | |
305.0 | |||
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Renos Doweiya |  Nauru |
A | 76.40 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 5 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 160.0 | |
290.0 | ||
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Scott McCarthy |  Canada |
A | 76.56 | 125.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 4 | 157.5 | 157.5 | |
290.0 | |||
| 4 | Claude Caouette | Canada |
A | 76.58 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 7 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 4 | 275.0 | ||||
| 5 | Tony Morgan | Wales |
A | 76.20 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 9 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 5 | 267.5 | |
| 6 | Uati Maposua |  Samoa |
A | 76.06 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 8 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 6 | 265.0 | |||
| 7 | William Langford |  Guyana |
A | 76.67 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 10 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 7 | 260.0 | |
| 8 | James Stewart |  Northern Ireland |
A | 75.83 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 11 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 8 | 255.0 | |
| 9 | Kevin Cassar |  Malta |
A | 76.88 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 12 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 10 | 240.0 | |||
| 10 | Jack Odongo |  Kenya |
A | 75.47 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 13 | 120.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 9 | 230.0 | ||
| – | Damian Brown | Australia |
A | 76.35 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | |
– | – | – | |||
| – | Craig Blythman | Australia |
A | 76.66 | 135.0 | 135.0 | |
– | – | – | |||||
| – | Quincy Detenamo | Nauru |
A | 76.39 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 6 | – | – | – | ||||
| DSQ 1 | Satheesha Rai | India |
A | 76.00 | 142.5 | – | 175.0 | – | 317.5 | ||||||
1 Rai originally won the bronze medal at snatch and gold medals at clean & jerk and total, but was disqualified after he tested positive for strychnine.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting Men's 77 kg - Result". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "Satheesha Rai stripped of Commonwealth Games medals". www.rediff.com. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 10 June 2020.