Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 58 kg

The Women's 58 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 18 March 2006. The weightlifter from India won the gold, lifting a total weight of 185 kg.

Weightlifting – Women's 58 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	18 March 2006
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning total weight	185
Medalists
Yumnam Chanu    India   Emily Quarton    Canada   Natasha Barker    Australia

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Event
18 March 2006	14:00	Group A

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Wang Li (CHN)	110 kg	Bali, Indonesia	10 August 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Gu Wei (CHN)	139 kg	Doha, Qatar	10 November 2005
	Total	Gu Wei (CHN)	241 kg	Doha, Qatar	10 November 2005
Commonwealth record	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	120 kg	Vancouver, Canada	20 May 2000
	Total	Michaela Breeze (WAL)	212 kg	Kyiv, Ukraine	21 April 2004
Games record	Snatch	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	87 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	115 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002
	Total	Maryse Turcotte (CAN)	202 kg	Manchester, Great Britain	31 July 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Yumnam Chanu	India	A	57.56	77	79	80	80	96	100	105	105	185
	Emily Quarton	Canada	A	57.88	80	80	77	77	98	101	101	101	178
	Natasha Barker	Australia	A	57.91	77	79	80	80	95	98	100	98	178
4	Rita Kari	Papua New Guinea	A	57.27	72	76	78	78	94	94	99	99	177
5	Mona Pretorius	South Africa	A	57.82	67	71	75	75	87	91	95	95	170
6	Hélène Miyenga	Cameroon	A	57.69	72	76	76	72	81	90	90	81	153
7	Nadini Gunasekara	Sri Lanka	A	57.89	68	68	71	68	85	90	90	85	153
8	Joanne Savastio	England	A	57.39	63	66	66	63	80	83	83	80	143
–	Jacqueline White	Australia	A	57.57	77	79	79	77	94	94	94	–	–
–	Jacinta Moli Willie	Solomon Islands	A	57.80	70	70	70	–	–	–	–	–	–