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{{Infobox games
| name      = 2012 Commonwealth<br>Weightlifting Championships
| logo      =
| size      = 
| host_city = {{flagicon|SAM}} [[Apia]], [[Samoa]]
| dates     = 6–9 June 2012
| stadium   = [[Faleata Sports Complex]]
| previous  = [[2011 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2011]]
| next      = [[2013 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships|2013]] 
}}

The '''2012 [[Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships]]''' took place at the Faleata Sports Complex in [[Apia]], [[Samoa]] from 6 to 9 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Commonwealth Championships {{!}} RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=212 |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725095459/https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=212 |archive-date=25 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=India wins 11 gold on Day 1 of C'wealth Weightlifting |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/india-commonwealth-weightlifting/20120606.htm |website=[[rediff.com]] |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013100743/https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/india-commonwealth-weightlifting/20120606.htm |archive-date=13 October 2012 |date=6 June 2012}}</ref> Together with [[2012 Oceania Weightlifting Championships|that year's Oceania Championships]], they were held concurrently as a single event designated the '''2012 Oceania & Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships'''.

==Medal summary==
Results shown below are for the senior competition only.<ref>{{cite book |title=2012 Commonwealth Senior Weightlifting Championships {{!}} Results Book |publisher=CWF |url=https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Championships.pdf |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204190149/https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Championships.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref> Junior and youth results are cited here<ref>{{cite book |title=2012 Commonwealth Junior Weightlifting Championships {{!}} Results Book |publisher=CWF |url=https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20COMMONWEALTH%20JUNIOR%20CHAMPIONSHIPS.pdf |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204190143/https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20COMMONWEALTH%20JUNIOR%20CHAMPIONSHIPS.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Commonwealth Junior Championships {{!}} RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=213 |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> and here<ref>{{cite book |title=2012 Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships {{!}} Results Book |publisher=CWF |url=https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204190153/https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Commonwealth Youth Championships {{!}} RESULTS BY EVENTS OLD BW|url=https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/results-by-events-old-bw/?event_id=211 |publisher=[[International Weightlifting Federation|IWF]] |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> respectively.

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = SAM
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 4
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_IND = 9 | silver_IND = 4 | bronze_IND = 2
 | gold_KIR = 1 | silver_KIR = 2 | bronze_KIR = 0
 | gold_NRU = 0 | silver_NRU = 2 | bronze_NRU = 0
 | gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 2
 | gold_PNG = 1 | silver_PNG = 2 | bronze_PNG = 1
 | gold_SAM = 2 | silver_SAM = 1 | bronze_SAM = 3 | host_SAM = yes
 | gold_SOL = 0 | silver_SOL = 1 | bronze_SOL = 1
}}

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|56&nbsp;kg
|[[Ranjit Chinchwade]]<br>{{IND}} || 224&nbsp;kg
|[[Elson Brechtefeld]]<br>{{NRU}} || 217&nbsp;kg
|[[Fred Oala]]<br>{{PNG}} || 188&nbsp;kg
|-
|62&nbsp;kg
|[[Rustam Sarang]]<br>{{IND}} || 260&nbsp;kg
|[[Dilli Senthamizh Selvan]]<br>{{IND}} || 251&nbsp;kg
|[[Daniel Koum]]<br>{{AUS}} || 250&nbsp;kg
|-
|69&nbsp;kg
|[[Namechand Sunil Kumar]]<br>{{IND}} || 278&nbsp;kg
|[[Takenibeia Toromon]]<br>{{KIR}} || 267&nbsp;kg
|[[Vester Villalon]]<br>{{NZL}} || 237&nbsp;kg
|-
|77&nbsp;kg
|[[Sathish Sivalingam]]<br>{{IND}} || 297&nbsp;kg
|[[Toafitu Perive]]<br>{{SAM}} || 288&nbsp;kg
|[[Ben Turner (weightlifter)|Ben Turner]]<br>{{AUS}} || 282&nbsp;kg
|-
|85&nbsp;kg
|[[Richie Patterson]]<br>{{NZL}} || 334&nbsp;kg
|[[Steven Kari]]<br>{{PNG}} || 324&nbsp;kg
|[[Paul Dumais]]<br>{{CAN}} || 320&nbsp;kg
|-
|94&nbsp;kg
|[[David Katoatau]]<br>{{KIR}} || 330&nbsp;kg
|[[Chandrakant Dadu Mali]]<br>{{IND}} || 329&nbsp;kg
|[[Chris Ciancio]]<br>{{AUS}} || 300&nbsp;kg
|-
|105&nbsp;kg
|[[Mohanlal Shyamlal]]<br>{{IND}} || 339&nbsp;kg
|[[Meamea Thomas]]<br>{{KIR}} || 330&nbsp;kg
|[[Tovia Opeloge]]<br>{{SAM}} || 317&nbsp;kg
|-
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>105&nbsp;kg
|[[Damon Kelly]]<br>{{AUS}} || 390&nbsp;kg
|[[Itte Detenamo]]<br>{{NRU}} || 380&nbsp;kg
|[[Victor Abilash]]<br>{{IND}} || 323&nbsp;kg
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|48&nbsp;kg
|[[Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu]]<br>{{IND}} || 154&nbsp;kg
|[[Kathleen Hare]]<br>{{PNG}} || 135&nbsp;kg
|align=center colspan=2|''Not awarded<br>(lack of entries)''
|-
|53&nbsp;kg
|[[Dika Toua]]<br>{{PNG}} || 182&nbsp;kg
|[[Tikina Gopal]]<br>{{IND}} || 162&nbsp;kg
|[[Katila Venkata Lakshmi]]<br>{{IND}} || 151&nbsp;kg
|-
|58&nbsp;kg
|[[Minati Sethi]]<br>{{IND}} || 175&nbsp;kg
|[[Sumanbala Devi]]<br>{{IND}} || 166&nbsp;kg
|[[Jenly Tegu Wini]]<br>{{SOL}} || 161&nbsp;kg
|-
|63&nbsp;kg
|[[Rajwant Kaur]]<br>{{IND}} || 172&nbsp;kg
|[[Hapilyn Iro]]<br>{{SOL}} || 164&nbsp;kg
|[[Melissa Robinson]]<br>{{AUS}} || 155&nbsp;kg
|-
|69&nbsp;kg
|[[Monika Devi]]<br>{{IND}} || 207&nbsp;kg
|[[Marie-Josée Arès-Pilon]]<br>{{CAN}} || 201&nbsp;kg
|[[Tauimani Ah Kuoi]]<br>{{SAM}} || 183&nbsp;kg
|-
|75&nbsp;kg
|[[Mary Opeloge]]<br>{{SAM}} || 223&nbsp;kg
|[[Jenna Myers]]<br>{{AUS}} || 211&nbsp;kg
|[[Chantal Lambrech]]<br>{{NZL}} || 175&nbsp;kg
|-
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>75&nbsp;kg
|[[Ele Opeloge]]<br>{{SAM}} || 264&nbsp;kg
|[[Deborah Acason]]<br>{{AUS}} || 223&nbsp;kg
|[[Iuniarra Sipaia|Iuniarra Simanu]]<br>{{SAM}} || 221&nbsp;kg
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Senior%20Championships.pdf Senior results book]
*[https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20COMMONWEALTH%20JUNIOR%20CHAMPIONSHIPS.pdf Junior results book]
*[https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/results/docs/2012/2012%20Commonwealth%20Youth%20Weightlifting%20Championships.pdf Youth results book]

{{Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships}}

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