Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 77 kg

The Men's 77 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 19 March 2006. The weightlifter from Ghana won the gold, lifting a total weight of 309 kg. India won the silver and Pakistan the bronze medal.

Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	19 March 2006
Competitors	13 from 12 nations
Winning total weight	309
Medalists
Majeti Fetrie    Ghana   Mohammed Asdullah    India   Muhammad Irfan    Pakistan

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
19 March 2006	14:00	Group A

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Sergey Filimonov (KAZ)	173 kg	Almaty, Kazakhstan	9 April 2004
	Clean & Jerk	Oleg Perepetchenov (RUS)	210 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	27 April 2001
	Total	Plamen Zhelyazkov (BUL)	377 kg	Doha, Qatar	27 March 2002
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Yukio Peter (NRU)	156 kg	Sigatoka, Fiji	9 November 2005
	Clean & Jerk
	Total	Yukio Peter (NRU)	350 kg	Sigatoka, Fiji	9 November 2005
Games record	Snatch	Satheesha Rai (IND)	147 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Damian Brown (AUS)	187 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998
	Total	Damian Brown (AUS)	327 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	17 September 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Majeti Fetrie	Ghana	A	76.20	130	135	138	138	168	171	175	171	309
	Mohammed Asdullah	India	A	76.95	130	134	134	134	167	167	176	167	301
	Muhammad Irfan	Pakistan	A	75.45	130	135	137	137	162	162	166	162	299
4	Richie Patterson	New Zealand	A	76.63	128	135	138	135	158	166	166	158	293
5	Faavae Faauliuli	Samoa	A	76.49	120	125	126	126	152	157	168	157	283
6	David Katoatau	Kiribati	A	76.18	115	120	122	120	147	155	160	155	275
7	Dayan Nawendra	Sri Lanka	A	75.16	110	115	115	110	140	146	151	146	256
8	Dhanushka Nicholas	Sri Lanka	A	76.71	110	117	122	110	140	146	151	146	256
9	Jack Odongo	Kenya	A	76.31	106	110	115	115	140	145	147	140	255
10	Kelepulu Makahili	Tonga	A	76.26	100	105	110	105	130	130	135	135	240
11	Linda Matsebula	Swaziland	A	76.85	92	95	98	98	120	120	122	122	220
12	Lebohang Ratsiu	Lesotho	A	75.62	50	55	60	60	65	70	75	70	130
–	Yukio Peter	Nauru	A	76.66	140	140	140	–	–	–	–	–	–