Weightlifting at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games was held at the Telecom Sports Arena in the Cook Islands capital of Rarotonga on 29 September – 1 October 2009.
Fourteen nations had registered a total of 81 athletes for weightlifting, of which 57 took part in the competition. Only Tahiti did not win a medal.
Medal summary Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total113 4 5 2229 3 6 18 38 3 6 17 46 3 0 953 0 0 360 6 0 670 6 0 680 3 4 790 3 2 510 0 3 0 311 0 2 4 6 12 0 0 3 3 13 0 0 1 1 Medals awarded 39 36 31 106 Medals not awarded 0 3 8 11 Totals 39 39 39 117
Men Eight weight classes were contested for men, with three sets of medals offered within each class for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total lifts. −56 kg Snatch Manueli Tulo Elson Brechtefeld Lapua Lapua Tuau −56 kg Clean & Jerk Manueli Tulo Elson Brechtefeld Lapua Lapua Tuau −56 kg Total Manueli Tulo Elson Brechtefeld Lapua Lapua Tuau −62 kg Snatch Manuel Minginfel Stevick Patris Takenibeia Toromon −62 kg Clean & Jerk Manuel Minginfel Stevick Patris Takenibeia Toromon −62 kg Total Manuel Minginfel Stevick Patris Takenibeia Toromon −69 kg Snatch Tekaei Temake Taofitu Perive Ilaniume Finau −69 kg Clean & Jerk Tekaei Temake Ilaniume Finau Bill Andrews −69 kg Total Tekaei Temake Ilaniume Finau Bill Andrews −77 kg Snatch Faavae Faauliuli Josefa Vueti Taubena Tatonga −77 kg Clean & Jerk Josefa Vueti Faavae Faauliuli Taubena Tatonga −77 kg Total Josefa Vueti Faavae Faauliuli Taubena Tatonga −85 kg Snatch Yukio Peter Beru Karianako Igor Lagikula −85 kg Clean & Jerk Yukio Peter Beru Karianako Sirla Pera −85 kg Total Yukio Peter Beru Karianako Sirla Pera −94 kg Snatch David Katoatau Saimone Turaganivalu Jonathan Yoshida −94 kg Clean & Jerk David Katoatau Saimone Turaganivalu Jonathan Yoshida −94 kg Total David Katoatau Saimone Turaganivalu Jonathan Yoshida −105 kg Snatch Meameaa Thomas Amete Luaki Tovia Opeloge −105 kg Clean & Jerk Meameaa Thomas Amete Luaki Tovia Opeloge −105 kg Total Meameaa Thomas Amete Luaki Tovia Opeloge +105 kg Snatch Itte Detenamo Samuel Pera Theron Taupau +105 kg Clean & Jerk Itte Detenamo Samuel Pera Maamaloa Lolohea +105 kg Total Itte Detenamo Samuel Pera Maamaloa Lolohea
Women Five weight classes were contested for women, with three set of medals offered within each class for the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Total lifts. −58 kg Snatch Maria Liku Not awarded Not awarded−58 kg Clean & Jerk Maria Liku Not awarded Not awarded−58 kg Total Maria Liku Not awarded Not awarded−63 kg Snatch Faitoa Togagae Jenly Tegu Wini Not awarded−63 kg Clean & Jerk Faitoa Togagae Jenly Tegu Wini Not awarded−63 kg Total Faitoa Togagae Jenly Tegu Wini Not awarded−69 kg Snatch Tauimani Ah Kuoi Hapilyn Iro Raijeli Tagua−69 kg Clean & Jerk Tauimani Ah Kuoi Hapilyn Iro Raijeli Tagua−69 kg Total Tauimani Ah Kuoi Hapilyn Iro Raijeli Tagua−75 kg Snatch Mary Opeloge Tamyrah Mautama Not awarded−75 kg Clean & Jerk Mary Opeloge Tamyrah Mautama Molilaau Tressa Kailea −75 kg Total Mary Opeloge Tamyrah Mautama Not awarded +75 kg Snatch Ele Opeloge Narita Viliamu Noeline Luaki +75 kg Clean & Jerk Ele Opeloge Narita Viliamu Noeline Luaki +75 kg Total Ele Opeloge Narita Viliamu Noeline Luaki
Notes The medal tally for weightlifting as recorded on pages 38–39 of the VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report, corresponds with the men's and women's tallies from the official website's Results, except for one anomaly. The report lists seven bronze medals (one extra) for Fiji and three bronze medals (one fewer) for Tonga. The extra bronze medal for Fiji is contradicted by Weightlifting Fiji in their annual report published a month after the competition: "Fiji won eight gold, three silver and six bronze medals in weightlifting at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games". A possible source for this anomaly is within the records for the men's 69 kg class, as marked up with a (sky blue background) in the tables above. The official website's Medal Winners, has Bill Andrews of Fiji listed as the bronze medallist for all three events (: This list contains other errors including nationality mismatches. e.g. Fijians are listed as from Niue, and New Caledonians as from Federated States of Micronesia). However, the official website's Results has Ilaniume Finau of Tonga as the bronze medallist in the Men's 69 kg Snatch. Other sources also indicate that Fiji's Bill Andrews won only two of the three bronze medals in the 69 kg class, including Weightlifting Fiji's Annual Report. and news outlets including the Fiji Sun, Other reports confirm Samoa's Toafitu Perive took silver in the Men's 69 kg Snatch, not Ilaniume Finau of Tonga. In the absence of other evidence (such as a disqualification causing the Fijian to be promoted) the tallies from the official website's Results, are used for this page.
Some medals were not awarded if there were insufficient competitors in the field. There was no silver or bronze medal given for any of the three events in the Women's 58kg class, and no bronze medal given for any of the three events in the Women's 63kg class. Only one bronze medal was given for the Women's 75kg class because a successful third-placed lift was completed in the clean and jerk but not for the snatch.
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