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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	Total
1	Samoa	13	4	5	22
2	Kiribati	9	3	6	18
3	Fiji	8	3	6	17
4	Nauru	6	3	0	9
5	Federated States of Micronesia	3	0	0	3
6	Niue	0	6	0	6
7	Solomon Islands	0	6	0	6
8	New Caledonia	0	3	4	7
9	Cook Islands	0	3	2	5
10	Palau	0	3	0	3
11	Tonga	0	2	4	6
12	Tuvalu	0	0	3	3
13	American Samoa	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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−56 kg Snatch	Manueli Tulo  Fiji	Elson Brechtefeld  Nauru	Lapua Lapua Tuau  Tuvalu
−56 kg Clean & Jerk	Manueli Tulo  Fiji	Elson Brechtefeld  Nauru	Lapua Lapua Tuau  Tuvalu
−56 kg Total	Manueli Tulo  Fiji	Elson Brechtefeld  Nauru	Lapua Lapua Tuau  Tuvalu
−62 kg Snatch	Manuel Minginfel  F.S. Micronesia	Stevick Patris  Palau	Takenibeia Toromon  Kiribati
−62 kg Clean & Jerk	Manuel Minginfel  F.S. Micronesia	Stevick Patris  Palau	Takenibeia Toromon  Kiribati
−62 kg Total	Manuel Minginfel  F.S. Micronesia	Stevick Patris  Palau	Takenibeia Toromon  Kiribati
−69 kg Snatch	Tekaei Temake  Kiribati	Taofitu Perive  Samoa	Ilaniume Finau  Tonga
−69 kg Clean & Jerk	Tekaei Temake  Kiribati	Ilaniume Finau  Tonga	Bill Andrews  Fiji
−69 kg Total	Tekaei Temake  Kiribati	Ilaniume Finau  Tonga	Bill Andrews  Fiji
−77 kg Snatch	Faavae Faauliuli  Samoa	Josefa Vueti  Fiji	Taubena Tatonga  Kiribati
−77 kg Clean & Jerk	Josefa Vueti  Fiji	Faavae Faauliuli  Samoa	Taubena Tatonga  Kiribati
−77 kg Total	Josefa Vueti  Fiji	Faavae Faauliuli  Samoa	Taubena Tatonga  Kiribati
−85 kg Snatch	Yukio Peter  Nauru	Beru Karianako  Kiribati	Igor Lagikula  New Caledonia
−85 kg Clean & Jerk	Yukio Peter  Nauru	Beru Karianako  Kiribati	Sirla Pera  Cook Islands
−85 kg Total	Yukio Peter  Nauru	Beru Karianako  Kiribati	Sirla Pera  Cook Islands
−94 kg Snatch	David Katoatau  Kiribati	Saimone Turaganivalu  Fiji	Jonathan Yoshida  Samoa
−94 kg Clean & Jerk	David Katoatau  Kiribati	Saimone Turaganivalu  Fiji	Jonathan Yoshida  Samoa
−94 kg Total	David Katoatau  Kiribati	Saimone Turaganivalu  Fiji	Jonathan Yoshida  Samoa
−105 kg Snatch	Meameaa Thomas  Kiribati	Amete Luaki  New Caledonia	Tovia Opeloge  Samoa
−105 kg Clean & Jerk	Meameaa Thomas  Kiribati	Amete Luaki  New Caledonia	Tovia Opeloge  Samoa
−105 kg Total	Meameaa Thomas  Kiribati	Amete Luaki  New Caledonia	Tovia Opeloge  Samoa
+105 kg Snatch	Itte Detenamo  Nauru	Samuel Pera  Cook Islands	Theron Taupau  American Samoa
+105 kg Clean & Jerk	Itte Detenamo  Nauru	Samuel Pera  Cook Islands	Maamaloa Lolohea  Tonga
+105 kg Total	Itte Detenamo  Nauru	Samuel Pera  Cook Islands	Maamaloa Lolohea  Tonga

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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−58 kg Snatch	Maria Liku  Fiji	Not awarded	Not awarded
−58 kg Clean & Jerk	Maria Liku  Fiji	Not awarded	Not awarded
−58 kg Total	Maria Liku  Fiji	Not awarded	Not awarded
−63 kg Snatch	Faitoa Togagae  Samoa	Jenly Tegu Wini  Solomon Islands	Not awarded
−63 kg Clean & Jerk	Faitoa Togagae  Samoa	Jenly Tegu Wini  Solomon Islands	Not awarded
−63 kg Total	Faitoa Togagae  Samoa	Jenly Tegu Wini  Solomon Islands	Not awarded
−69 kg Snatch	Tauimani Ah Kuoi  Samoa	Hapilyn Iro  Solomon Islands	Raijeli Tagua  Fiji
−69 kg Clean & Jerk	Tauimani Ah Kuoi  Samoa	Hapilyn Iro  Solomon Islands	Raijeli Tagua  Fiji
−69 kg Total	Tauimani Ah Kuoi  Samoa	Hapilyn Iro  Solomon Islands	Raijeli Tagua  Fiji
−75 kg Snatch	Mary Opeloge  Samoa	Tamyrah Mautama  Niue	Not awarded
−75 kg Clean & Jerk	Mary Opeloge  Samoa	Tamyrah Mautama  Niue	Molilaau Tressa Kailea  Tonga
−75 kg Total	Mary Opeloge  Samoa	Tamyrah Mautama  Niue	Not awarded
+75 kg Snatch	Ele Opeloge  Samoa	Narita Viliamu  Niue	Noeline Luaki  New Caledonia
+75 kg Clean & Jerk	Ele Opeloge  Samoa	Narita Viliamu  Niue	Noeline Luaki  New Caledonia
+75 kg Total	Ele Opeloge  Samoa	Narita Viliamu  Niue	Noeline Luaki  New Caledonia

Notes

^ a 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".

1. 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 (note also: 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

^ b 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.

References

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4. VIIIth Pacific Mini Games Report (Report). 2009. pp. 38–39. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
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