Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

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Men's 62 kg
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL London
Date30 July
Competitors15 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Un-guk  North Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Óscar Figueroa  Colombia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 30 July.[1]

Summary[]

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.[2]

Schedule[]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Event
30 July 2012 10:00 Group B
19:00 Group A

Records[]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record Snatch  Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 153 kg İzmir, Turkey 28 June 2002
Clean & Jerk  Le Maosheng (CHN) 182 kg Busan, South Korea 2 October 2002
Total  Zhang Jie (CHN) 326 kg Kanazawa, Japan 28 April 2008
Olympic Record Snatch  Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 152 kg Athens, Greece 16 August 2004
Clean & Jerk  Zhang Xiangxiang (CHN) 176 kg Beijing, China 10 August 2008
Total  Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) 325 kg Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

Results[]

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kim Un-guk (PRK) A 61.77 145 150 153 153 170 174 174 174 327
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Óscar Figueroa (COL) A 61.76 137 140 142 140 177 177 177 177 317
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) A 61.89 138 142 145 145 168 168 172 172 317
4  Zhang Jie (CHN) A 61.86 140 145 145 140 174 178 178 174 314
5  Hurşit Atak (TUR) A 61.93 130 134 134 130 166 166 172 172 302
6  Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) A 61.95 135 135 139 135 162 165 167 167 302
7  Muhammad Hasbi (INA) B 61.81 130 135 138 138 163 171 171 163 301
8  Ahmed Saad (EGY) B 61.63 125 130 130 130 158 162 165 162 292
9  Manuel Minginfel (FSM) B 61.86 122 127 130 127 158 158 158 158 285
10  Julio Salamanca (ESA) B 61.03 110 115 115 110 150 150 155 150 260
11  Tuau Lapua Lapua (TUV) B 61.62 104 108 111 108 126 131 135 135 243
12  Charles Ssekyaaya (UGA) B 61.47 100 105 108 105 130 135 140 130 235
13  Stevick Patris (PLW) B 61.34 100 104 108 104 125 130 132 130 234
—  Ji Hun-min (KOR) A 61.57 135 140 142 135 160 165 165 — —
DQ  Erol Bilgin (TUR) A 61.90 135 139 140 135 165 165 169 165 300

Erol Bilgin of Turkey originally finished eighth, but he was disqualified in 2020 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2012 Olympics resulted in an anti-doping violation.[3]

New records[]

Snatch 153 kg  Kim Un-guk (PRK) OR
Clean & Jerk 177 kg  Óscar Figueroa (COL) OR
Total 327 kg  Kim Un-guk (PRK) WR

References[]

  1. ^ "Weightlifting – Schedule & Results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Format competition – Weightlifting". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012 - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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