Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

The men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 17.[1][2]

Men's 62 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	17 September
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia Leonidas Sabanis  Greece Henadzi Aliashchuk  Belarus

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.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

Date	Time	Event
17 September 2000	10:30	Group B
	18:30	Group A

Records

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

World Record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	152.5 kg	Osaka, Japan	3 May 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Le Maosheng (CHN)	180.5 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
	Total	World Standard	325.0 kg	—	1 January 1998
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	142.5 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	177.5 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Olympic Standard	320.0 kg	—	1 January 1997

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	A	61.56	145.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	175.0	185.0	—	175.0	325.0
	Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)	A	61.30	142.5	147.5	150.0	147.5	170.0	175.0	175.0	170.0	317.5
	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	A	61.68	137.5	142.5	145.0	142.5	172.5	175.0	177.5	175.0	317.5
4	Le Maosheng (CHN)	A	61.28	140.0	145.0	145.0	140.0	175.0	177.5	177.5	175.0	315.0
5	Mehdi Panzvan (IRI)	A	61.52	140.0	140.0	145.0	140.0	162.5	172.5	172.5	162.5	302.5
6	Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN)	B	61.78	135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	165.0	172.5	172.5	165.0	300.0
7	Vladimir Popov (MDA)	B	61.56	130.0	135.0	137.5	135.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	295.0
8	Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE)	B	61.84	130.0	135.0	135.0	130.0	162.5	162.5	162.5	162.5	292.5
9	Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)	A	61.74	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	160.0	165.0	167.5	165.0	290.0
10	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	A	61.76	127.5	132.5	135.0	132.5	155.0	160.0	160.0	155.0	287.5
11	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	A	61.60	115.0	122.5	127.5	122.5	152.5	162.5	167.5	162.5	285.0
12	Samson Matam (FRA)	B	61.88	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	160.0	165.0	165.0	160.0	285.0
13	Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ)	B	61.92	125.0	130.0	132.5	132.5	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	282.5
14	Kim Young-tae (KOR)	B	61.92	120.0	120.0	120.0	120.0	155.0	165.0	165.0	155.0	275.0
15	Sunday Mathias (NGR)	B	61.24	110.0	115.0	120.0	115.0	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	265.0
—	Im Yong-su (PRK)	B	61.70	130.0	132.5	137.5	137.5	167.5	167.5	170.0	—	—
—	Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM)	B	61.78	117.5	122.5	125.0	125.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	—	—
—	Aleksey Bortkov (RUS)	A	61.82	130.0	130.0	130.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)	A	61.90	145.0	145.0	145.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Chom Singnoi (THA)	B	61.92	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Sevdalin Minchev (BUL)	A	61.56	140.0	145.0	145.0	140.0	172.5	172.5	177.5	177.5	317.5

• Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.[3]

New records

Snatch	147.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR
	147.5 kg	Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)	OR
	150.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR
Total	325.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR

References

1. "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
2. "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. "Bulgarian Lifters Disqualified, U.S. Gets Gold". ABC News Australia. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

External links

• Official Olympic Report