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

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]

Men's 62 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	30 July
Competitors	15 from 13 nations
Medalists
Kim Un-guk  North Korea Óscar Figueroa  Colombia Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia

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
	Kim Un-guk (PRK)	A	61.77	145	150	153	153	170	174	174	174	327
	Óscar Figueroa (COL)	A	61.76	137	140	142	140	177	177	177	177	317
	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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