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
VenueSydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date17 September
Competitors21 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 200010:30Group B
18:30Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Shi Zhiyong (CHN)152.5 kgOsaka, Japan3 May 2000
Clean & Jerk Le Maosheng (CHN)180.5 kgAthens, Greece23 November 1999
TotalWorld Standard325.0 kg1 January 1998
Olympic RecordSnatchOlympic Standard142.5 kg1 January 1997
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard177.5 kg1 January 1997
TotalOlympic Standard320.0 kg1 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)A61.56145.0150.0150.0150.0175.0185.0175.0325.0
 Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)A61.30142.5147.5150.0147.5170.0175.0175.0170.0317.5
 Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)A61.68137.5142.5145.0142.5172.5175.0177.5175.0317.5
4 Le Maosheng (CHN)A61.28140.0145.0145.0140.0175.0177.5177.5175.0315.0
5 Mehdi Panzvan (IRI)A61.52140.0140.0145.0140.0162.5172.5172.5162.5302.5
6 Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN)B61.78135.0140.0140.0135.0165.0172.5172.5165.0300.0
7 Vladimir Popov (MDA)B61.56130.0135.0137.5135.0160.0160.0160.0160.0295.0
8 Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE)B61.84130.0135.0135.0130.0162.5162.5162.5162.5292.5
9 Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)A61.74125.0130.0130.0125.0160.0165.0167.5165.0290.0
10 Zoltán Farkas (HUN)A61.76127.5132.5135.0132.5155.0160.0160.0155.0287.5
11 Marcus Stephen (NRU)A61.60115.0122.5127.5122.5152.5162.5167.5162.5285.0
12 Samson Matam (FRA)B61.88125.0130.0130.0125.0160.0165.0165.0160.0285.0
13 Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ)B61.92125.0130.0132.5132.5150.0155.0155.0150.0282.5
14 Kim Young-tae (KOR)B61.92120.0120.0120.0120.0155.0165.0165.0155.0275.0
15 Sunday Mathias (NGR)B61.24110.0115.0120.0115.0150.0155.0155.0150.0265.0
 Im Yong-su (PRK)B61.70130.0132.5137.5137.5167.5167.5170.0
 Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM)B61.78117.5122.5125.0125.0150.0150.0150.0
 Aleksey Bortkov (RUS)A61.82130.0130.0130.0
 Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)A61.90145.0145.0145.0
 Chom Singnoi (THA)B61.92122.5122.5122.5
DQ Sevdalin Minchev (BUL)A61.56140.0145.0145.0140.0172.5172.5177.5177.5317.5

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.
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