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
VenueExCeL London
Date30 July
Competitors15 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 201210:00Group B
19:00Group A

Records

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

World RecordSnatch Shi Zhiyong (CHN)153 kgİzmir, Turkey28 June 2002
Clean & Jerk Le Maosheng (CHN)182 kgBusan, South Korea2 October 2002
Total Zhang Jie (CHN)326 kgKanazawa, Japan28 April 2008
Olympic RecordSnatch Shi Zhiyong (CHN)152 kgAthens, Greece16 August 2004
Clean & Jerk Zhang Xiangxiang (CHN)176 kgBeijing, China10 August 2008
Total Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)325 kgSydney, Australia17 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)A61.77145150153153170174174174327
 Óscar Figueroa (COL)A61.76137140142140177177177177317
 Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)A61.89138142145145168168172172317
4 Zhang Jie (CHN)A61.86140145145140174178178174314
5 Hurşit Atak (TUR)A61.93130134134130166166172172302
6 Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM)A61.95135135139135162165167167302
7 Muhammad Hasbi (INA)B61.81130135138138163171171163301
8 Ahmed Saad (EGY)B61.63125130130130158162165162292
9 Manuel Minginfel (FSM)B61.86122127130127158158158158285
10 Julio Salamanca (ESA)B61.03110115115110150150155150260
11 Tuau Lapua Lapua (TUV)B61.62104108111108126131135135243
12 Charles Ssekyaaya (UGA)B61.47100105108105130135140130235
13 Stevick Patris (PLW)B61.34100104108104125130132130234
 Ji Hun-min (KOR)A61.57135140142135160165165
DQ Erol Bilgin (TUR)A61.90135139140135165165169165300

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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