| 2006 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 30 September and 1 October 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | 18:00 | Group D |
| 20:00 | Group C | |
| 1 October 2006 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 14:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Qiu Le (CHN) | 140 kg |  Óscar Figueroa (COL) | 137 kg |  Israel José Rubio (VEN) | 133 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Qiu Le (CHN) | 168 kg |  Manuel Minginfel (FSM) | 165 kg | Diego Salazar (COL) | 164 kg |
| Total | Qiu Le (CHN) | 308 kg | Óscar Figueroa (COL) | 297 kg | Diego Salazar (COL) | 295 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world 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 | World Standard | 325 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Qiu Le (CHN) | A | 61.41 | 138 | 140 | | 168 | | 308 | |||
 | Óscar Figueroa (COL) | A | 61.62 | 132 | 137 | | 160 | 5 | 297 | |||
 | Diego Salazar (COL) | A | 61.70 | 127 | 131 | 5 | 160 | 164 | | 295 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Minginfel (FSM) | A | 61.80 | 123 | 128 | 10 | 161 | 165 | | 293 | ||
| 5 |  Henadzi Makhveyenia (BLR) | B | 61.97 | 122 | 130 | 9 | 153 | 158 | 160 | 6 | 290 | |
| 6 |  Adán Rosales (CUB) | A | 61.79 | 122 | 127 | 13 | 162 | 4 | 289 | |||
| 7 |  Ji Hun-min (KOR) | B | 61.81 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 4 | 150 | 155 | 11 | 287 | |
| 8 |  Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY) | A | 62.00 | 127 | 131 | 6 | 155 | 12 | 286 | |||
| 9 |  Triyatno (INA) | B | 60.98 | 125 | 130 | 7 | 155 | 7 | 285 | |||
| 10 |  Vladimir Popov (MDA) | A | 61.61 | 122 | 125 | 127 | 14 | 153 | 155 | 9 | 280 | |
| 11 |  Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | A | 61.84 | 130 | 8 | 145 | 150 | 16 | 280 | |||
| 12 |  Oleksiy Skvorodnyev (UKR) | C | 61.90 | 121 | 125 | 128 | 11 | 145 | 152 | 15 | 280 | |
| 13 |  Adrian Jigău (ROM) | A | 61.61 | 123 | 127 | 12 | 152 | 14 | 279 | |||
| 14 |  Yang Sheng-hsiung (TPE) | B | 61.68 | 122 | 17 | 155 | 10 | 277 | ||||
| 15 |  Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow (TKM) | C | 61.44 | 115 | 121 | 18 | 150 | 155 | 8 | 276 | ||
| 16 |  Samson Matam (FRA) | B | 61.88 | 120 | 123 | 16 | 150 | 17 | 273 | |||
| 17 | Jesús López (VEN) | C | 61.53 | 115 | 120 | 19 | 148 | 152 | 13 | 272 | ||
| 18 |  Pramot Phetcharat (THA) | C | 61.66 | 120 | 20 | 147 | — | 20 | 267 | |||
| 19 | Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) | B | 61.74 | 120 | 21 | 145 | 22 | 265 | ||||
| 20 |  Yasen Stoyanov (BUL) | C | 61.93 | 115 | 119 | 23 | 145 | 24 | 264 | |||
| 21 |  Katsuhiko Uechi (JPN) | C | 61.75 | 110 | 115 | 29 | 148 | 18 | 263 | |||
| 22 |  Giuliano Cornetta (ITA) | C | 61.85 | 111 | 116 | 26 | 141 | 145 | 23 | 261 | ||
| 23 | Toshio Imamura (JPN) | C | 61.47 | 111 | 116 | 25 | 137 | 142 | 144 | 25 | 260 | |
| 24 |  Gert Trasha (ALB) | C | 61.77 | 120 | — | 22 | 140 | 32 | 260 | |||
| 25 | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | C | 61.35 | 107 | 112 | 30 | 147 | 19 | 259 | |||
| 26 |  Asif Malikov (AZE) | C | 61.59 | 115 | 28 | 137 | 142 | 26 | 257 | |||
| 27 |  Carlos Márquez (ECU) | C | 61.77 | 107 | 110 | 33 | 142 | 147 | 21 | 257 | ||
| 28 | Briken Calja (ALB) | D | 61.31 | 110 | 116 | 24 | 140 | 29 | 256 | |||
| 29 |  Iván García (ESP) | D | 61.45 | 110 | 115 | 27 | 135 | 140 | 31 | 255 | ||
| 30 | Luca Bardis (FRA) | D | 61.66 | 107 | 111 | 31 | 137 | 141 | 28 | 252 | ||
| 31 | José Erazo (ECU) | D | 61.40 | 110 | 32 | 140 | 30 | 250 | ||||
| 32 |  Petr Slabý (CZE) | D | 61.79 | 107 | 35 | 138 | 142 | 27 | 249 | |||
| 33 |  Ruslan Alpanov (UZB) | D | 61.77 | 102 | 107 | 34 | 133 | — | 33 | 240 | ||
| 34 |  Alberto Almánzar (DOM) | D | 61.35 | 94 | 100 | 36 | 115 | 125 | 128 | 34 | 228 | |
| 35 |  Ensar Musić (CRO) | D | 61.75 | 90 | 95 | 37 | 120 | 35 | 215 | |||
| 36 |  José Araya (CHI) | D | 60.52 | 90 | 38 | 110 | 115 | 36 | 205 | |||
| — | Zhang Ping (CHN) | A | 61.70 | — | — | — | ||||||
| — |  Erol Bilgin (TUR) | B | 61.98 | 125 | 15 | — | — | |||||
| — | Israel José Rubio (VEN) | B | 61.64 | 125 | 130 | 133 | | — | — | |||
| — |  Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | B | 61.81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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