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

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Men's 62 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date17 September
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nikolaj Pešalov Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Silver medal icon.svg Leonidas Sabanis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Henadzi Aliashchuk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
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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]

Contents

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)

DateTimeEvent
17 September 200010:30Group B
18:30Group A

Records

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

World Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shi Zhiyong  (CHN)152.5 kg Osaka, Japan 3 May 2000
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Maosheng  (CHN)180.5 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999
TotalWorld Standard325.0 kg—1 January 1998
Olympic Record SnatchOlympic Standard142.5 kg—1 January 1997
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard177.5 kg—1 January 1997
TotalOlympic Standard320.0 kg—1 January 1997

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Nikolaj Pešalov  (CRO)A61.56145.0150.0150.0150.0175.0185.0—175.0325.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Leonidas Sabanis  (GRE)A61.30142.5147.5150.0147.5170.0175.0175.0170.0317.5
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Henadzi Aliashchuk  (BLR)A61.68137.5142.5145.0142.5172.5175.0177.5175.0317.5
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Maosheng  (CHN)A61.28140.0145.0145.0140.0175.0177.5177.5175.0315.0
5Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Panzvan  (IRI)A61.52140.0140.0145.0140.0162.5172.5172.5162.5302.5
6Flag of Japan.svg  Hiroshi Ikehata  (JPN)B61.78135.0140.0140.0135.0165.0172.5172.5165.0300.0
7Flag of Moldova.svg  Vladimir Popov  (MDA)B61.56130.0135.0137.5135.0160.0160.0160.0160.0295.0
8Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Elkhan Suleymanov  (AZE)B61.84130.0135.0135.0130.0162.5162.5162.5162.5292.5
9Flag of Australia.svg  Yurik Sarkisyan  (AUS)A61.74125.0130.0130.0125.0160.0165.0167.5165.0290.0
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Farkas  (HUN)A61.76127.5132.5135.0132.5155.0160.0160.0155.0287.5
11Flag of Nauru.svg  Marcus Stephen  (NRU)A61.60115.0122.5127.5122.5152.5162.5167.5162.5285.0
12Flag of France.svg  Samson Matam  (FRA)B61.88125.0130.0130.0125.0160.0165.0165.0160.0285.0
13Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Lomakin  (KAZ)B61.92125.0130.0132.5132.5150.0155.0155.0150.0282.5
14Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim Young-tae  (KOR)B61.92120.0120.0120.0120.0155.0165.0165.0155.0275.0
15Flag of Nigeria.svg  Sunday Mathias  (NGR)B61.24110.0115.0120.0115.0150.0155.0155.0150.0265.0
—Flag of North Korea.svg  Im Yong-su  (PRK)B61.70130.0132.5137.5137.5167.5167.5170.0——
—Flag of Turkmenistan (1997-2001).svg  Ümürbek Bazarbaýew  (TKM)B61.78117.5122.5125.0125.0150.0150.0150.0——
—Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Bortkov  (RUS)A61.82130.0130.0130.0——————
—Flag of Turkey.svg  Naim Süleymanoğlu  (TUR)A61.90145.0145.0145.0——————
—Flag of Thailand.svg  Chom Singnoi  (THA)B61.92122.5122.5122.5——————
DQFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Sevdalin Minchev  (BUL)A61.56140.0145.0145.0140.0172.5172.5177.5177.5317.5

New records

Snatch147.5 kgFlag of Croatia.svg  Nikolaj Pešalov  (CRO) OR
147.5 kgFlag of Greece.svg  Leonidas Sabanis  (GRE) OR
150.0 kgFlag of Croatia.svg  Nikolaj Pešalov  (CRO) OR
Total325.0 kgFlag of Croatia.svg  Nikolaj Pešalov  (CRO) OR

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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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