Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

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Men's 62 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date11 August
Competitors17 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zhang Xiangxiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Diego Salazar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg Triyatno Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
  2004
2012  

The men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event was the second-lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 62 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the fifth weightlifting event to conclude.

Contents

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
11 August 200810:00Group B
19:00Group 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)153 kg İzmir, Turkey 28 June 2002
Clean & JerkFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Maosheng  (CHN)182 kg Busan, South Korea 2 October 2002
TotalFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jie  (CHN)326 kg Kanazawa, Japan 28 April 2008
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shi Zhiyong  (CHN)152 kg Athens, Greece 16 August 2004
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard177 kg1 January 1997
TotalFlag of Croatia.svg  Nikolaj Pešalov  (CRO)325 kg Sydney, Australia 17 September 2000

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xiangxiang  (CHN)A61.91139143143143169176184176319
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Colombia.svg  Diego Salazar  (COL)A61.47132136138138163165167167305
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Indonesia.svg  Triyatno  (INA)A61.90133135135135163163163163298
4Flag of Romania.svg  Antoniu Buci  (ROU)A61.66126130130130161165168165295
5Flag of Thailand.svg  Phaisan Hansawong  (THA)A61.60132135135132162162166162294
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Ruiz  (CUB)A61.75128132135132162168168162294
7Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow  (TKM)A61.96126126131126162170170162288
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Abdelbaki  (EGY)B62.00129129129129155159164159288
9Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Sheng-hsiung  (TPE)B61.97125130134130151157163157287
10Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Henadzi Makhveyenia  (BLR)B61.95120128128128150156156150278
11Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Manuel Minginfel  (FSM)B61.69115120123120145150155155275
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jasvir Singh  (CAN)B61.67110115118115145151156151266
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Ji Hun-min  (KOR)A61.91137140142142161161161
Flag of North Korea.svg  Im Yong-su  (PRK)A61.60138138140138168168168
Flag of Colombia.svg  Óscar Figueroa  (COL)A61.66128128128
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Ümürbek Bazarbaýew  (TKM)A61.96133136137133160160162
DQFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Sardar Hasanov  (AZE)B61.96128128128128152152152

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