Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 62 kg

Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Dates	5 April 2018
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Winning total weight	288
Medalists
Muhamad Aznil Bidin    Malaysia   Morea Baru    Papua New Guinea   Talha Talib    Pakistan
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The Men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 5 April 2018. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 288 kg. Papua New Guinea and Pakistan claimed the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Pakistan's Talha Talib established a new games record during the competition in the snatch event: ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: ^[2]

World record	Snatch	Kim Un-guk  (PRK)	154 kg	Incheon, South Korea	21 September 2014
	Clean & Jerk	Chen Lijun  (CHN)	183 kg	Houston, United States	22 November 2015
	Total	Chen Lijun  (CHN)	333 kg	Houston, United States	22 November 2015
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Dimitrios Minasides  (CYP)	133 kg	Pescara, Italy	26 June 2009
	Clean & Jerk	Marcus Stephen  (NRU)	172 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
	Total	Marcus Stephen  (NRU)	300 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
Games record	Snatch	Yurik Sarkisian  (AUS)	125 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Marcus Stephen  (NRU)	167 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998
	Total	Marcus Stephen  (NRU)	292 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch

132 kg

Talha Talib  (PAK)

GR

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 5 April 2018	18:42	Final

Results

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Muhamad Aznil Bidin  (MAS)	61.71	123	126	128	126	158	162	166	162	288
	Morea Baru  (PNG)	61.86	123	127	130	127	159	159	163	159	286
	Talha Talib  (PAK)	61.94	127	130	132	132 GR	146	151	154	151	283
4	Thilanka Palangasinghe  (SRI)	61.92	120	124	126	124	155	160	160	155	279
5	Favour Agboro  (NGR)	61.69	106	110	112	112	147	151	156	156	267
6	Raja Muthupandi  (IND)	61.96	113	116	116	116	143	148	150	150	266
7	Ianne Guiñares  (NZL)	61.89	110	114	116	116	140	144	145	145	261
8	Olivier Heracles Matam Matam  (CMR)	61.91	113	116	116	113	145	145	150	145	258
9	Poama Qaqa  (FIJ)	61.94	113	113	118	113	142	149	149	142	255
10	Vannara Be  (AUS)	61.92	102	106	110	110	120	126	132	132	242
11	Marc Jonathan Coret  (MRI)	61.71	105	105	105	105	135	140	140	135	240
12	Ezekiel Moses  (NRU)	61.75	100	100	100	100	125	130	134	134	234
13	Manuila Raobu  (TUV)	61.44	95	100	100	95	117	117	121	121	216
14	Takirua Betero  (KIR)	61.57	80	85	90	90	115	120	125	120	210
	Rick Yves Confiance  (SEY)	61.74	101	107	110	101	125	125	125	–	–

References

1. "Weightlifting – Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
2. "Records". Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.