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]
| Men's 62 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 17 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 21 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 edit
All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | 10:30 | Group B |
| 18:30 | Group A |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch |  Shi Zhiyong (CHN) |
152.5 kg | Osaka, Japan | 3 May 2000 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Le Maosheng (CHN) |
180.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 23 November 1999 | ||
| Total | World Standard | 325.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | ||
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Olympic Standard | 142.5 kg | — | 1 January 1997 | |
| Clean & Jerk | Olympic Standard | 177.5 kg | — | 1 January 1997 | ||
| Total | Olympic Standard | 320.0 kg | — | 1 January 1997 | ||
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
 |
 Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) |
A | 61.56 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 175.0 | — | 175.0 | 325.0 | ||
 |
 Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) |
A | 61.30 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 317.5 | |||
 |
 Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) |
A | 61.68 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 172.5 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 317.5 | ||
| 4 |  Le Maosheng (CHN) |
A | 61.28 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 315.0 | ||||
| 5 |  Mehdi Panzvan (IRI) |
A | 61.52 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 302.5 | ||||
| 6 |  Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN) |
B | 61.78 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 300.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Vladimir Popov (MDA) |
B | 61.56 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 295.0 | |||
| 8 |  Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) |
B | 61.84 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 292.5 | ||||
| 9 |  Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) |
A | 61.74 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 290.0 | |||
| 10 |  Zoltán Farkas (HUN) |
A | 61.76 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 287.5 | |||
| 11 |  Marcus Stephen (NRU) |
A | 61.60 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 152.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 285.0 | ||
| 12 |  Samson Matam (FRA) |
B | 61.88 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 285.0 | ||||
| 13 |  Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ) |
B | 61.92 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 282.5 | ||
| 14 |  Kim Young-tae (KOR) |
B | 61.92 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 275.0 | ||||
| 15 |  Sunday Mathias (NGR) |
B | 61.24 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 265.0 | |||
| — |  Im Yong-su (PRK) |
B | 61.70 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) |
B | 61.78 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 125.0 | — | — | |||
| — |  Aleksey Bortkov (RUS) |
A | 61.82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR) |
A | 61.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — |  Chom Singnoi (THA) |
B | 61.92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| DQ |  Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) |
A | 61.56 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 | ||||
- Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.[3]
New records edit
| Snatch | 147.5 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)
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OR |
| 147.5 kg | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)
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OR | |
| 150.0 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)
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OR | |
| Total | 325.0 kg | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)
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OR |
References edit
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 35. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Bulgarian Lifters Disqualified, U.S. Gets Gold". ABC News Australia. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
External links edit
- Official Olympic Report Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine