2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg (men's featherweight) were held in Antalya, Turkey on 5 November.

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Li Yinglong (CHN) 142.5 kg   Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) 137.5 kg   Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk   Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 180.0 kg   Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB) 167.5 kg   Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 167.5 kg
Total   Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 317.5 kg   Li Yinglong (CHN) 305.0 kg   Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 302.5 kg

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world 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

Results edit

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 61.78 137.5 142.5 142.5   170.0 172.5 181.0   317.5
    Li Yinglong (CHN) 61.70 132.5 137.5 142.5   152.5 157.5 162.5 6 305.0
    Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 61.94 130.0 135.0 137.5 7 167.5 172.5 172.5   302.5
4   Mücahit Yağcı (TUR) 61.46 127.5 132.5 135.0 4 160.0 165.0 165.0 4 300.0
5   Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB) 61.46 127.5 132.5 132.5 9 162.5 167.5 167.5   295.0
6   Chen Lu (CHN) 61.76 132.5 132.5 135.0 5 155.0 160.0 165.0 7 295.0
7   Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) 61.82 130.0 135.0 137.5 6 160.0 165.0 165.0 9 295.0
8   Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) 61.68 125.0 127.5 130.0 10 162.5 165.0 170.0 5 292.5
9   Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) 61.82 130.0 135.0 135.0 8 160.0 165.0 165.0 8 290.0
10   Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) 61.76 125.0 125.0 130.0 12 155.0 160.0 160.0 10 280.0
11   Tom Goegebuer (BEL) 61.18 117.5 122.5 125.0 11 142.5 147.5 147.5 11 267.5
12   Jasvir Singh (IND) 61.74 110.0 115.0 117.5 13 135.0 142.5 142.5 12 257.5
13   Matvei Dalakian (ISR) 61.28 100.0 105.0 105.0 14 120.0 13 220.0
  Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) 61.54 137.5 137.5 142.5  

New records edit

Clean & Jerk 181.0 kg   Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) WR

References edit