Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg explained

Event:	Men's 62 kg
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	ExCeL London
Date:	30 July
Competitors:	15
Nations:	13
Gold:	Kim Un-guk
Goldnoc:	PRK
Silver:	Óscar Figueroa
Silvernoc:	COL
Bronze:	Eko Yuli Irawan
Bronzenoc:	INA
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 30 July.^[1]

Summary

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.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time

width=150	Date	width=50	Time	width=80	Event
30 July 2012	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result	width=40	1	width=40	2	width=40	3	width=55	Result
		A	61.77	145	150	153	153	170	174	174	174	327
		A	61.76	137	140	142	140	177	177	177	177	317
		A	61.89	138	142	145	145	168	168	172	172	317
4		A	61.86	140	145	145	140	174	178	178	174	314
5		A	61.93	130	134	134	130	166	166	172	172	302
6		A	61.95	135	135	139	135	162	165	167	167	302
7		B	61.81	130	135	138	138	163	171	171	163	301
8		B	61.63	125	130	130	130	158	162	165	162	292
9		B	61.86	122	127	130	127	158	158	158	158	285
10		B	61.03	110	115	115	110	150	150	155	150	260
11		B	61.62	104	108	111	108	126	131	135	135	243
12		B	61.47	100	105	108	105	130	135	140	130	235
13		B	61.34	100	104	108	104	125	130	132	130	234
—		A	61.57	135	140	142	135	160	165	165	—	—
DQ		A	61.90	135	139	140	135	165	165	169	165	300

Erol Bilgin of Turkey originally finished eighth, but he was disqualified in 2020 after a re-analysis of his samples from the 2012 Olympics resulted in an anti-doping violation.^[3]

New records

width=100	Snatch	width=70	153 kg	width=250 align=left		width=70
Clean & Jerk	177 kg
Total	327 kg

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Weightlifting – Schedule & Results. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121204182815/http://www.london2012.com/weightlifting/schedule-and-results/. 4 December 2012.
2. Web site: Format competition – Weightlifting. london2012.com. 14 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121204155758/www.london2012.com/weightlifting/event/women-48kg/competition-format/index.html. 4 December 2012.
3. Web site: IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012 - Olympic News . International Olympic Committee . 27 August 2020 . en . 27 August 2020.