Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 62 kg explained

Event:Weightlifting – Men's 62kg
Games:2015
Venue:Oshawa Sports Centre
Dates:July 11
Competitors:5
Nations:4
Gold:Óscar Figueroa
Goldnoc:COL
Silver:Francisco Mosquera
Silvernoc:COL
Bronze:Jesus Lopez
Bronzenoc:VEN
Prev:2011
Next:2019

The men's 62 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 11 at the Oshawa Sports Centre. The defending champion was Óscar Figueroa from Colombia.

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. This weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 62 kilograms of body mass.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Results

5 athletes from four countries took part.[1]

RankNameCountryGroupB.weight (kg)Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total (kg)
A 61.99 135 175 310
A61.66 135 170 305
A 62.00 125 158 283
4 A 61.30 120 155 275
5 Antonio Vazquez A 61.89 120 155 275

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/WL/TO2015_WL_C51_WLM06210A.pdf Men's 62 kg Group A start list