Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

Men's 62 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	17 September 2000
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Nikolaj Pešalov  Croatia Leonidas Sabanis  Greece Henadzi Aliashchuk  Belarus

Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
		53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

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]

The total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each 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.

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

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

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	150.0	175.0	185.0	—	175.0	325.0
	Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)	A	61.30	142.5	147.5	150.0	147.5	170.0	175.0	175.0	170.0	317.5
	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	A	61.68	137.5	142.5	145.0	142.5	172.5	175.0	177.5	175.0	317.5
4	Le Maosheng (CHN)	A	61.28	140.0	145.0	145.0	140.0	175.0	177.5	177.5	175.0	315.0
5	Mehdi Panzvan (IRI)	A	61.52	140.0	140.0	145.0	140.0	162.5	172.5	172.5	162.5	302.5
6	Hiroshi Ikehata (JPN)	B	61.78	135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	165.0	172.5	172.5	165.0	300.0
7	Vladimir Popov (MDA)	B	61.56	130.0	135.0	137.5	135.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	160.0	295.0
8	Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE)	B	61.84	130.0	135.0	135.0	130.0	162.5	162.5	162.5	162.5	292.5
9	Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)	A	61.74	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	160.0	165.0	167.5	165.0	290.0
10	Zoltán Farkas (HUN)	A	61.76	127.5	132.5	135.0	132.5	155.0	160.0	160.0	155.0	287.5
11	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	A	61.60	115.0	122.5	127.5	122.5	152.5	162.5	167.5	162.5	285.0
12	Samson Matam (FRA)	B	61.88	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	160.0	165.0	165.0	160.0	285.0
13	Dmitriy Lomakin (KAZ)	B	61.92	125.0	130.0	132.5	132.5	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	282.5
14	Kim Young-tae (KOR)	B	61.92	120.0	120.0	120.0	120.0	155.0	165.0	165.0	155.0	275.0
15	Sunday Mathias (NGR)	B	61.24	110.0	115.0	120.0	115.0	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	265.0
—	Im Yong-su (PRK)	B	61.70	130.0	132.5	137.5	137.5	167.5	167.5	170.0	—	—
—	Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM)	B	61.78	117.5	122.5	125.0	125.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	—	—
—	Aleksey Bortkov (RUS)	A	61.82	130.0	130.0	130.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR)	A	61.90	145.0	145.0	145.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Chom Singhnoi (THA)	B	61.92	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Sevdalin Minchev (BUL)	A	61.56	140.0	145.0	145.0	140.0	172.5	172.5	177.5	177.5	317.5

• Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.^[3]

Snatch	147.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR
	147.5 kg	Leonidas Sabanis (GRE)	OR
	150.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR
Total	325.0 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	OR

• Official Olympic Report Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine