Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

Men's 62 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	8 August 2016
Competitors	17 from 15 nations
Winning total	318 kg
Medalists
Óscar Figueroa  Colombia Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia Farkhad Kharki  Kazakhstan

Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification List of weightlifters
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 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 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 8 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Snatch	Kim Un-guk (PRK)	154 kg	Incheon, South Korea	21 September 2014
	Clean & Jerk	Chen Lijun (CHN)	183 kg	Houston, United States	22 November 2015
	Total	Chen Lijun (CHN)	333 kg	Houston, United States	22 November 2015
Olympic record	Snatch	Kim Un-guk (PRK)	153 kg	London, United Kingdom	30 July 2012
	Clean & Jerk	Óscar Figueroa (COL)	177 kg	London, United Kingdom	30 July 2012
	Total	Kim Un-guk (PRK)	327 kg	London, United Kingdom	30 July 2012

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Óscar Figueroa	Colombia	A	61.86	137	142	145	142	172	176	179	176	318
	Eko Yuli Irawan	Indonesia	A	61.91	142	146	146	142	170	176	179	170	312
	Farkhad Kharki	Kazakhstan	A	61.60	135	140	140	135	170	177	177	170	305
4	Yoichi Itokazu	Japan	A	61.87	126	130	133	133	160	165	169	169	302
5	Ahmed Saad	Egypt	A	62.00	127	131	133	133	155	161	164	161	294
6	Morea Baru	Papua New Guinea	A	61.72	122	126	129	126	159	164	168	164	290
7	Muhammad Hasbi	Indonesia	A	61.97	125	130	134	130	160	169	173	160	290
8	Vaipava Nevo Ioane	Samoa	B	61.90	115	120	122	120	151	161	165	161	281
9	Han Myeong-mok	South Korea	A	61.81	130	135	135	130	150	155	155	150	280
10	Julio Salamanca	El Salvador	B	62.00	115	120	120	120	150	155	155	155	275
11	Julio Acosta González	Chile	B	61.30	114	117	120	120	142	146	151	146	266
12	Yosuke Nakayama	Japan	B	62.00	121	124	124	121	140	145	150	145	266
13	Rick Yves Confiance	Seychelles	B	62.00	100	105	110	105	127	133	133	127	232
–	Jesús López Sanchez	Venezuela	B	61.90	125	125	129	125	–	–	–	–	–
–	Edouard Joseph	Haiti	B	60.20	102	107	112	107	–	–	–	–	–
–	Chen Lijun	China	A	61.97	143	143	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Sudesh Peiris	Sri Lanka	B	62.00	120	120	120	–	–	–	–	–	–

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