The Men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 30 July.
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.
Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 30 July 2012 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A
Records
Results RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result 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.
New records Snatch153 kgClean & Jerk177 kgTotal327 kg
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