The Men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 17 March 2006. The weightlifter from Sri Lanka won the gold, lifting a total weight of 271 kg.

Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Date Time Event 17 March 2006 10:00 Group B 14:00 Group A

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: World record Snatch 153 kg İzmir, Turkey 28 June 2002 Clean & Jerk 182 kg Busan, South Korea 2 October 2002 Total World Standard 325 kg – 1 January 1998Commonwealth record Snatch 127 kg Lahti, Finland 9 November 1998 Clean & Jerk 172 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999 Total 300 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999Games record Snatch 125 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998 Clean & Jerk 167 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998 Total 292 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998

Results Rank Athlete Nation Group Bodyweight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result Chinthana Vidanage A 61.79 118 118 118 118 145 150 153 153 271 Arun Murugesan A 61.87 115 119 121 121 145 145 150 150 271 Roswadi Abdul Rashid A 61.70 117 120 122 120 137 141 146 141 261 Muhammad Ishtiaq Ghafoor A 61.65 112 113 116 113 140 145 148 145 258 Naharudin Mahayudin B 61.49 116 120 120 116 141 146 146 146 257 Hamidul Islam A 61.94 110 116 116 110 137 146 146 146 256 Bernardin Matam A 61.70 110 116 116 110 138 145 150 145 255 Yurik Sarkisyan A 61.78 113 113 113 113 142 149 149 142 255 Sébastien Groulx A 61.74 112 116 116 112 141 146 150 141 253 10 Greg Shushu A 61.59 107 107 107 107 135 135 140 135 242 11 Dimitris Minasidis B 61.68 103 107 112 112 125 130 138 130 242 12 Sudesh Peiris A 61.69 105 112 115 105 130 130 130 130 235 13 Musa Kamara B 61.99 95 100 100 95 125 127 127 127 222 14 Makhosi Shabalala B 61.82 90 95 95 95 125 125 125 125 220 15 Ika Aliklik B 61.87 91 91 96 91 120 125 125 125 216 16 Moses Kimbowa B 58.87 90 95 96 96 110 115 118 115 211 17 Tekaei Temake B 61.42 91 91 95 91 117 125 126 117 208 18 Tsepo Matsoso B 60.89 60 65 70 65 80 80 85 80 145 Kamran Panjavi A 61.94 118 121 122 118 131 131 131 Constantine Vasiliades B 60.82 97 97 97

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