The Men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 30 July 2002. The weightlifter from Australia won the gold, with a combined lift of 277.5 kg.

Schedule All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Date Time Event 30 July 2002 18:00 Group A

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: World record Snatch 153.0 kg İzmir, Turkey 28 June 2002 Clean & Jerk 181.0 kg Antalya, Turkey 5 November 2001 Total World Standard 325.0 kg – 1 January 1998Commonwealth record Snatch 127.5 kg Lahti, Finland 9 November 1998 Clean & Jerk 172.5 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999 Total 300.0 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999Games record Snatch 125.0 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998 Clean & Jerk 167.5 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998 Total 292.5 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998

Results Rank Athlete Nation Group Bodyweight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123ResultRank123ResultRank Yurik Sarkisyan A 61.35 120.0 122.5 125.0 125.0 147.5 152.5 155.0 152.5 277.5 Marcus Stephen A 61.54 117.5 117.5 122.5 117.5 147.5 147.5 155.0 147.5 265.0 Terry Hughes A 61.74 105.0 110.0 115.0 110.0 4 130.0 135.0 – 135.0 245.0 Gadd Teabuge A 61.43 97.5 102.5 105.0 105.0 5 120.0 127.5 132.5 132.5 4 237.5 Minghan Chen A 61.48 105.0 110.0 110.0 105.0 6 125.0 130.0 135.0 130.0 5 235.0 Makhosi Shabalala A 61.45 82.5 85.0 87.5 85.0 7 112.5 115.0 117.5 115.0 6 200.0 Roswadi Abdul Rashid A 61.42 115.0 120.0 120.0 115.0 140.0 140.0 140.0 1 Krishnan Madasamy A 61.50 117.5 150.0 267.5

1 Madasamy originally won three silver medals (at snatch, clean & jerk and total), but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.

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