1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
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The Men's Featherweight Weightlifting Event (– 62 kg) is the second men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 62 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships
took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch
and clean and jerk
lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
1999 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999. The 70th edition of the men’s world championships and 13th edition of the women’s world championships were designated by the International Weightlifting Federation as the main qualifying...
took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.
Each lifter performed in both the snatch
Snatch (weightlifting)
The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
and clean and jerk
Clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
Medalists
| Snatch | 147.5 kg | | 145.0 kg | 142.5 kg | |||
| Clean & Jerk | 180.0 kg | | 172.5 kg | | 172.5 kg | |||
| Total | 320.0 kg | 315.0 kg | 315.0 kg |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.| World record | Snatch | 150.0 kg | Savannah Savannah, Georgia Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
4 July 1999 | |
| Clean & Jerk | World Standard | 180.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 325.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
| 61.33 | 135.0 | 140.0 | |
4 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 180.5 | 320.0 | |||
| 61.40 | |
145.0 | |
170.0 | |
|
5 | 315.0 | |||
| 61.60 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 167.5 | |
172.5 | 315.0 | ||||
| 4 | 61.63 | |
147.5 | |
167.5 | |
|
7 | 315.0 | ||
| 5 | 61.61 | 140.0 | |
|
6 | 172.5 | |
|
4 | 312.5 | |
| 6 | 61.51 | 130.0 | 135.0 | |
9 | 167.5 | |
|
6 | 302.5 | |
| 7 | 61.38 | 122.5 | |
127.5 | 15 | 167.5 | 172.5 | |
300.0 | ||
| 8 | 61.77 | |
132.5 | |
10 | 165.0 | |
|
8 | 297.5 | |
| 9 | 61.40 | |
|
135.0 | 8 | 160.0 | |
|
10 | 295.0 | |
| 10 | 61.40 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 7 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 11 | 295.0 | ||
| 11 | 61.93 | 132.5 | |
|
11 | 152.5 | |
160.0 | 14 | 292.5 | |
| 12 | 61.79 | 125.0 | |
|
20 | 160.0 | |
165.0 | 9 | 290.0 | |
| 13 | 61.87 | 130.0 | |
— | 14 | |
160.0 | |
13 | 290.0 | |
| 14 | 61.65 | 125.0 | |
130.0 | 12 | 152.5 | 157.5 | |
9 | 287.5 | |
| 15 | 61.87 | 127.5 | |
|
16 | 160.0 | |
|
12 | 287.5 | |
| 16 | 61.59 | 125.0 | |
|
17 | 150.0 | 155.0 | |
17 | 280.0 | |
| 17 | 61.60 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 18 | 147.5 | 155.0 | |
18 | 280.0 | |
| 18 | 61.76 | 125.0 | 130.0 | |
13 | |
150.0 | |
26 | 280.0 | |
| 19 | 61.80 | 117.5 | 122.5 | |
21 | 150.0 | 157.5 | |
16 | 280.0 | |
| 20 | 61.66 | 125.0 | |
|
19 | 145.0 | |
152.5 | 21 | 277.5 | |
| 21 | 61.80 | 115.0 | |
117.5 | 26 | 155.0 | |
155.0 | 19 | 272.5 | |
| 22 | 61.13 | 115.0 | |
120.0 | 22 | 145.0 | |
150.0 | 22 | 270.0 | |
| 23 | 61.53 | |
|
120.0 | 23 | 150.0 | |
|
24 | 270.0 | |
| 24 | 61.62 | |
115.0 | |
35 | |
150.0 | 152.5 | 20 | 267.5 | |
| 25 | 61.77 | |
|
117.5 | 25 | 142.5 | 150.0 | |
27 | 267.5 | |
| 26 | 61.46 | 115.0 | |
|
32 | 150.0 | |
|
23 | 265.0 | |
| 27 | 61.55 | 107.5 | 112.5 | |
37 | 150.0 | |
|
25 | 262.5 | |
| 28 | 61.87 | |
117.5 | |
27 | 145.0 | |
|
29 | 262.5 | |
| 29 | 61.81 | 115.0 | 120.0 | |
24 | 135.0 | |
140.0 | 33 | 260.0 | |
| 30 | 61.89 | 112.5 | 117.5 | |
28 | |
142.5 | |
30 | 260.0 | |
| 31 | 61.99 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 29 | 132.5 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 31 | 260.0 | |
| 32 | 61.62 | 110.5 | |
115.0 | 34 | |
140.0 | |
32 | 255.0 | |
| 33 | 61.62 | 115.0 | |
|
33 | |
|
135.0 | 37 | 250.0 | |
| 34 | 61.66 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 38 | 132.5 | 137.5 | |
35 | 250.0 | |
| 35 | 61.92 | 110.0 | |
|
39 | |
140.0 | |
34 | 250.0 | |
| 36 | 61.36 | 115.0 | — | — | 31 | 132.5 | |
|
39 | 247.5 | |
| 37 | 61.31 | |
100.0 | |
40 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 36 | 235.0 | |
| 38 | 61.63 | |
100.0 | |
41 | 125.0 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 38 | 235.0 | |
| — | 61.51 | 135.0 | |
140.0 | 5 | |
|
|
— | — | |
| — | 61.06 | 115.0 | |
|
30 | |
|
|
— | — | |
| — | 61.77 | |
112.5 | 115.0 | 36 | |
|
|
— | — | |
| — | 61.90 | |
|
|
— | 147.5 | |
|
28 | — | |
| — | 61.77 | |
|
|
— | 125.0 | |
|
40 | — | |
| — | 61.20 | |
|
— | — | |
— | — | — | — |
New records
| Clean & Jerk | 180.5 kg | WR |