# Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg

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)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 30 July 2012 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 30 July 2012 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 153 kg | İzmir, Turkey | 28 June 2002 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 182 kg | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
| World Record | Total | Zhang Jie (CHN) | 326 kg | Kanazawa, Japan | 28 April 2008 |
| Olympic Record | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 152 kg | Athens, Greece | 16 August 2004 |
| Olympic Record | Clean & Jerk | Zhang Xiangxiang (CHN) | 176 kg | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 |
| Olympic Record | Total | Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) | 325 kg | Sydney, Australia | 17 September 2000 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total |
| | Kim Un-guk (PRK) | A | 61.77 | 145 | 150 | 153 | 153 | 170 | 174 | 174 | 174 | 327 |
| | Óscar Figueroa (COL) | A | 61.76 | 137 | 140 | 142 | 140 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 317 |
| | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 61.89 | 138 | 142 | 145 | 145 | 168 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 317 |
| 4 | Zhang Jie (CHN) | A | 61.86 | 140 | 145 | 145 | 140 | 174 | 178 | 178 | 174 | 314 |
| 5 | Hurşit Atak (TUR) | A | 61.93 | 130 | 134 | 134 | 130 | 166 | 166 | 172 | 172 | 302 |
| 6 | Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) | A | 61.95 | 135 | 135 | 139 | 135 | 162 | 165 | 167 | 167 | 302 |
| 7 | Muhammad Hasbi (INA) | B | 61.81 | 130 | 135 | 138 | 138 | 163 | 171 | 171 | 163 | 301 |
| 8 | Ahmed Saad (EGY) | B | 61.63 | 125 | 130 | 130 | 130 | 158 | 162 | 165 | 162 | 292 |
| 9 | Manuel Minginfel (FSM) | B | 61.86 | 122 | 127 | 130 | 127 | 158 | 158 | 158 | 158 | 285 |
| 10 | Julio Salamanca (ESA) | B | 61.03 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 110 | 150 | 150 | 155 | 150 | 260 |
| 11 | Tuau Lapua Lapua (TUV) | B | 61.62 | 104 | 108 | 111 | 108 | 126 | 131 | 135 | 135 | 243 |
| 12 | Charles Ssekyaaya (UGA) | B | 61.47 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 105 | 130 | 135 | 140 | 130 | 235 |
| 13 | Stevick Patris (PLW) | B | 61.34 | 100 | 104 | 108 | 104 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 130 | 234 |
| — | Ji Hun-min (KOR) | A | 61.57 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 135 | 160 | 165 | 165 | — | — |
| DQ | Erol Bilgin (TUR) | 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

| Snatch | 153 kg | Kim Un-guk (PRK) | OR |
| Clean & Jerk | 177 kg | Óscar Figueroa (COL) | OR |
| Total | 327 kg | Kim Un-guk (PRK) | WR |