# 2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 14 and 15 November 2003.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 14 November 2003 | 11:00 | Group D |
| 14 November 2003 | 14:30 | Group C |
| 15 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group B |
| 15 November 2003 | 12:30 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 147.5 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 147.5 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 135.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 175.0 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 170.0 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 170.0 kg |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 322.5 kg | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 317.5 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 305.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | 153.0 kg | İzmir, Turkey | 28 June 2002 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 182.5 kg | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 325.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## 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 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | A | 61.02 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | | 175.0 | 175.0 | 180.0 | | 322.5 |
| | Shi Zhiyong (CHN) | A | 61.62 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | | 170.0 | 170.0 | 177.5 | | 317.5 |
| | Le Maosheng (CHN) | A | 61.88 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 142.5 | | 170.0 | 177.5 | 177.5 | | 305.0 |
| 4 | Diego Salazar (COL) | A | 61.86 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 6 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 5 | 295.0 |
| 5 | Armen Ghazaryan (ARM) | A | 61.77 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 135.0 | 8 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 4 | 292.5 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) | B | 61.88 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 4 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 6 | 292.5 |
| 7 | Ümürbek Bazarbaýew (TKM) | B | 61.95 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 5 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 7 | 292.5 |
| 8 | Samson Matam (FRA) | B | 61.82 | 120.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 10 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 10 | 282.5 |
| 9 | Sunarto Rasidi (INA) | B | 61.59 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 12 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 9 | 280.0 |
| 10 | Vasile Costea (ROM) | B | 61.80 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 9 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 11 | 280.0 |
| 11 | Roger Berrio (COL) | C | 61.42 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 11 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 13 | 275.0 |
| 12 | Ali Al-Dhilab (KSA) | C | 61.45 | 120.0 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 7 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 17 | 272.5 |
| 13 | Kazumi Saito (JPN) | B | 61.58 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 18 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 8 | 272.5 |
| 14 | Kenji Tominaga (JPN) | B | 61.75 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 16 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 16 | 270.0 |
| 15 | Manuel Minginfel (FSM) | C | 61.51 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 17 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 14 | 267.5 |
| 16 | Hassan Ghassem (SYR) | C | 61.74 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 15 | 142.5 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 18 | 267.5 |
| 17 | Giuliano Cornetta (ITA) | D | 61.70 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 22 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 15 | 265.0 |
| 18 | Yang Sheng-hsiung (TPE) | C | 61.29 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 26 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 12 | 260.0 |
| 19 | Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) | C | 61.78 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 23 | 145.0 | 145.0 | — | 19 | 260.0 |
| 20 | Hassan Al-Sadah (KSA) | C | 61.30 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 20 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 21 | 255.0 |
| 21 | Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) | D | 61.78 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 19 | 135.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 25 | 252.5 |
| 22 | Zbyněk Dub (CZE) | D | 61.17 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 25 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 20 | 250.0 |
| 23 | Laurent Pedreno (FRA) | D | 61.63 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 21 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 27 | 247.5 |
| 24 | Kamran Panjavi (GBR) | D | 61.77 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 27 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 23 | 247.5 |
| 25 | Juan Carlos Reyes (ESA) | D | 61.10 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 24 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 24 | 245.0 |
| 26 | Chiu Yi-lieh (TPE) | D | 61.43 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 28 | 130.0 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 22 | 242.5 |
| 27 | Iván García (ESP) | C | 61.46 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 29 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 26 | 237.5 |
| — | Teguh Priyono (INA) | B | 61.47 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Israel José Rubio (VEN) | C | 61.61 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 13 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | — | — |
| — | Mohamed Osman (EGY) | B | 61.62 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 14 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | — | — |
| — | Im Yong-su (PRK) | A | 61.65 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | — | 170.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | — | — |
| — | Atef Jarray (TUN) | A | 61.71 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Vladimir Popov (MDA) | B | 61.60 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 135.0 | — | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | — | — |
| DQ | Khalid Abdul-Zahra (IRQ) | C | 61.89 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | — | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | — | — |
| DQ | Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) | A | 61.94 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 145.0 | — | 170.0 | 175.0 | 183.0 | — | — |
| DQ | Swara Mohammed (IRQ) | C | 60.56 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | — | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | — | — |