The men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
in
Sydney,
Australia took place at the
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre was a convention, exhibition and entertainment complex in Darling Harbour, Sydney. Designed by Philip Cox, the complex opened in 1988 as part of an urban renewal and redevelopment of the Darling Harbou ...
on September 17.
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 Australian Eastern Time
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( UTC+10:00)
Records
Results
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Sevdalin Minchev of Bulgaria originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for
furosemide
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.
New records
References
External links
Official Olympic Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 62 Kg
Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics