2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

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The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg (men's featherweight) were held in Antalya, Turkey on 5 November.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Li Yinglong (CHN)	142.5 kg	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	137.5 kg	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	180.0 kg	Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB)	167.5 kg	Stefan Georgiev (BUL)	167.5 kg
Total	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	317.5 kg	Li Yinglong (CHN)	305.0 kg	Stefan Georgiev (BUL)	302.5 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	152.5 kg	Osaka, Japan	3 May 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Le Maosheng (CHN)	180.5 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
	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
	Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)	61.78	137.5	142.5	142.5		170.0	172.5	181.0		317.5
	Li Yinglong (CHN)	61.70	132.5	137.5	142.5		152.5	157.5	162.5	6	305.0
	Stefan Georgiev (BUL)	61.94	130.0	135.0	137.5	7	167.5	172.5	172.5		302.5
4	Mücahit Yağcı (TUR)	61.46	127.5	132.5	135.0	4	160.0	165.0	165.0	4	300.0
5	Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB)	61.46	127.5	132.5	132.5	9	162.5	167.5	167.5		295.0
6	Chen Lu (CHN)	61.76	132.5	132.5	135.0	5	155.0	160.0	165.0	7	295.0
7	Vladislav Lukanin (RUS)	61.82	130.0	135.0	137.5	6	160.0	165.0	165.0	9	295.0
8	Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)	61.68	125.0	127.5	130.0	10	162.5	165.0	170.0	5	292.5
9	Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR)	61.82	130.0	135.0	135.0	8	160.0	165.0	165.0	8	290.0
10	Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE)	61.76	125.0	125.0	130.0	12	155.0	160.0	160.0	10	280.0
11	Tom Goegebuer (BEL)	61.18	117.5	122.5	125.0	11	142.5	147.5	147.5	11	267.5
12	Jasvir Singh (IND)	61.74	110.0	115.0	117.5	13	135.0	142.5	142.5	12	257.5
13	Matvei Dalakian (ISR)	61.28	100.0	105.0	105.0	14	120.0	—	—	13	220.0
—	Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO)	61.54	137.5	137.5	142.5		—	—	—	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

181.0 kg

Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR)

WR

References

• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics, Page 34 Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Results at IWF Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine