title: 2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
text: # 2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
  
  The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 20 November 2002.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 20 November 2002 | 10:00 | Group B |
  | 20 November 2002 | 17:00 | Group A |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Snatch | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 140.0 kg | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | 140.0 kg | Im Yong-su (PRK) | 140.0 kg |
  | Clean & Jerk | Im Yong-su (PRK) | 175.0 kg | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 172.5 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 170.0 kg |
  | Total | Im Yong-su (PRK) | 315.0 kg | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 310.0 kg | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | 310.0 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 |
  | | Im Yong-su (PRK) | A | 61.75 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | | 170.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | | 315.0 |
  | | Le Maosheng (CHN) | A | 61.50 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 142.5 | | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | | 310.0 |
  | | Stefan Georgiev (BUL) | A | 62.00 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 4 | 172.5 | 175.0 | 175.0 | | 310.0 |
  | 4 | Leonidas Sabanis (GRE) | A | 61.60 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | | 160.0 | 167.5 | 170.0 | 4 | 307.5 |
  | 5 | Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) | A | 61.65 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 6 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 170.0 | 5 | 292.5 |
  | 6 | Diego Salazar (COL) | B | 61.90 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 5 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 7 | 292.5 |
  | 7 | Artur Danielyan (ARM) | A | 61.90 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 7 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 167.5 | 8 | 290.0 |
  | 8 | İsmail Atmaca (TUR) | A | 61.75 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 11 | 150.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 6 | 285.0 |
  | 9 | Samson Matam (FRA) | A | 61.80 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 12 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 165.0 | 9 | 280.0 |
  | 10 | Toshio Imamura (JPN) | B | 61.50 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 10 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 10 | 277.5 |
  | 11 | Oleg Shin (KAZ) | B | 61.55 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 9 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 11 | 277.5 |
  | 12 | Giuliano Cornetta (ITA) | B | 61.95 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 13 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 12 | 257.5 |
  | 13 | Miloš Sušanj (CRO) | B | 61.80 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 14 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 13 | 220.0 |
  | — | Su Feixiang (CHN) | A | 61.80 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | — | 170.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | — | — |
  | — | Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) | A | 61.90 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 8 | 150.0 | — | — | — | — |
  