Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 62 kg

The Men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 17 March 2006. The weightlifter from Sri Lanka won the gold, lifting a total weight of 271 kg.

Weightlifting – Men's 62 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	17 March 2006
Competitors	20 from 17 nations
Winning total weight	271
Medalists
Chinthana Vidanage    Sri Lanka   Arun Murugesan    India   Roswadi Abdul Rashid    Malaysia

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Event
17 March 2006	10:00	Group B
	14:00	Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Snatch	Shi Zhiyong (CHN)	153 kg	İzmir, Turkey	28 June 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Le Maosheng (CHN)	182 kg	Busan, South Korea	2 October 2002
	Total	World Standard	325 kg	–	1 January 1998
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)	127 kg	Lahti, Finland	9 November 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	172 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
	Total	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	300 kg	Athens, Greece	23 November 1999
Games record	Snatch	Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS)	125 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998
	Clean & Jerk	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	167 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998
	Total	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	292 kg	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	16 September 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Chinthana Vidanage	Sri Lanka	A	61.79	118	118	118	118	145	150	153	153	271
	Arun Murugesan	India	A	61.87	115	119	121	121	145	145	150	150	271
	Roswadi Abdul Rashid	Malaysia	A	61.70	117	120	122	120	137	141	146	141	261
4	Muhammad Ishtiaq Ghafoor	Pakistan	A	61.65	112	113	116	113	140	145	148	145	258
5	Naharudin Mahayudin	Malaysia	B	61.49	116	120	120	116	141	146	146	146	257
6	Hamidul Islam	Bangladesh	A	61.94	110	116	116	110	137	146	146	146	256
7	Bernardin Matam	Cameroon	A	61.70	110	116	116	110	138	145	150	145	255
8	Yurik Sarkisyan	Australia	A	61.78	113	113	113	113	142	149	149	142	255
9	Sébastien Groulx	Canada	A	61.74	112	116	116	112	141	146	150	141	253
10	Greg Shushu	South Africa	A	61.59	107	107	107	107	135	135	140	135	242
11	Dimitris Minasidis	Cyprus	B	61.68	103	107	112	112	125	130	138	130	242
12	Sudesh Peiris	Sri Lanka	A	61.69	105	112	115	105	130	130	130	130	235
13	Musa Kamara	Sierra Leone	B	61.99	95	100	100	95	125	127	127	127	222
14	Makhosi Shabalala	Swaziland	B	61.82	90	95	95	95	125	125	125	125	220
15	Ika Aliklik	Nauru	B	61.87	91	91	96	91	120	125	125	125	216
16	Moses Kimbowa	Uganda	B	58.87	90	95	96	96	110	115	118	115	211
17	Tekaei Temake	Kiribati	B	61.42	91	91	95	91	117	125	126	117	208
18	Tsepo Matsoso	Lesotho	B	60.89	60	65	70	65	80	80	85	80	145
–	Kamran Panjavi	England	A	61.94	118	121	122	118	131	131	131	–	–
–	Constantine Vasiliades	Cyprus	B	60.82	97	97	97	–	–	–	–	–	–