2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
# 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

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

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Le Maosheng (CHN) | 180.5 kg | Athens, Greece | 23 November 1999 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 325.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | 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 | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
