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Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 62 kg
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The Men's 62 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 5 April 2018. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 288 kg. Papua New Guinea and Pakistan claimed the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Pakistan's Talha Talib established a new games record during the competition in the snatch event:[1]
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:[2]
| World record | Snatch |  Kim Un-guk (PRK) | 154 kg | Incheon, South Korea | 21 September 2014 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Chen Lijun (CHN) | 183 kg | Houston, United States | 22 November 2015 | |
| Total | Chen Lijun (CHN) | 333 kg | Houston, United States | 22 November 2015 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch |  Dimitrios Minasides (CYP) | 133 kg | Pescara, Italy | 26 June 2009 |
| 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 Sarkisian (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 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 132 kg |  Talha Talib (PAK) |
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Schedule
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Results
References
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