North Korea · Men's 69 kg, July 2012
Kim Kum-Sok
Kim Kum-Sok is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1987. The results below cover 6 competitions from 2007 to 2012. The latest result came in the men's 69 kg class, at the 2012 Olympic Games.
- Best total
- 324 kg
- Best snatch
- 143 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 181 kg
Kim Kum-Sok's career: classes, totals and best lifts
No Olympic or World Championships medals.
Weight classes: 62 kg in 2007, 69 kg from 2009 to 2012. The IWF changed its class list in November 2018. At 68.61 kg, the weight at the last meet on record, the class today would be 70 kg.
Latest result: 2012 Olympic Games, 27 July 2012, 69 kg, total 315 kg, place 8.
Best lifts in each class
The best snatch, clean and jerk and total in each class, newest first.
| Class | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 kg2009 to 2012 | 143 | 181 | 324 |
| 62 kg2007 | - | - | - |
Kim Kum-Sok by the numbers
Kim Kum-Sok's record in context: where the best total ranks, how the snatch compares with the clean and jerk, and the lifts behind the best Sinclair score.
- Best Sinclair score
- 462.5
- From 324 kg at 68.22 kg bodyweight, 2010 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 75th of 1,135
- 324 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 69 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 79%
- At the best total, 143 kg of 181 kg. A higher share means a stronger snatch for the clean and jerk. Eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
- Age at best total
- 23
- Turned 23 in 2010, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 4 of 6
- The others ended without a total: no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk.
How often Kim Kum-Sok makes each attempt
Kim Kum-Sok made 39% of snatch attempts and 39% of clean and jerk attempts at the competitions on this site, against 58% and 56% for every lifter at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998. Below, each attempt in turn. Third attempts are the hardest: lifters ask for their heaviest weight last.
Snatch, first attempt
Snatch, second attempt
Snatch, third attempt
Clean and jerk, first attempt
Clean and jerk, second attempt
Clean and jerk, third attempt
Kim Kum-Sok head to head
The lifters Kim Kum-Sok has met most often in the same class, three times or more with both posting a total, and how often each finished ahead.
| Rival | Met | Kim Kum-Sok ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Triyatno |
3 | 1 | 2 |
Kim Kum-Sok's competition results
Every result, newest first, with all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash under Total means no total was recorded, and "No lifts" that the lifter was entered but did not lift. Places are for the total.
Swipe the table sideways to see every attempt.
| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 8 | 315 | 69 kg | 68.61 | 140 | 175 | ||||
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | - | - | 69 kg | 68.88 | 136 | |||||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 1 | 324 | 69 kg | 68.22 | 140 | 143 | 175 | 181 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 4 | 321 | 69 kg | 68.47 | 140 | 175 | 181 | |||
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 1 | 321 | 69 kg | 68.97 | 135 | 141 | 170 | 180 | ||
| 2007 World Weightlifting Championships 14 Sep 2007 | - | - | 62 kg | 61.94 |
Compare Kim Kum-Sok
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. Pick any lifter to set beside Kim Kum-Sok.