North Korea · Men's 62 kg, November 2015
Kim Un-guk
Kim Un-guk is a weightlifter from North Korea, born in 1988, with one Olympic gold medal and four World Championships medals (2 gold, 2 silver). The results below cover 11 competitions from 2009 to 2015. The latest result came in the men's 62 kg class, at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.
- Olympic gold
- 1
- World medals
- 4
- Best total
- 332 kg
- Best snatch
- 154 kg
- Best clean and jerk
- 178 kg
Kim Un-guk's career: classes, totals and best lifts
Olympic Games: 1 gold. World Championships: 2 gold, 2 silver in the total.
Latest result: 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 November 2015, 62 kg, no total.
Kim Un-guk by the numbers
Kim Un-guk'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
- 507.2
- From 332 kg at 61.81 kg bodyweight, 2014 Asian Games. The Sinclair formula scales a total for bodyweight (2025 to 2028 coefficients).
- Best total, place in its class
- 2nd of 981
- 332 kg, against the best total of every lifter in the men's 62 kg class (the class list of 1998 to 2018) on this site.
- Snatch as a share of clean and jerk
- 87%
- At the best total, 154 kg of 178 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
- 26
- Turned 26 in 2014, the year of the best total.
- Competitions with a total
- 10 of 11
- The other shows a good lift in each but no total in the published results.
How often Kim Un-guk makes each attempt
Kim Un-guk made 76% of snatch attempts and 72% 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 Un-guk head to head
The lifters Kim Un-guk 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 Un-guk ahead | Rival ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
 Eko Yuli Irawan |
6 | 6 | 0 |
 Zhang Jie |
5 | 2 | 3 |
| Muhamad Hasbi |
5 | 5 | 0 |
 Umurbek Bazarbayev |
5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ivan Garcia Rueda | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 Ji Hun-Min |
4 | 4 | 0 |
Kim Un-guk'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.
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| Competition | Place | Total | Class | Bodyweight | Snatch 1 | 2 | 3 | Clean and jerk 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 World Weightlifting Championships 20 Nov 2015 | - | - | 62 kg | 61.88 | 146 | 151 | 172 | 177 | ||
| 2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2014 | 1 | 325 | 62 kg | 61.79 | 145 | 150 | 170 | 174 | 175 | |
| 2014 Asian Games 19 Sep 2014 | 1 | 332 | 62 kg | 61.81 | 147 | 152 | 154 | 170 | 174 | 178 |
| 2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 2013 | 2 | 320 | 62 kg | 61.63 | 145 | 150 | 170 | |||
| 2013 Asian Championships 20 Jun 2013 | 1 | 315 | 62 kg | 61.85 | 145 | 170 | not taken | |||
| 2012 Olympic Games 27 Jul 2012 | 1 | 327 | 62 kg | 61.77 | 145 | 150 | 153 | 170 | 174 | |
| 2011 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 2011 | 2 | 320 | 62 kg | 61.87 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 161 | 170 | |
| 2011 Asian Championships 9 Apr 2011 | 2 | 306 | 62 kg | 61.88 | 140 | 160 | 165 | 166 | ||
| 2010 Asian Games 12 Nov 2010 | 2 | 317 | 62 kg | 61.86 | 140 | 145 | 147 | 170 | ||
| 2010 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Sep 2010 | 1 | 320 | 62 kg | 61.51 | 140 | 145 | 147 | 170 | 173 | |
| 2009 East Asian Games 7 Dec 2009 | 1 | 310 | 62 kg | 61.85 | 135 | 140 | 160 | 165 | 170 |
Compare Kim Un-guk
Best lifts, Sinclair scores, medals and every meeting in the same class, side by side. The first pairs are the rivals Kim Un-guk met most often; the rest lifted in nearby classes, in any year.