2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on September 17–18, 2007.

Schedule

Date Time Event
17 September 2007 12:00 Group C
20:00 Group B
18 September 2007 17:00 Group A

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Li Zheng (CHN) 130 kg  Cha Kum-chol (PRK) 128 kg  Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) 127 kg
Clean & Jerk  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 156 kg  Cha Kum-chol (PRK) 155 kg  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) 154 kg
Total  Cha Kum-chol (PRK) 283 kg  Li Zheng (CHN) 283 kg  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) 278 kg

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 138 kg Antalya, Turkey 4 November 2001
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 168 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 24 April 2001
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 305 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Results

Rank Athlete Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cha Kum-chol (PRK) A 55.64 125 128 130 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 150 155 157 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 283
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Li Zheng (CHN) A 55.69 125 128 130 1st place, gold medalist(s) 153 153 153 4 283
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) A 55.84 124 124 127 5 154 156 156 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 278
4  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) A 55.90 118 124 124 9 150 156 156 1st place, gold medalist(s) 274
5  Ri Kyong-sok (PRK) A 55.86 115 120 122 6 150 150 157 5 272
6  Igor Bour (MDA) A 55.67 110 118 121 8 149 153 153 6 267
7  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) A 55.88 120 125 125 4 142 142 146 11 267
8  Wu Meijin (CHN) A 55.53 120 120 120 7 145 150 7 265
9  Sedat Artuç (TUR) A 55.59 115 115 115 10 135 135 140 12 255
10  Pongsak Maneetong (THA) A 55.54 106 111 112 14 137 142 142 9 253
11  Arthouros Akritidis (GRE) B 55.42 110 115 115 16 135 142 144 8 252
12  Igor Grabucea (MDA) B 55.68 110 114 116 12 130 135 138 15 252
13  Nelson Castro (COL) B 55.61 107 110 112 17 135 140 140 13 250
14  Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN) B 55.67 107 110 112 13 135 138 140 14 250
15  Phaisan Hansawong (THA) B 55.85 105 105 111 21 135 140 142 10 247
16  Oliver Marchán (VEN) B 55.97 105 110 110 18 132 141 141 18 242
17  Meng Wenjun (MAC) C 54.87 105 110 110 15 120 125 130 20 240
18  Marvin López (ESA) C 55.92 105 109 109 23 135 135 138 16 240
19  Róbert Ádám (HUN) C 55.78 98 102 102 24 125 130 133 17 235
20  Vito Dellino (ITA) C 55.83 100 105 108 20 130 130 135 22 235
21  Sultan Moldodosov (KGZ) C 55.89 105 108 109 22 120 125 130 23 235
22  Zviadi Samukashvili (GEO) C 55.30 100 103 103 25 130 135 135 21 230
23  Tsai Sheng-fen (TPE) C 55.90 93 98 98 28 123 128 131 19 224
24  Massimiliano Rubino (ITA) C 55.69 95 95 98 27 115 120 125 24 215
 Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) A 55.90 124 127 129 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 154 154 154
 Manuel Minginfel (FSM) A 55.75 115 120 120 11 140 140 140
 Masaharu Yamada (JPN) B 55.65 103 105 107 19 143 143 143
 Matin Guntali (MAS) C 55.73 100 100 105 26 130 132 135
 Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM) C 55.68 95 95 95 115 120 120 25

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