2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg

2018 World Weightlifting
Championships
MenWomen
55 kg45 kg
61 kg49 kg
67 kg55 kg
73 kg59 kg
81 kg64 kg
89 kg71 kg
96 kg76 kg
102 kg81 kg
109 kg87 kg
+109 kg+87 kg
Main article: 2018 World Weightlifting Championships

The men's 55 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1–2 November 2018.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time Event
1 November 2018 14:30 Group B
2 November 2018 19:55 Group A

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Om Yun-chol (PRK) 120 kg  Arli Chontey (KAZ) 120 kg  Josué Brachi (ESP) 115 kg
Clean & Jerk  Om Yun-chol (PRK) 162 kg  Lại Gia Thành (VIE) 142 kg  Angel Rusev (BUL) 140 kg
Total  Om Yun-chol (PRK) 282 kg  Arli Chontey (KAZ) 258 kg  Mirco Scarantino (ITA) 252 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch World Standard 135 kg — 1 November 2018
Clean & Jerk World Standard 161 kg — 1 November 2018
Total World Standard 293 kg — 1 November 2018

Results

Rank Athlete Group Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Om Yun-chol (PRK) A 120 125 128 1st place, gold medalist(s) 155 162 162 1st place, gold medalist(s) 282
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Arli Chontey (KAZ) A 115 118 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 135 138 138 5 258
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mirco Scarantino (ITA) A 110 113 116 5 136 138 139 4 252
4  Kim Young-ho (KOR) A 114 118 118 4 136 137 137 6 251
5  Josué Brachi (ESP) A 115 118 118 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 135 138 139 7 250
6  Angel Rusev (BUL) A 103 108 — 7 130 135 140 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 248
7  Sergio Massidda (ITA) B 105 105 110 8 126 126 131 8 236
8  Muammer Şahin (TUR) B 110 114 114 6 120 125 128 9 235
9  Thada Somboon-uan (THA) B 101 101 101 10 120 123 126 10 224
10  Leonardo Guzmán (MEX) B 100 103 106 9 120 124 125 11 223
—  Lại Gia Thành (VIE) A 116 116 116 — 139 142 147 2nd place, silver medalist(s) —
—  Kwak Un-bom (PRK) A 113 113 113 — — — — — —
DQ  Teerapat Chomchuen (THA) A 105 105 105 — 133 136 141 — —

New records

Clean & Jerk 162 kg  Om Yun-chol (PRK) WR

References

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ "Startbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-02.