Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The Men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 7 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro.

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro
Date	7 August 2016
Competitors	19 from 17 nations
Winning total	307 kg WR
Medalists
Long Qingquan  China Om Yun-chol  North Korea Sinphet Kruaithong  Thailand

The medals were presented by Chang Ung, IOC member, North Korea and Salvatore Coffa, Vice President of International Weightlifting Federation.

Schedule

All times are Time in Brazil (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Event
7 August 2016	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Records

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

World record	Snatch	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	139 kg	Houston, United States	21 November 2015
	Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	171 kg	Houston, United States	21 November 2015
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
Olympic record	Snatch	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	138 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	168 kg	London, United Kingdom	29 July 2012
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Long Qingquan	China	A	55.68	132	135	137	137	161	166	170	170 OR	307 WR
	Om Yun-chol	North Korea	A	55.57	128	132	134	134	165	169	169	169	303
	Sinphet Kruaithong	Thailand	A	55.43	125	131	132	132	154	157	161	157	289
4	Arli Chontey	Kazakhstan	A	55.64	125	130	132	130	148	153	154	148	278
5	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn	Vietnam	A	55.85	117	121	123	121	148	154	157	154	275
6	Habib de las Salas	Colombia	A	55.84	113	116	119	119	143	147	150	147	266
7	Mirco Scarantino	Italy	A	55.91	115	115	120	115	143	146	149	149	264
8	Luis García	Dominican Republic	B	55.56	110	115	118	118	140	145	145	145	263
9	Witoon Mingmoon	Thailand	A	55.67	113	113	116	113	148	151	151	148	261
10	Edgar Pineda	Guatemala	B	56.00	103	108	111	108	140	140	143	143	251
11	Hiroaki Takao	Japan	B	55.90	108	111	111	111	134	138	138	138	249
12	Tan Chi-chung	Chinese Taipei	B	55.89	110	110	110	110	131	135	138	138	248
13	Manueli Tulo	Fiji	B	55.81	103	106	109	106	130	136	139	136	242
14	Tom Goegebuer	Belgium	B	55.74	107	111	113	111	126	130	133	130	241
15	Elson Brechtefeld	Nauru	B	55.62	95	98	101	98	120	125	125	125	223
–	Thạch Kim Tuấn	Vietnam	A	55.55	130	130	133	130	157	160	160	–	–
–	Nestor Colonia	Philippines	A	55.11	120	125	125	120	154	154	154	–	–
–	Josué Brachi	Spain	B	55.67	120	120	120	–	–	–	–	–	–
DQ	Ösökhbayaryn Chagnaadorj	Mongolia	B	55.65	103	103	103	–	–	–	–	–	–

New records

Clean & Jerk	169 kg	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	OR
Clean & Jerk	170 kg	Long Qingquan (CHN)	OR
Total	307 kg	Long Qingquan (CHN)	OR, WR