2015 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kilograms event at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 20 and 21 November 2015 in Houston, United States.^[1]

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Event
20 November 2015	13:00	Group C
20 November 2015	17:30	Group B
21 November 2015	14:55	Group A

Medalists edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	139 kg	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	132 kg	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	131 kg
Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	171 kg	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	163 kg	Nestor Colonia (PHI)	158 kg
Total	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	302 kg	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	302 kg	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	287 kg

Records edit

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	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	170 kg	Incheon, South Korea	20 September 2014
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000

Results edit

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	A	55.78	127	131	~~133~~		165	171	~~175~~		302
	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	A	55.93	~~135~~	135	139		160	163	~~166~~		302
	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	A	55.91	~~130~~	130	~~133~~	4	151	153	157	4	287
4	Nestor Colonia (PHI)	A	55.95	120	~~124~~	124	5	152	157	158		282
5	Sergio Rada (COL)	A	55.85	115	~~118~~	118	8	145	150	~~151~~	6	268
6	Witoon Mingmoon (THA)	B	55.67	~~110~~	110	~~115~~	17	150	155	~~158~~	5	265
7	Sinphet Kruaithong (THA)	A	55.75	120	~~123~~	~~123~~	7	141	~~145~~	145	10	265
8	Habib de las Salas (COL)	A	55.87	~~113~~	113	117	9	145	~~151~~	~~153~~	11	262
9	Surahmat Wijoyo (INA)	B	55.63	~~112~~	112	~~116~~	15	140	145	149	7	261
10	Josué Brachi (ESP)	B	55.74	115	118	120	6	138	140	~~143~~	15	260
11	Muhammad Purkon (INA)	B	55.47	115	~~119~~	~~119~~	10	135	140	143	12	258
12	Mirco Scarantino (ITA)	A	55.76	~~115~~	~~115~~	115	11	142	~~147~~	~~147~~	14	257
13	José Montes (MEX)	B	55.88	~~110~~	110	~~113~~	19	~~146~~	146	~~149~~	9	256
14	Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE)	B	55.82	110	115	~~117~~	12	~~140~~	140	~~146~~	16	255
15	Hiroaki Takao (JPN)	C	55.82	~~108~~	108	111	16	~~134~~	134	137	18	248
16	Enmanuel Rocafuerte (ECU)	C	55.92	105	108	~~110~~	21	135	140	~~142~~	17	248
17	Tan Chi-chung (TPE)	C	55.79	~~110~~	110	~~113~~	18	135	~~138~~	~~138~~	19	245
18	İsmet Algül (TUR)	B	55.73	111	114	~~116~~	13	~~130~~	130	~~135~~	26	244
19	Jamjang Deru (IND)	C	55.75	~~102~~	102	~~105~~	27	133	138	142	13	244
20	Tom Goegebuer (BEL)	C	55.78	~~108~~	109	113	14	~~128~~	~~130~~	130	27	243
21	Gökhan Kılıç (TUR)	B	55.86	108	~~111~~	~~111~~	20	132	~~138~~	~~138~~	24	240
22	Manueli Tulo (FIJ)	C	55.93	103	107	~~110~~	23	127	133	~~138~~	23	240
23	Oleg Sîrghi (MDA)	C	55.91	100	105	—	25	~~132~~	~~133~~	133	22	238
24	Ösökhbayaryn Chagnaadorj (MGL)	C	55.36	100	~~105~~	105	24	130	~~136~~	~~136~~	25	235
25	Sukhen Dey (IND)	C	55.69	95	102	~~106~~	26	133	~~138~~	~~138~~	20	235
26	Francisco Barrera (CHI)	C	55.80	102	~~105~~	~~105~~	28	~~130~~	~~130~~	130	28	232
27	Michael Otero (ESP)	C	55.96	97	97	97	29	~~127~~	127	~~132~~	29	224
—	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	A	55.54	127	~~131~~	132		~~150~~	~~150~~	~~150~~	—	—
—	Amine Bouhijbha (TUN)	B	55.66	107	~~111~~	~~111~~	22	~~135~~	~~135~~	~~135~~	—	—
—	Luis García (DOM)	B	55.63	~~112~~	~~112~~	~~115~~	—	140	145	148	8	—
—	Ilie Ciotoiu (ROU)	B	55.87	~~104~~	~~104~~	~~104~~	—	133	~~136~~	~~136~~	21	—
—	Long Qingquan (CHN)	A	55.93	~~131~~	~~131~~	~~131~~	—	—	—	—	—	—
DQ	Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA)	B	55.53	119	~~123~~	123	—	138	141	144	—	—