2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg

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The men's 55 kilograms competition at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 December 2022.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
6 December 2022	09:30	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Lại Gia Thành (VIE)	118 kg	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	118 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	117 kg
Clean & Jerk	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	148 kg	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	145 kg	Miguel Suárez (COL)	143 kg
Total	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	265 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	260 kg	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	260 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	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	166 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019
	Total	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	294 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	A	117	117	119	4	144	147	148		265
	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	A	116	117	119		143	146	148	4	260
	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	A	115	118	119	5	145	145	145		260
4	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	A	115	118	118		140	141	144	6	259
5	Miguel Suárez (COL)	B	105	109	109	10	140	143	145		248
6	Angel Rusev (BUL)	A	106	110	110	9	141	145	145	5	247
7	Nestor Colonia (PHI)	B	110	110	110	7	133	133	140	8	243
8	Josué Brachi (ESP)	B	107	112	116	6	129	134	134	10	241
9	José Poox (MEX)	B	100	104	106	11	130	135	138	7	239
10	Gabe Chhum (USA)	B	100	103	106	8	132	132	135	9	238
11	Jhony Arteaga (ECU)	B	100	104	106	12	120	125	127	11	229
12	Juan Barco (MEX)	B	90	95	95	13	115	120	125	12	210
—	Lại Gia Thành (VIE)	A	118	118	121		141	142	142	—	—
—	Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA)	A	115	116	116	—	141	141	141	—	—
—	Éric Andriantsitohaina (MAD)	A	102	102	102	—	—	—	—	—	—