The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 30 July 2002. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 260 kg.[1]
| Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Manchester International Convention Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 30 July 2002 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning total weight | 260.0 | |||||||||
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Schedule
editAll times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 30 July 2002 | 10:00 | Group A |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch |  Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
138.5 kg | Antalya, Turkey | 4 November 2001 |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
168.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 24 April 2001 | |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
305.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 | |
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | ||||
| Clean & Jerk |  Arumugam Pandian (IND) |
147.5 kg | Vishakapatnam, India | 17 January 2001 | |
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| Games record | Snatch |  Ponnuswamy Rangaswamy (IND) |
110.0 kg | Auckland, New Zealand | January 1990 |
| Clean & Jerk | Dharmaraj Wilson (IND) |
140.0 kg | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 16 September 1998 | |
| Total | Ponnuswamy Rangaswamy (IND) |
247.5 kg | Auckland, New Zealand | January 1990 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 112.5 kg |  Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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| 115.0 kg | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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| Clean & Jerk | 145.0 kg | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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| Total | 250.0 kg | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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| 255.0 kg | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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| 260.0 kg | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)
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Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight |
Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | ||||||
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Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim | Malaysia |
A | 55.85 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 115.0 | |
135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | |
260.0 |
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Thandava Murthy Muthu | India |
A | 55.95 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | |
132.5 | 132.5 |  |
245.0 | |||
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Vicky Batta | India |
A | 55.80 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 4 | 127.5 | 135.0 | 135.0 | |
242.5 | |||
| 4 | Mohamed Faizal Baharom | Malaysia |
A | 55.35 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | |
130.0 | 130.0 | 4 | 240.0 | |||
| 5 | Chinthana Vidanage |  Sri Lanka |
A | 55.80 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 5 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 5 | 227.5 | ||||
| 6 | Mehmet Yağcı |  Australia |
A | 55.85 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 6 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 6 | 227.5 | ||||
| 7 | Chako Daniel |  Nauru |
A | 55.65 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 7 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 7 | 217.5 | |
| 8 | Gino Soupprayen |  Mauritius |
A | 55.90 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 8 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 11 | 205.0 | |||
| 9 | Salim Balinnya |  Uganda |
A | 55.10 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 9 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 8 | 202.5 | ||
| 10 | Obrie Nondo |  Zambia |
A | 55.45 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 11 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 9 | 200.0 | |
| 11 | Jeffrey Robby |  Papua New Guinea |
A | 55.45 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 10 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 10 | 195.0 | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Weightlifting Men's 56 kg - Result". m2002.thecgf.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.