Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	10 August
Competitors	19 from 16 nations
Medalists
Long Qingquan  China Hoàng Anh Tuấn  Vietnam Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia
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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg
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The men's 56 kilograms weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the third Weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

The Athens gold medalist Turkish Halil Mutlu was not in Beijing to attempt his 4th straight gold medal.^[1]

Schedule[]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Records[]

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

World Record	Snatch	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	138 kg	Antalya, Turkey	4 November 2001
	Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	168 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	24 April 2001
	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	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	167 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000

Results[]

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Long Qingquan (CHN)	A	55.37	125	130	132	132	155	160	164	160	292
	Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE)	A	55.97	126	130	130	130	155	160	160	160	290
	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	A	55.91	125	130	130	130	152	158	158	158	288
4	Yang Chin-yi (TPE)	A	55.43	125	128	128	128	154	157	160	157	285
5	Cha Kum-chol (PRK)	A	55.85	128	128	128	128	155	155	160	155	283
6	Sergio Álvarez (CUB)	A	55.67	120	120	125	120	152	161	166	152	272
7	Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)	A	55.53	115	115	120	115	146	150	150	150	265
8	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	A	55.77	116	121	123	121	144	144	148	144	265
9	Masaharu Yamada (JPN)	B	55.84	103	103	106	106	142	147	153	153	259
10	Pongsak Maneetong (THA)	B	55.64	112	116	120	116	142	146	146	142	258
11	Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN)	B	55.79	108	112	114	114	138	142	142	142	256
12	Sergio Rada (COL)	B	55.74	107	112	112	112	135	140	142	140	252
13	Tom Goegebuer (BEL)	B	55.94	109	112	114	114	132	135	137	137	251
14	Vito Dellino (ITA)	B	55.99	102	107	110	110	132	137	140	137	247
15	Igor Grabucea (MDA)	B	55.63	105	109	112	109	130	130	135	130	239
—	Sedat Artuç (TUR)	B	55.98	115	115	115	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Khalil El-Maaoui (TUN)	A	55.87	123	126	130	126	142	142	142	—	—
—	Ri Kyong-sok (PRK)	A	55.82	122	122	122	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR)	A	55.88	120	125	127	127	140	140	140	—	—

References[]

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