Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 56 kg

Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting
	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
Powerlifting – bench press
	Men	Women
	Open	Open
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The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 4 October at 18:30 and was the second Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.^[1]

Athletes[]

13 lifters were selected for the games.^[1]

	Athlete	Year of birth
1	Daniel Darko (GHA)	1986
2	Sukhen Dey (IND)	1989
3	V. S. Rao (IND)	1981
4	Amirul Ibrahim (MAS)	1981
5	(MAS)	1988
6	(MRI)	1989
7	Elson Brechtefeld (NRU)	1994
8	Lou Guinares (NZL)	1990
9	Abdullah Ghafoor (PAK)	1986
10	Morea Baru (PNG)	1990
11	(SRI)	1985
12	(SRI)	1984
13	Ismail Katamba (UGA)	1987

Results[]

Rank	Name	Country	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Amirul Ibrahim	Malaysia	55.39	116	141	257
	Sukhen Dey	India	55.57	112	140	252
	V. S. Rao	India	55.66	107	141	248
4	Abdullah Ghafoor	Pakistan	55.57	104	133	237
5		Sri Lanka	55.68	103	130	233
6		Sri Lanka	55.29	98	120	218
7	Lou Guinares	New Zealand	55.46	94	124	218
8		Mauritius	55.23	90	120	210
9	Elson Brechtefeld	Nauru	55.57	92	115	207
10	Morea Baru	Papua New Guinea	55.36	90	115	205
-		Malaysia	55.56	109	-	DNF
-	Ismail Katamba	Uganda	55.83	90	-	DNF

See also[]

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

References[]