| 2002 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 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 | ||
The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 19 November 2002.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2002 | 14:00 | Group B |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Wu Meijin (CHN) | 127.5 kg |  Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 125.0 kg |  Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 125.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 160.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 152.5 kg | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 152.5 kg |
| Total | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 287.5 kg | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 277.5 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 277.5 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Wu Meijin (CHN) | A | 55.50 | 122.5 | 127.5 | | 155.0 | 160.0 | | 287.5 | ||
 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.60 | 125.0 | | 152.5 |  | 277.5 | ||||
| Adrian Jigău (ROM) | A | 55.70 | 120.0 | 125.0 | | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 4 | 277.5 | |
| 4 | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.45 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 6 | 152.5 | | 272.5 | |||
| 5 |  László Tancsics (HUN) | A | 55.25 | 120.0 | 5 | 145.0 | 5 | 265.0 | ||||
| 6 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) | A | 55.85 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 7 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 6 | 250.0 | |
| 7 |  Theocharis Chatzidis (GRE) | B | 55.85 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 8 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 7 | 242.5 |
| 8 |  Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN) | A | 55.70 | 105.0 | 9 | 120.0 | 9 | 225.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Iván Hernández (ESP) | B | 55.05 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 11 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 8 | 217.5 | ||
| — |  Sanjar Kadyrbergenow (TKM) | B | 55.55 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 10 | — | — | ||||
| — |  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | A | 55.80 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 4 | — | — | ||||