| 2003 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 14 November 2003.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 14 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 16:00 | Group B | |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Wu Meijin (CHN) | 127.5 kg |  Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 125.0 kg | Lu Jinbi (CHN) | 125.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 160.0 kg |  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 155.0 kg |  Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 155.0 kg |
| Total | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 287.5 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 277.5 kg | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 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 | 55.70 | 122.5 | 127.5 | | 155.0 | 160.0 | | 287.5 | ||
 | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | A | 55.94 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 5 | 150.0 | 155.0 |  | 280.0 | ||
| Sedat Artuç (TUR) | A | 55.49 | 120.0 | 125.0 | | 145.0 | 152.5 | 4 | 277.5 | ||
| 4 | Lu Jinbi (CHN) | A | 55.70 | 120.0 | 125.0 | | 152.5 | 5 | 277.5 | |||
| 5 | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.86 | 122.5 | 7 | 150.0 | 155.0 | | 277.5 | |||
| 6 |  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | A | 55.92 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 4 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 6 | 277.5 | |
| 7 |  Jadi Setiadi (INA) | A | 54.19 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 6 | 147.5 | 7 | 270.0 | |||
| 8 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.66 | 120.0 | 10 | 145.0 | 9 | 265.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Mohammed Abdul-Monem (IRQ) | A | 55.96 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 8 | 137.5 | 18 | 260.0 | ||
| 10 |  Viktor Chislean (MDA) | B | 55.60 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 9 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 15 | 257.5 | |
| 11 |  Nelson Castro (COL) | A | 55.17 | 110.0 | 13 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 8 | 255.0 | |||
| 12 |  Abdullatif Al-Abdullatif (KSA) | A | 55.69 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 14 | 145.0 | 10 | 255.0 | |||
| 13 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) | B | 55.74 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 11 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 12 | 255.0 | ||
| 14 |  Asif Malikov (AZE) | B | 55.75 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 16 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 13 | 250.0 | ||
| 15 |  Víctor Castellano (VEN) | B | 55.80 | 110.0 | 17 | 140.0 | 14 | 250.0 | ||||
| 16 |  Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) | B | 55.63 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 20 | 140.0 | 11 | 247.5 | |||
| 17 |  Nafaa Benami (ALG) | B | 55.81 | 110.0 | 18 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 16 | 247.5 | |||
| 18 |  Ji Hun-min (KOR) | B | 55.92 | 112.5 | 12 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 20 | 247.5 | |||
| 19 | Agus (INA) | B | 55.94 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 19 | 137.5 | 17 | 247.5 | |||
| 20 |  Vicky Batta (IND) | B | 55.71 | 110.0 | 15 | 132.5 | 22 | 242.5 | ||||
| 21 |  Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow (TKM) | B | 55.85 | 105.0 | 23 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 19 | 240.0 | |||
| 22 | Ruslan Ignatiuc (MDA) | C | 55.57 | 105.0 | 22 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 21 | 237.5 | |||
| 23 |  Theocharis Chatzidis (GRE) | C | 55.79 | 102.5 | 28 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 23 | 235.0 | |||
| 24 | Valluri Srinivasa Rao (IND) | C | 55.95 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 26 | 130.0 | 25 | 235.0 | |||
| 25 |  Andrey Rodionov (KAZ) | C | 55.95 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 25 | 125.0 | 27 | 230.0 | |||
| 26 |  Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY) | C | 55.37 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 21 | 122.5 | 28 | 227.5 | |||
| 27 |  Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | C | 55.42 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 29 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 26 | 227.5 | ||
| 28 |  Vito Dellino (ITA) | C | 55.83 | 90.0 | 31 | 130.0 | 24 | 220.0 | ||||
| 29 |  Iván Hernández (ESP) | C | 55.51 | 95.0 | 30 | 120.0 | 29 | 215.0 | ||||
| 30 |  Víctor Castro (PER) | C | 55.96 | 90.0 | 32 | 117.5 | 30 | 207.5 | ||||
| — |  László Tancsics (HUN) | A | 55.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Gert Trasha (ALB) | C | 55.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Masaharu Yamada (JPN) | B | 55.56 | 102.5 | 27 | — | — | |||||
| — |  Marvin López (ESA) | C | 55.90 | 105.0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | |||
| DQ | Sanjar Kadyrbergenow (TKM) | B | 55.65 | 107.5 | — | 125.0 | 130.0 | — | — | |||
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