| 2005 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 2005 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Doha, Qatar from 9 November to 17 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 9 November 2005.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 9 November 2005 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 20:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Li Zheng (CHN) | 127 kg |  Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 126 kg |  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 125 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 156 kg | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 156 kg | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 155 kg |
| Total | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 281 kg |  Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | 280 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 279 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
 | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.57 | 122 | 125 |  | 153 | 156 | | 281 | ||
 | Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | A | 55.88 | 118 | 125 | 4 | 150 | 155 | 4 | 280 | ||
| Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.93 | 122 | 126 | | 153 | 5 | 279 | |||
| 4 | Wu Meijin (CHN) | A | 55.65 | 122 | 5 | 156 | | 278 | ||||
| 5 | Li Zheng (CHN) | A | 55.49 | 122 | 127 | | 150 | 6 | 277 | |||
| 6 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.56 | 120 | 6 | 150 | 155 | | 275 | |||
| 7 |  Nelson Castro (COL) | A | 54.84 | 110 | 115 | 7 | 140 | 142 | 145 | 7 | 260 | |
| 8 |  Sajjad Behrouzi (IRI) | A | 55.95 | 110 | 115 | 8 | 130 | 136 | 140 | 11 | 255 | |
| 9 | Sergio Rada (COL) | A | 55.85 | 105 | 110 | 12 | 136 | 143 | 8 | 253 | ||
| 10 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) | A | 55.91 | 107 | 111 | 10 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 9 | 253 | |
| 11 |  Mohd Faizal Baharom (MAS) | B | 55.32 | 110 | 11 | 130 | 140 | 10 | 250 | |||
| 12 |  Igor Grabucea (MDA) | A | 55.37 | 112 | 9 | 137 | 12 | 249 | ||||
| 13 |  Víctor Castellano (VEN) | B | 55.95 | 102 | 106 | 109 | 13 | 130 | 137 | 13 | 246 | |
| 14 |  Vicky Batta (IND) | B | 55.99 | 107 | 14 | 127 | 15 | 234 | ||||
| 15 | Veerabadran Ganesan (IND) | B | 55.25 | 100 | 16 | 125 | 132 | 14 | 232 | |||
| 16 |  Daniel Koum (CMR) | B | 55.76 | 97 | 102 | 15 | 125 | 16 | 227 | |||
| 17 |  Róbert Ádám (HUN) | B | 55.79 | 95 | 100 | 17 | 120 | 17 | 220 | |||
| — |  Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM) | B | 51.26 | — | 95 | 18 | — | |||||