| 2006 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 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 30 September 2006.
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | 12:00 | Group C |
| 14:00 | Group B | |
| 16:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Li Zheng (CHN) | 128 kg |  Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 124 kg |  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 123 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 156 kg |  Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | 155 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 152 kg |
| Total | Li Zheng (CHN) | 280 kg | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 279 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 276 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 | |||||
 | Li Zheng (CHN) | A | 55.58 | 123 | 126 | 128 | | 152 | 5 | 280 | ||
 | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | A | 55.86 | 118 | 123 |  | 148 | 153 | 156 | | 279 | |
| Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.00 | 122 | 124 | | 152 | | 276 | |||
| 4 | Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | A | 55.74 | 120 | 7 | 148 | 155 | | 275 | |||
| 5 |  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.69 | 121 | 5 | 151 | 6 | 272 | ||||
| 6 |  Igor Bour (MDA) | A | 55.51 | 114 | 118 | 8 | 148 | 150 | 8 | 268 | ||
| 7 |  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | A | 55.92 | 118 | 122 | 4 | 142 | 146 | 11 | 268 | ||
| 8 |  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 55.21 | 116 | 9 | 143 | 150 | 7 | 266 | |||
| 9 | Jadi Setiadi (INA) | A | 54.41 | 120 | 6 | 145 | 12 | 265 | ||||
| 10 | Lázaro Ruiz (CUB) | B | 55.34 | 112 | 115 | 10 | 143 | 147 | 9 | 262 | ||
| 11 |  Sergio Rada (COL) | B | 55.85 | 107 | 112 | 114 | 12 | 138 | 142 | 13 | 256 | |
| 12 |  Masaharu Yamada (JPN) | B | 55.72 | 102 | 104 | 106 | 19 | 142 | 144 | 146 | 10 | 252 |
| 13 | Igor Grabucea (MDA) | B | 55.67 | 110 | 113 | 13 | 138 | 16 | 251 | |||
| 14 |  Arsen Tamrazyan (ARM) | B | 56.00 | 110 | 15 | 135 | 139 | 15 | 249 | |||
| 15 |  László Tancsics (HUN) | B | 55.40 | 109 | 112 | 114 | 11 | 131 | 134 | 20 | 248 | |
| 16 |  Marvin López (ESA) | C | 55.98 | 105 | 108 | 17 | 135 | 140 | 14 | 248 | ||
| 17 | Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN) | B | 55.69 | 105 | 108 | 16 | 135 | 138 | 17 | 246 | ||
| 18 |  Enrique Valencia (ECU) | C | 55.96 | 100 | 105 | 20 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 21 | 238 | |
| 19 |  Zviadi Samukashvili (GEO) | B | 55.69 | 103 | 22 | 132 | — | 22 | 235 | |||
| 20 |  Antoniu Buci (ROM) | B | 55.84 | 102 | 107 | 18 | 128 | 24 | 235 | |||
| 21 |  Meng Wenjun (MAC) | C | 54.97 | 110 | 14 | 122 | — | 27 | 232 | |||
| 22 |  Pongsak Maneetong (THA) | B | 55.64 | 103 | 21 | 128 | 23 | 231 | ||||
| 23 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) | B | 55.94 | 100 | 24 | 128 | 25 | 228 | ||||
| 24 |  Vito Dellino (ITA) | C | 55.96 | 95 | 25 | 125 | 26 | 220 | ||||
| 25 |  Javier Guirado (ESP) | C | 55.51 | 100 | 23 | 110 | 115 | 30 | 215 | |||
| 26 |  Döwran Akmyradow (TKM) | C | 55.98 | 95 | 26 | 110 | 116 | 29 | 211 | |||
| 27 | Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM) | C | 53.48 | 80 | 85 | 27 | 100 | 105 | 31 | 190 | ||
| — | Tanasak Pan-em (THA) | B | 54.88 | — | 133 | 137 | 18 | — | ||||
| — | Wu Meijin (CHN) | A | 55.32 | — | 152 | 4 | — | |||||
| — |  Jhon Fuentes (VEN) | C | 55.63 | — | 135 | 137 | 19 | — | ||||
| — | Sylvain Andrieux (FRA) | C | 55.66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — |  Mubarak Kivumbi (UGA) | C | 55.78 | — | 120 | 28 | — | |||||
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