| 2014 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 men's 56 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8 November 2014 | 11:00 | Group C |
| 15:00 | Group B | |
| 19:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 135 kg |  Li Fabin (CHN) | 134 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 133 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 168 kg | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 161 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 160 kg |
| Total | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 296 kg | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 296 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 293 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 | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 170 kg | Incheon, South Korea | 20 September 2014 | |
| 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 | |||||
 | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | A | 55.71 | 124 | 128 | 5 | 162 | 168 | | 296 | ||
 | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.75 | 130 | 134 | 135 | | 156 | 161 | | 296 | |
 | Long Qingquan (CHN) | A | 55.40 | 130 | 133 | | 160 | | 293 | |||
| 4 | Li Fabin (CHN) | A | 55.50 | 130 | 134 | | 157 | 4 | 291 | |||
| 5 | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE) | A | 55.90 | 125 | 6 | 155 | 5 | 280 | ||||
| 6 |  Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 55.60 | 122 | 126 | 129 | 4 | 145 | 11 | 274 | ||
| 7 |  Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.95 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 8 | 150 | 7 | 274 | ||
| 8 |  Sinphet Kruaithong (THA) | A | 55.10 | 117 | 120 | 9 | 144 | 146 | 8 | 266 | ||
| 9 |  Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | B | 55.18 | 116 | 120 | 124 | 7 | 135 | 142 | 15 | 266 | |
| 10 |  Sergio Rada (COL) | A | 55.57 | 113 | 116 | 13 | 145 | 150 | 6 | 266 | ||
| 11 | Carlos Berna (COL) | A | 55.69 | 112 | 115 | 118 | 10 | 146 | 9 | 264 | ||
| 12 |  Majid Askari (IRI) | A | 55.70 | 117 | 11 | 144 | 13 | 261 | ||||
| 13 |  Surahmat Wijoyo (INA) | B | 55.76 | 110 | 113 | 17 | 142 | 146 | 10 | 259 | ||
| 14 |  Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | B | 55.82 | 107 | 112 | 18 | 140 | 18 | 252 | |||
| 15 |  Zulhelmi Pisol (MAS) | B | 55.72 | 106 | 109 | 20 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 16 | 251 | |
| 16 | Tan Chi-chung (TPE) | B | 55.78 | 106 | 25 | 140 | 145 | 12 | 251 | |||
| 17 |  Asen Muradov (BUL) | B | 55.89 | 110 | 115 | 117 | 12 | 125 | 130 | 134 | 23 | 251 |
| 18 |  Smbat Margaryan (ARM) | B | 55.63 | 107 | 24 | 143 | 14 | 250 | ||||
| 19 |  Kota Yomogi (JPN) | C | 55.68 | 106 | 109 | 111 | 19 | 135 | 139 | 19 | 250 | |
| 20 |  Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | B | 55.69 | 109 | 113 | 115 | 14 | 130 | 135 | 22 | 250 | |
| 21 | Witoon Mingmoon (THA) | B | 55.21 | 105 | 107 | 23 | 138 | 140 | 17 | 247 | ||
| 22 |  Josué Brachi (ESP) | B | 55.61 | 114 | 15 | 133 | 24 | 247 | ||||
| 23 | Hiroaki Takao (JPN) | C | 55.48 | 108 | 21 | 133 | 136 | 20 | 244 | |||
| 24 |  Elmar Aliyev (AZE) | C | 55.55 | 98 | 101 | 103 | 28 | 129 | 135 | 21 | 238 | |
| 25 |  Ganesh Mali (IND) | C | 55.86 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 22 | 124 | 128 | 130 | 27 | 238 |
| 26 |  Francisco Barrera (CHI) | C | 55.99 | 100 | 105 | 27 | 129 | 132 | 25 | 237 | ||
| 27 |  Walter Zurita (ECU) | C | 55.21 | 100 | 105 | 26 | 126 | 28 | 231 | |||
| 28 |  Eduar Beris (VEN) | C | 55.63 | 96 | 100 | 30 | 120 | 127 | 130 | 26 | 230 | |
| 29 | Seraj Al-Saleem (KSA) | C | 54.12 | 94 | 98 | 101 | 29 | 119 | 30 | 220 | ||
| 30 |  Amor Fenni (ALG) | C | 55.69 | 95 | 31 | 116 | 120 | 29 | 215 | |||
| — |  Mirco Scarantino (ITA) | A | 55.69 | 113 | 16 | — | — | |||||
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