| 2021 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 55 kg | 45 kg | |
| 61 kg | 49 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 73 kg | 59 kg | |
| 81 kg | 64 kg | |
| 89 kg | 71 kg | |
| 96 kg | 76 kg | |
| 102 kg | 81 kg | |
| 109 kg | 87 kg | |
| +109 kg | +87 kg | |
The men's 55 kilograms competition at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 7 December 2021. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 7 December 2021 | 14:00 | Group B |
| 19:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | 118 kg |  Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 118 kg |  Muammer Şahin (TUR) | 116 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Angel Rusev (BUL) | 144 kg |  Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | 142 kg | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 142 kg |
| Total | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 260 kg |  Thada Somboon-uan (THA) | 256 kg | Angel Rusev (BUL) | 254 kg |
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 135 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
| Clean & Jerk |  Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 166 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 18 September 2019 | |
| Total | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 294 kg | Pattaya, Thailand | 18 September 2019 |
| Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 113 | 116 | 118 |  | 137 | 140 | 142 |  | 260 |
| Thada Somboon-uan (THA) | A | 112 | 115 | 4 | 137 | 141 | 4 | 256 | ||
| Angel Rusev (BUL) | A | 106 | 110 | 7 | 140 | 144 | | 254 | ||
| 4 |  Josué Brachi (ESP) | A | 110 | 114 | 5 | 135 | 139 | 5 | 253 | ||
| 5 | Aniq Kasdan (MAS) | A | 103 | 107 | 11 | 135 | 142 | | 249 | ||
| 6 | Muammer Şahin (TUR) | A | 110 | 113 | 116 | | 123 | 127 | 12 | 243 | |
| 7 |  Miguel Suárez (COL) | B | 104 | 14 | 133 | 138 | 6 | 242 | |||
| 8 |  Fernando Agad (PHI) | B | 104 | 108 | 10 | 131 | 8 | 239 | |||
| 9 |  Satrio Adi Nugroho (INA) | B | 103 | 108 | 9 | 130 | 10 | 238 | |||
| 10 |  Daniel Lungu (MDA) | B | 109 | 8 | 127 | 11 | 236 | ||||
| 11 |  Dmytro Voronovskyi (UKR) | A | 105 | 13 | 128 | 131 | 9 | 236 | |||
| 12 |  Winder Sánchez (VEN) | B | 103 | 15 | 132 | 7 | 235 | ||||
| 13 |  Davis Niyoyita (UGA) | B | 90 | 95 | 16 | 120 | 125 | 13 | 220 | ||
| 14 |  Benjamin Ochoma (KEN) | B | 55 | 17 | 75 | 80 | 14 | 135 | |||
| — | Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | A | 115 | 118 | | — | — | ||||
| — |  Sanket Sargar (IND) | A | 107 | 111 | 113 | 6 | — | — | |||
| — |  Dilanka Isuru Kumara (SRI) | B | 105 | 12 | — | — | |||||