| 2022 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 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 December 2022. [1]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 6 December 2022 | 09:30 | Group B |
| 19:00 | Group A |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | 118 kg |  Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 118 kg | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE) | 117 kg |
| Clean & Jerk |  Theerapong Silachai (THA) | 148 kg |  Kim Yong-ho (KOR) | 145 kg |  Miguel Suárez (COL) | 143 kg |
| Total | Theerapong Silachai (THA) | 265 kg | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE) | 260 kg | Kim Yong-ho (KOR) | 260 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 | ||||
 | Theerapong Silachai (THA) | A | 117 | 4 | 144 | 147 | 148 | | 265 | ||
 | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE) | A | 117 |  | 143 | 4 | 260 | ||||
| Kim Yong-ho (KOR) | A | 115 | 5 | 145 | | 260 | ||||
| 4 | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 115 | 118 | | 141 | 6 | 259 | |||
| 5 | Miguel Suárez (COL) | B | 105 | 10 | 140 | 143 | | 248 | |||
| 6 |  Angel Rusev (BUL) | A | 106 | 9 | 141 | 5 | 247 | ||||
| 7 |  Nestor Colonia (PHI) | B | 110 | 7 | 133 | 8 | 243 | ||||
| 8 |  Josué Brachi (ESP) | B | 107 | 112 | 6 | 129 | 10 | 241 | |||
| 9 |  José Poox (MEX) | B | 100 | 104 | 11 | 130 | 135 | 7 | 239 | ||
| 10 |  Gabe Chhum (USA) | B | 100 | 103 | 106 | 8 | 132 | 9 | 238 | ||
| 11 |  Jhony Arteaga (ECU) | B | 100 | 104 | 12 | 120 | 125 | 11 | 229 | ||
| 12 | Juan Barco (MEX) | B | 90 | 13 | 115 | 120 | 12 | 210 | |||
| — | Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | A | 118 | | — | — | |||||
| — |  Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | A | — | — | — | ||||||
| — |  Éric Andriantsitohaina (MAD) | A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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