Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

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Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date16 September
Competitors22 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Halil Mutlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Silver medal icon.svg Wu Wenxiong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Xiangxiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The men's 56 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 16. [1] [2]

Contents

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Time (UTC+10:00)

DateTimeEvent
16 September 200014:30Group B
18:30Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record SnatchFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)137.5 kg Athens, Greece 22 November 1999
Clean & JerkFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)166.0 kg Athens, Greece 22 November 1999
TotalFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)302.5 kg Athens, Greece 22 November 1999
Olympic Record SnatchOlympic Standard135.0 kg—1 January 1997
Clean & JerkOlympic Standard165.0 kg—1 January 1997
TotalOlympic Standard300.0 kg—1 January 1997

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)A55.62130.0135.0138.0137.5160.0167.5170.0167.5305.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Wenxiong  (CHN)A55.48125.0130.0130.0125.0157.5162.5162.5162.5287.5
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Xiangxiang  (CHN)A55.94125.0130.0130.0125.0157.5157.5162.5162.5287.5
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang Shin-yuan  (TPE)A55.38125.0127.5127.5125.0155.0160.0162.5160.0285.0
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Sergio Álvarez  (CUB)A55.66120.0120.0125.0120.0150.0155.0160.0155.0275.0
6Flag of Romania.svg  Adrian Jigău  (ROM)A55.72122.5127.5127.5122.5152.5157.5157.5152.5275.0
7Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Vitali Dzerbianiou  (BLR)B55.96115.0120.0125.0125.0145.0150.0155.0150.0275.0
8Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Chin-yi  (TPE)A55.58120.0125.0127.5120.0150.0150.0155.0150.0270.0
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Likhvald  (UKR)A55.86120.0125.0125.0120.0150.0155.0155.0155.0270.0
10Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Hwang Kyu-dong  (KOR)A55.94110.0110.0115.0115.0142.5147.5152.5152.5267.5
11Flag of Colombia.svg  Nelson Castro  (COL)A55.32110.0115.0117.5115.0140.0145.0145.0145.0260.0
12Flag of Guatemala.svg  Luis Medrano  (GUA)B55.94115.0117.5117.5115.0137.5140.0142.5142.5257.5
13Flag of Japan.svg  Koki Tagashira  (JPN)B55.44107.5112.5117.5112.5135.0140.0142.5140.0252.5
14Flag of France.svg  Éric Bonnel  (FRA)A55.70112.5117.5117.5112.5140.0147.5147.5140.0252.5
15Flag of Japan.svg  Yasuji Kikuzuma  (JPN)B55.82105.0105.0105.0105.0140.0140.0145.0145.0250.0
16Flag of India.svg  Thandava Murthy Muthu  (IND)B55.90105.0110.0112.5110.0130.0135.0135.0135.0245.0
17Flag of Australia.svg  Mehmet Yağcı  (AUS)B55.94100.0100.0105.0105.0125.0130.0135.0130.0235.0
18Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Orlando Vásquez  (NCA)B55.84102.5107.5107.5102.5130.0135.0135.0130.0232.5
19Flag of Mauritius.svg  Gino Soupprayen  (MRI)B55.8890.095.0100.095.0110.0115.0117.5115.0210.0
20Olympic flag.svg  Martinho de Araújo  (IOA)B55.5465.065.067.567.585.090.095.090.0157.5
—Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Manuel Minginfel  (FSM)B55.7097.597.597.5——————
DQFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Ivan Ivanov  (BUL)A55.92125.0130.0130.0130.0155.0160.0162.5162.5292.5

New records

Snatch138.0 kgFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR) WR
Clean & Jerk167.5 kgFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR) WR
Total305.0 kgFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR) WR

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References

  1. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 34. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Two Athletes Sent Home After Testing Positive for Drugs". Los Angeles Times . 20 September 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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