Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

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Men's 56 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beihang University Gymnasium
Date10 August
Competitors19 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Long Qingquan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Hoàng Anh Tuấn Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Bronze medal icon.svg Eko Yuli Irawan Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
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The men's 56 kilograms weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the third Weightlifting event to conclude.

Contents

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

The Athens gold medalist Turkish Halil Mutlu was not in Beijing to attempt his 4th straight gold medal. [1]

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
10 August 200810:00Group B
19:00Group A

Records

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

World Record SnatchFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)138 kg Antalya, Turkey 4 November 2001
Clean & JerkFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)168 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 24 April 2001
TotalFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)305 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Olympic Record SnatchFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)138 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Clean & JerkFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)167 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
TotalFlag of Turkey.svg  Halil Mutlu  (TUR)305 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Results

RankAthleteGroupBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total
123Result123Result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Long Qingquan  (CHN)A55.37125130132132155160164160292
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Vietnam.svg  Hoàng Anh Tuấn  (VIE)A55.97126130130130155160160160290
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Indonesia.svg  Eko Yuli Irawan  (INA)A55.91125130130130152158158158288
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yang Chin-yi  (TPE)A55.43125128128128154157160157285
5Flag of North Korea.svg  Cha Kum-chol  (PRK)A55.85128128128128155155160155283
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Sergio Álvarez  (CUB)A55.67120120125120152161166152272
7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang Shin-yuan  (TPE)A55.53115115120115146150150150265
8Flag of Malaysia.svg  Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim  (MAS)A55.77116121123121144144148144265
9Flag of Japan.svg  Masaharu Yamada  (JPN)B55.84103103106106142147153153259
10Flag of Thailand.svg  Pongsak Maneetong  (THA)B55.64112116120116142146146142258
11Flag of Japan.svg  Yasunobu Sekikawa  (JPN)B55.79108112114114138142142142256
12Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Rada  (COL)B55.74107112112112135140142140252
13Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Goegebuer  (BEL)B55.94109112114114132135137137251
14Flag of Italy.svg  Vito Dellino  (ITA)B55.99102107110110132137140137247
15Flag of Moldova.svg  Igor Grabucea  (MDA)B55.63105109112109130130135130239
Flag of Turkey.svg  Sedat Artuç  (TUR)B55.98115115115
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Khalil El-Maaoui  (TUN)A55.87123126130126142142142
Flag of North Korea.svg  Ri Kyong-sok  (PRK)A55.82122122122
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Vitali Dzerbianiou  (BLR)A55.88120125127127140140140

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