2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

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The men's competition in the bantamweight (– 56 kg) division was held on 5 November 2011.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
5 November 2011	08:00	Group C
	14:00	Group B
	20:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	133 kg	Zhao Chaojun (CHN)	128 kg	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE)	125 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	159 kg	Zhao Chaojun (CHN)	156 kg	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	154 kg
Total	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	292 kg	Zhao Chaojun (CHN)	284 kg	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	276 kg

Records

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	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	168 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	24 April 2001
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	A	55.94	129	133	133		156	159	161		292
	Zhao Chaojun (CHN)	A	55.89	125	125	128		156	159	159		284
	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	A	55.65	122	122	122	5	150	154	157		276
4	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE)	A	55.37	121	124	125		150	154	154	7	275
5	Sergio Álvarez (CUB)	A	55.99	115	118	120	7	145	150	154	4	272
6	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	A	55.76	115	118	118	10	152	152	152	5	267
7	Bekzat Osmonaliev (KGZ)	B	55.99	118	120	120	6	140	145	150	11	265
8	José Montes (MEX)	B	55.90	108	112	115	16	147	151	155	6	263
9	Yang Chin-yi (TPE)	A	55.54	115	115	120	8	146	151	151	8	261
10	Ruslan Makarov (UZB)	A	55.56	115	119	120	9	145	145	148	9	260
11	Sergio Rada (COL)	B	55.83	115	118	118	11	143	143	150	12	258
12	Pongsak Maneetong (THA)	B	55.89	107	112	112	15	137	142	145	10	257
13	Nestor Colonia (PHI)	B	55.93	113	117	117	13	143	143	143	13	256
14	Tom Goegebuer (BEL)	B	55.88	112	115	115	12	134	139	141	19	254
15	Tanasak Pan-em (THA)	B	55.52	107	107	112	14	135	141	143	17	253
16	Carlos Berna (COL)	B	55.49	109	112	112	20	142	142	147	14	251
17	Oleg Sîrghi (MDA)	B	55.92	105	108	110	22	136	142	147	16	250
18	Julio Salamanca (ESA)	C	55.99	105	108	110	19	135	140	143	18	250
19	Masaharu Yamada (JPN)	C	55.64	98	100	100	29	137	139	142	15	242
20	Javier Guirado (ESP)	C	55.91	105	109	113	21	125	130	133	21	242
21	Manueli Tulo (FIJ)	C	55.72	101	101	105	24	129	134	137	20	239
22	Josué Brachi (ESP)	C	55.95	103	107	107	23	125	130	133	24	237
23	Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM)	C	55.95	100	100	105	25	125	131	131	22	236
24	Yohei Shimizu (JPN)	C	55.96	103	106	106	27	128	128	132	26	231
25	Marvin López (ESA)	C	55.66	100	105	105	30	130	135	135	23	230
26	Tan Chi-chung (TPE)	C	55.93	102	102	102	28	128	128	133	25	230
27	Darren Barnes (USA)	C	55.25	95	100	103	26	120	125	125	28	223
28	Sylvain Andrieux (FRA)	C	55.46	96	99	101	31	119	124	126	27	223
—	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	A	55.55	125	125	129	4	149	151	151	—	—
—	Carlos Hernández (CUB)	B	55.82	110	115	115	17	142	—	—	—	—
—	Sumariyanto (INA)	B	55.83	110	115	115	18	140	140	140	—	—
DQ	Khalil El-Maaoui (TUN)	A	55.81	127	127	128	—	145	145	145	—	—