Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kg weightlifting event was one of the event at the weightlifting competition of the 1988 Summer Olympics, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 19 September, and participants were divided in two groups.

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium
Date	19 September 1988
Competitors	23 from 17 nations
Medalists
Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union He Yingqiang  China Liu Shoubin  China
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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.

Mitko Grablev originally won this category, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.^[1]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Oksen Mirzoyan (URS)	A	55.75	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	160	165	172.5	165	292.5 OR
	He Yingqiang (CHN)	A	55.65	125	130	130	125	150	162.5	167.5	162.5	287.5
	Liu Shoubin (CHN)	A	55.35	127.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	140	150	150	140	267.5
4	Dirdja Wihardja (INA)	A	55.80	107.5	112.5	112.5	112.5	137.5	142.5	147.5	142.5	255
5	Takashi Ichiba (JPN)	B	55.75	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	137.5	142.5	145	145	252.5
6	Kim Gwi-sik (KOR)	A	55.80	110	115	115	110	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	252.5
7	Joaquin Valle (ESP)	B	55.90	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	135	140	140	135	247.5
8	Giovanni Scarantino (ITA)	A	55.40	110	115	115	110	135	142.5	142.5	135	245
9	Pascal Arnou (FRA)	B	55.80	100	105	107.5	105	135	140	142.5	140	245
10	Azzedine Basbas (ALG)	B	55.95	102.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	130	137.5	140	137.5	245
11	José Zurera (ESP)	B	55.15	105	110	112.5	110	127.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	242.5
12	Arvo Ojalehto (FIN)	A	55.40	105	105	110	105	137.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	242.5
13	Samuel Alegada (PHI)	B	56.00	107.5	107.5	112.5	107.5	135	140	140	135	242.5
14	Toru Hara (JPN)	A	55.55	105	110	110	105	135	142.5	142.5	135	240
15	Liao Hsing-chou (TPE)	B	55.80	105	105	105	105	135	142.5	142.5	135	240
16	Laurent Fombertasse (FRA)	B	55.70	100	100	105	105	132.5	137.5	137.5	132.5	237.5
17	Oscar Penagos (COL)	B	55.85	100	105	110	105	127.5	132.5	135	132.5	237.5
18	Yon Haryono (INA)	B	55.85	100	100	100	100	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	237.5
19	Jose Diaz (PAN)	B	55.70	95	100	100	95	125	130	130	125	220
20	Edwin Mata (ECU)	B	55.95	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	125	130	130	125	217.5
—	Cristian Rivera (DOM)	B	55.40	105	105	107.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Tsai Wen-yee (TPE)	A	55.95	122.5	122.5	122.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Mitko Grablev (BUL)	A	55.85	122.5	127.5	130	130	162.5	167.5	172.5	167.5	297.5 DQ