Weightlifting at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 20 August at the Tamkang University Shao-Mo Memorial Gymnasium 7F.

Men's 56 kg at the XXIX Summer Universiade
Venues	Tamkang University Shao-Mo Memorial Gymnasium 7F
Dates	20 August 2017
Competitors	16 from 14 nations
Medalists
Om Yun-chol  North Korea Luis García  Dominican Republic Arli Chontey  Kazakhstan
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Records

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

• Initial records

Category		Nation	Athlete	Record	Place	Date	Meet
World record	Snatch	China	Wu Jingbiao	139 kg	Houston, United States	21 November 2015	2015 World Championships
	Clean & Jerk	North Korea	Om Yun-chol	171 kg
	Total	China	Long Qingquan	307 kg	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade records	Snatch	China (CHN)	Li Lizhi	128 kg	Shenzhen, China	13 August 2011	2011 Summer Universiade
	Clean & Jerk	China (CHN)	Xu Jingui	149 kg	Kazan, Russia	7 July 2013	2013 Summer Universiade
	Total	China (CHN)	Li Lizhi	273 kg	Shenzhen, China	13 August 2011	2011 Summer Universiade

• Broken records

Category		Nation	Athlete	Record	Place	Date
Universiade records	Snatch	North Korea (PRK)	Om Yun-chol	129 kg	New Taipei, Taiwan	20 August 2017
	Clean & Jerk			165 kg
	Total			294 kg

Results

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Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	A	55.89	122	129	–	129 UR	155	165	172	165 UR	294 UR
	Luis García (DOM)	A	55.97	115	119	119	119	144	151	151	144	263
	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	A	55.90	115	120	120	115	135	140	143	143	258
4	Muhamad Purkon (INA)	A	55.90	110	115	117	110	135	141	149	141	251
5	Kim Yong-wook (KOR)	A	56.00	104	108	111	108	136	141	145	136	244
6	Yuya Senoo (JPN)	A	55.85	97	100	103	100	133	133	135	135	235
7	Chang Hao-yu (TPE)	A	55.66	102	105	105	102	130	132	134	132	234
8	Darren Lamar Barnes (USA)	A	55.97	102	107	110	107	125	130	130	125	232
9	Tan Chi-chung (TPE)	A	55.82	100	100	103	100	125	125	130	130	230
10	Shubham Tanaji Todkar (IND)	B	55.70	95	95	103	95	120	130	134	130	225
11	Jefreey Jose Gumez (MEX)	A	55.82	95	99	102	102	122	122	126	122	224
12	Andrew Gar Cheung (USA)	A	55.66	95	99	102	99	120	125	125	125	224
13	Aleksandr Krasnov (RUS)	B	55.03	95	100	105	100	115	120	123	123	223
14	Clark Cuico (PHI)	B	53.91	85	90	90	90	120	120	125	120	210
15	Cheng Peng (CHN)	B	55.59	90	90	90	90	95	100	105	105	195
16	Milinda C. Senarathna (SRI)	B	55.07	68	68	72	72	85	90	94	90	162