2007 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

2007 World Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Men			Women
	56 kg			48 kg
	62 kg			53 kg
	69 kg			58 kg
	77 kg			63 kg
	85 kg			69 kg
	94 kg			75 kg
	105 kg			+75 kg
	+105 kg

The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on September 17–18, 2007.

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
17 September 2007	12:00	Group C
	20:00	Group B
18 September 2007	17:00	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Li Zheng (CHN)	130 kg	Cha Kum-chol (PRK)	128 kg	Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE)	127 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergio Álvarez (CUB)	156 kg	Cha Kum-chol (PRK)	155 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	154 kg
Total	Cha Kum-chol (PRK)	283 kg	Li Zheng (CHN)	283 kg	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	278 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
	Cha Kum-chol (PRK)	A	55.64	125	128	130		150	155	157		283
	Li Zheng (CHN)	A	55.69	125	128	130		153	153	153	4	283
	Eko Yuli Irawan (INA)	A	55.84	124	124	127	5	154	156	156		278
4	Sergio Álvarez (CUB)	A	55.90	118	124	124	9	150	156	156		274
5	Ri Kyong-sok (PRK)	A	55.86	115	120	122	6	150	150	157	5	272
6	Igor Bour (MDA)	A	55.67	110	118	121	8	149	153	153	6	267
7	Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR)	A	55.88	120	125	125	4	142	142	146	11	267
8	Wu Meijin (CHN)	A	55.53	120	120	120	7	145	150	—	7	265
9	Sedat Artuç (TUR)	A	55.59	115	115	115	10	135	135	140	12	255
10	Pongsak Maneetong (THA)	A	55.54	106	111	112	14	137	142	142	9	253
11	Arthouros Akritidis (GRE)	B	55.42	110	115	115	16	135	142	144	8	252
12	Igor Grabucea (MDA)	B	55.68	110	114	116	12	130	135	138	15	252
13	Nelson Castro (COL)	B	55.61	107	110	112	17	135	140	140	13	250
14	Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN)	B	55.67	107	110	112	13	135	138	140	14	250
15	Phaisan Hansawong (THA)	B	55.85	105	105	111	21	135	140	142	10	247
16	Oliver Marchán (VEN)	B	55.97	105	110	110	18	132	141	141	18	242
17	Meng Wenjun (MAC)	C	54.87	105	110	110	15	120	125	130	20	240
18	Marvin López (ESA)	C	55.92	105	109	109	23	135	135	138	16	240
19	Róbert Ádám (HUN)	C	55.78	98	102	102	24	125	130	133	17	235
20	Vito Dellino (ITA)	C	55.83	100	105	108	20	130	130	135	22	235
21	Sultan Moldodosov (KGZ)	C	55.89	105	108	109	22	120	125	130	23	235
22	Zviadi Samukashvili (GEO)	C	55.30	100	103	103	25	130	135	135	21	230
23	Tsai Sheng-fen (TPE)	C	55.90	93	98	98	28	123	128	131	19	224
24	Massimiliano Rubino (ITA)	C	55.69	95	95	98	27	115	120	125	24	215
—	Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE)	A	55.90	124	127	129		154	154	154	—	—
—	Manuel Minginfel (FSM)	A	55.75	115	120	120	11	140	140	140	—	—
—	Masaharu Yamada (JPN)	B	55.65	103	105	107	19	143	143	143	—	—
—	Matin Guntali (MAS)	C	55.73	100	100	105	26	130	132	135	—	—
—	Omarguly Handurdiyev (TKM)	C	55.68	95	95	95	—	115	120	120	25	—

References

• Results