Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	29 July
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Medalists
Om Yun-chol  North Korea Wu Jingbiao  China Valentin Hristov  Azerbaijan

Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
	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 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 29 July.^[1]

Summary

Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic 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
Olympic Record	Snatch	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	138 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
	Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	167 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
	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	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	B	55.76	120	125	125	125	160	165	168	168	293
	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	A	55.91	130	130	133	133	156	156	161	156	289
	Valentin Hristov (AZE)	A	55.84	123	127	130	127	154	158	159	159	286
4	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE)	A	55.84	125	125	125	125	155	159	162	159	284
5	Jadi Setiadi (INA)	B	55.48	121	125	127	127	150	150	156	150	277
6	José Montes (MEX)	A	55.80	112	116	116	112	150	157	160	157	269
7	Sergio Rada (COL)	A	55.89	118	118	121	118	148	151	155	151	269
8	Carlos Berna (COL)	A	55.55	115	115	118	118	150	153	153	150	268
9	Florin Croitoru (ROU)	A	55.90	121	125	125	121	145	145	147	147	268
10	Sin Chol-bom (PRK)	B	55.72	110	110	113	113	145	150	150	145	258
11	Yasmani Romero (CUB)	B	55.95	112	112	116	112	142	146	146	146	258
12	Tom Goegebuer (BEL)	B	55.88	111	115	117	115	132	137	138	132	247
13	Manueli Tulo (FIJ)	B	55.77	100	105	110	105	128	132	132	128	233
14	Mirco Scarantino (ITA)	B	55.42	97	97	97	97	123	128	132	128	225
—	Sergio Álvarez (CUB)	A	55.96	117	121	125	121	150	150	150	—	—
—	Bekzat Osmonaliev (KGZ)	A	55.93	120	125	127	127	147	147	147	—	—
—	Ruslan Makarov (UZB)	A	55.96	117	117	119	117	145	145	145	—	—
—	Khalil El-Maaoui (TUN)	A	55.39	127	130	132	132	—	—	—	—	—

New records

Clean & Jerk

168 kg

Om Yun-chol (PRK)

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References

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