Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the third Weightlifting event to conclude.

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	10 August
Competitors	19 from 16 nations
Medalists
Long Qingquan  China Hoàng Anh Tuấn  Vietnam Eko Yuli Irawan  Indonesia

Weightlifting at the 2008 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

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.

The Athens gold medalist Turkish Halil Mutlu was not in Beijing to attempt his 4th straight gold medal.[1]