2013 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The men's competition in the –56 kg division was held on 21 October 2013 in Centennial Hall, Wrocław, Poland.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Event
21 October 2013	14:00	Group B
21 October 2013	19:55	Group A

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Long Qingquan (CHN)	130 kg	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	127 kg	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	126 kg
Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	162 kg	Long Qingquan (CHN)	157 kg	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	157 kg
Total	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	289 kg	Long Qingquan (CHN)	287 kg	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	283 kg

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

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	A	55.87	124	127	~~130~~		162	~~170~~	—		289
	Long Qingquan (CHN)	A	55.44	126	130	~~132~~		~~157~~	157	~~163~~		287
	Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE)	A	55.84	126	~~130~~	~~131~~		152	155	157		283
4	Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE)	A	55.92	~~122~~	122	125	4	153	~~157~~	~~159~~	4	278
5	Lázaro Ruiz (CUB)	A	55.99	117	122	~~126~~	5	142	147	153	5	275
6	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	A	55.41	117	~~123~~	~~123~~	7	135	140	~~145~~	7	257
7	Mirco Scarantino (ITA)	A	55.57	107	111	113	9	135	141	~~145~~	6	254
8	Asen Muradov (BUL)	A	55.70	~~113~~	113	~~116~~	10	130	~~134~~	134	10	247
9	Josué Brachi (ESP)	B	55.38	109	113	~~115~~	8	133	~~136~~	~~136~~	11	246
10	Enmanuel Rocafuerte (ECU)	B	55.35	103	106	~~108~~	13	132	134	136	8	242
11	Smbat Margaryan (ARM)	B	55.53	100	104	107	11	132	~~140~~	~~140~~	13	239
12	Teerasak Sriphat (THA)	B	54.94	95	101	104	14	125	130	134	9	238
13	Walter Zurita (ECU)	B	55.62	~~103~~	103	107	12	127	~~132~~	~~133~~	14	234
14	Witoon Mingmoon (THA)	B	55.52	95	100	~~104~~	16	125	130	133	12	233
15	Kota Yomogi (JPN)	B	55.82	96	101	~~104~~	15	~~112~~	112	—	17	213
16	Timur Khassarov (KAZ)	B	55.54	90	96	~~101~~	17	110	116	~~120~~	15	212
17	İsmet Algül (TUR)	B	55.33	90	95	98	18	105	111	115	16	210
—	Carlos Berna (COL)	A	55.61	115	118	120	6	~~150~~	~~150~~	~~150~~	—	—