# 1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event (56 kg) is the lightest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.
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.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 137.5 kg | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 125.0 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 125.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 165.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 157.5 kg | Ivan Ivanov (BUL) | 157.5 kg |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 302.5 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 282.5 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 280.0 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 135.5 kg | A Coruña, Spain | 14 April 1999 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Lan Shizhang (CHN) | 165.5 kg | Szekszárd, Hungary | 9 May 1998 |
| World Record | Total | World Standard | 300.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 55.83 | 130.0 | 136.0 | 137.5 | | 160.0 | 166.0 | — | | 302.5 |
| | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 55.90 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 4 | 282.5 |
| | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 55.60 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 4 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | | 280.0 |
| 4 | Ivan Ivanov (BUL) | 55.87 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 6 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | | 280.0 |
| 5 | Wu Wenxiong (CHN) | 55.61 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 5 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 157.5 | 5 | 277.5 |
| 6 | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 55.78 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 125.0 | | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 7 | 275.0 |
| 7 | Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) | 55.95 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 8 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 6 | 272.5 |
| 8 | Liao Weixiao (CHN) | 55.92 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 7 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 160.0 | 8 | 270.0 |
| 9 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | 55.21 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 9 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 9 | 262.5 |
| 10 | Hwang Kyu-dong (KOR) | 55.92 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 13 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 10 | 262.5 |
| 11 | Éric Bonnel (FRA) | 55.72 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 12 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 11 | 257.5 |
| 12 | Koki Tagashira (JPN) | 55.26 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 10 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 12 | 255.0 |
| 13 | Igor Grabucea (MDA) | 55.63 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 11 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 16 | 252.5 |
| 14 | Nelson Castro (COL) | 55.61 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 14 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 14 | 250.0 |
| 15 | Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) | 55.34 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 17 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 13 | 247.5 |
| 16 | Johnny Hernández (VEN) | 55.79 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 19 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 15 | 247.5 |
| 17 | Luis Medrano (GUA) | 55.90 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 16 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 19 | 245.0 |
| 18 | Viktor Yansky (UZB) | 55.69 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 18 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 18 | 242.5 |
| 19 | Ali Hamid (EGY) | 55.98 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 21 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 17 | 242.5 |
| 20 | László Tancsics (HUN) | 55.86 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 15 | 125.0 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 25 | 235.0 |
| 21 | Manuel Minginfel (FSM) | 55.55 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 22 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 20 | 232.5 |
| 22 | Diego Salazar (COL) | 55.83 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 23 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 21 | 230.0 |
| 23 | Nafaa Benami (ALG) | 55.06 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 20 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 28 | 225.0 |
| 24 | Vladimirs Morozovs (LAT) | 55.95 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 24 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 26 | 225.0 |
| 25 | Michael Ponchard (FRA) | 55.53 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 27 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 23 | 222.5 |
| 26 | Juan Feijóo (ESP) | 55.57 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 25 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 27 | 220.0 |
| 27 | Wilfredo García (ESA) | 55.55 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 28 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 24 | 217.5 |
| 28 | Anatoli Shavalov (ISR) | 56.00 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 29 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 31 | 212.5 |
| 29 | Miguel Deliva (ESP) | 55.92 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 32 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 30 | 207.5 |
| 30 | Willen Dageago (NRU) | 54.57 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 31 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 32 | 200.0 |
| 31 | Willem Phillips (RSA) | 55.60 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 30 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 33 | 197.5 |
| — | Giuliano Cornetta (ITA) | 55.97 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 26 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | — | — |
| — | Sunday Mathias (NGR) | 55.83 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | — | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 22 | — |
| — | Mikko Kuusisto (FIN) | 55.77 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | — | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 29 | — |
| — | Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | 55.86 | 115.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## New records

| Snatch | 136.0 kg | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | WR |
| Snatch | 137.5 kg | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | WR |
| Clean & Jerk | 166.0 kg | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | WR |
| Total | 302.5 kg | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | WR |