# 2014 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kilograms event at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 8 November 2014 in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 8 November 2014 | 11:00 | Group C |
| 8 November 2014 | 15:00 | Group B |
| 8 November 2014 | 19:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 135 kg | Li Fabin (CHN) | 134 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 133 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 168 kg | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 161 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 160 kg |
| Total | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 296 kg | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | 296 kg | Long Qingquan (CHN) | 293 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 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 170 kg | Incheon, South Korea | 20 September 2014 |
| World Record | Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 305 kg | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Group | 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 | Group | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
| | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | A | 55.71 | 124 | 124 | 128 | 5 | 162 | 162 | 168 | | 296 |
| | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.75 | 130 | 134 | 135 | | 156 | 156 | 161 | | 296 |
| | Long Qingquan (CHN) | A | 55.40 | 130 | 130 | 133 | | 160 | 163 | 163 | | 293 |
| 4 | Li Fabin (CHN) | A | 55.50 | 130 | 134 | 135 | | 157 | 162 | 162 | 4 | 291 |
| 5 | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE) | A | 55.90 | 125 | 128 | 130 | 6 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 5 | 280 |
| 6 | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 55.60 | 122 | 126 | 129 | 4 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 11 | 274 |
| 7 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.95 | 115 | 120 | 124 | 8 | 150 | 158 | 158 | 7 | 274 |
| 8 | Sinphet Kruaithong (THA) | A | 55.10 | 117 | 120 | 120 | 9 | 144 | 146 | 150 | 8 | 266 |
| 9 | Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | B | 55.18 | 116 | 120 | 124 | 7 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 15 | 266 |
| 10 | Sergio Rada (COL) | A | 55.57 | 113 | 116 | 119 | 13 | 145 | 150 | 152 | 6 | 266 |
| 11 | Carlos Berna (COL) | A | 55.69 | 112 | 115 | 118 | 10 | 146 | 146 | 150 | 9 | 264 |
| 12 | Majid Askari (IRI) | A | 55.70 | 117 | 117 | 121 | 11 | 144 | 151 | 151 | 13 | 261 |
| 13 | Surahmat Wijoyo (INA) | B | 55.76 | 110 | 113 | 116 | 17 | 142 | 146 | 146 | 10 | 259 |
| 14 | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | B | 55.82 | 107 | 107 | 112 | 18 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 18 | 252 |
| 15 | Zulhelmi Pisol (MAS) | B | 55.72 | 106 | 109 | 111 | 20 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 16 | 251 |
| 16 | Tan Chi-chung (TPE) | B | 55.78 | 106 | 111 | 111 | 25 | 140 | 145 | 148 | 12 | 251 |
| 17 | Asen Muradov (BUL) | B | 55.89 | 110 | 115 | 117 | 12 | 125 | 130 | 134 | 23 | 251 |
| 18 | Smbat Margaryan (ARM) | B | 55.63 | 107 | 107 | 111 | 24 | 143 | 147 | 147 | 14 | 250 |
| 19 | Kota Yomogi (JPN) | C | 55.68 | 106 | 109 | 111 | 19 | 135 | 135 | 139 | 19 | 250 |
| 20 | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | B | 55.69 | 109 | 113 | 115 | 14 | 130 | 134 | 135 | 22 | 250 |
| 21 | Witoon Mingmoon (THA) | B | 55.21 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 23 | 138 | 140 | 144 | 17 | 247 |
| 22 | Josué Brachi (ESP) | B | 55.61 | 114 | 118 | 118 | 15 | 133 | 133 | 138 | 24 | 247 |
| 23 | Hiroaki Takao (JPN) | C | 55.48 | 108 | 111 | 111 | 21 | 133 | 136 | 138 | 20 | 244 |
| 24 | Elmar Aliyev (AZE) | C | 55.55 | 98 | 101 | 103 | 28 | 129 | 135 | 140 | 21 | 238 |
| 25 | Ganesh Mali (IND) | C | 55.86 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 22 | 124 | 128 | 130 | 27 | 238 |
| 26 | Francisco Barrera (CHI) | C | 55.99 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 27 | 127 | 129 | 132 | 25 | 237 |
| 27 | Walter Zurita (ECU) | C | 55.21 | 100 | 105 | 110 | 26 | 126 | 126 | 130 | 28 | 231 |
| 28 | Eduar Beris (VEN) | C | 55.63 | 96 | 100 | 105 | 30 | 120 | 127 | 130 | 26 | 230 |
| 29 | Seraj Al-Saleem (KSA) | C | 54.12 | 94 | 98 | 101 | 29 | 119 | 123 | 124 | 30 | 220 |
| 30 | Amor Fenni (ALG) | C | 55.69 | 95 | 98 | 99 | 31 | 116 | 116 | 120 | 29 | 215 |
| — | Mirco Scarantino (ITA) | A | 55.69 | 113 | 116 | 116 | 16 | 143 | 144 | 144 | — | — |