# 2011 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The men's competition in the bantamweight (– 56 kg) division was held on 5 November 2011.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 5 November 2011 | 08:00 | Group C |
| 5 November 2011 | 14:00 | Group B |
| 5 November 2011 | 20:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Wu Jingbiao (CHN) | 133 kg | Zhao Chaojun (CHN) | 128 kg | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE) | 125 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wu Jingbiao (CHN) | 159 kg | Zhao Chaojun (CHN) | 156 kg | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 154 kg |
| Total | Wu Jingbiao (CHN) | 292 kg | Zhao Chaojun (CHN) | 284 kg | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | 276 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 | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 168 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 24 April 2001 |
| 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 |
| | Wu Jingbiao (CHN) | A | 55.94 | 129 | 133 | 133 | | 156 | 159 | 161 | | 292 |
| | Zhao Chaojun (CHN) | A | 55.89 | 125 | 125 | 128 | | 156 | 159 | 159 | | 284 |
| | Valentin Hristov (AZE) | A | 55.65 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 5 | 150 | 154 | 157 | | 276 |
| 4 | Trần Lê Quốc Toàn (VIE) | A | 55.37 | 121 | 124 | 125 | | 150 | 154 | 154 | 7 | 275 |
| 5 | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | A | 55.99 | 115 | 118 | 120 | 7 | 145 | 150 | 154 | 4 | 272 |
| 6 | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | A | 55.76 | 115 | 118 | 118 | 10 | 152 | 152 | 152 | 5 | 267 |
| 7 | Bekzat Osmonaliev (KGZ) | B | 55.99 | 118 | 120 | 120 | 6 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 11 | 265 |
| 8 | José Montes (MEX) | B | 55.90 | 108 | 112 | 115 | 16 | 147 | 151 | 155 | 6 | 263 |
| 9 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.54 | 115 | 115 | 120 | 8 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 8 | 261 |
| 10 | Ruslan Makarov (UZB) | A | 55.56 | 115 | 119 | 120 | 9 | 145 | 145 | 148 | 9 | 260 |
| 11 | Sergio Rada (COL) | B | 55.83 | 115 | 118 | 118 | 11 | 143 | 143 | 150 | 12 | 258 |
| 12 | Pongsak Maneetong (THA) | B | 55.89 | 107 | 112 | 112 | 15 | 137 | 142 | 145 | 10 | 257 |
| 13 | Nestor Colonia (PHI) | B | 55.93 | 113 | 117 | 117 | 13 | 143 | 143 | 143 | 13 | 256 |
| 14 | Tom Goegebuer (BEL) | B | 55.88 | 112 | 115 | 115 | 12 | 134 | 139 | 141 | 19 | 254 |
| 15 | Tanasak Pan-em (THA) | B | 55.52 | 107 | 107 | 112 | 14 | 135 | 141 | 143 | 17 | 253 |
| 16 | Carlos Berna (COL) | B | 55.49 | 109 | 112 | 112 | 20 | 142 | 142 | 147 | 14 | 251 |
| 17 | Oleg Sîrghi (MDA) | B | 55.92 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 22 | 136 | 142 | 147 | 16 | 250 |
| 18 | Julio Salamanca (ESA) | C | 55.99 | 105 | 108 | 110 | 19 | 135 | 140 | 143 | 18 | 250 |
| 19 | Masaharu Yamada (JPN) | C | 55.64 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 29 | 137 | 139 | 142 | 15 | 242 |
| 20 | Javier Guirado (ESP) | C | 55.91 | 105 | 109 | 113 | 21 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 21 | 242 |
| 21 | Manueli Tulo (FIJ) | C | 55.72 | 101 | 101 | 105 | 24 | 129 | 134 | 137 | 20 | 239 |
| 22 | Josué Brachi (ESP) | C | 55.95 | 103 | 107 | 107 | 23 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 24 | 237 |
| 23 | Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM) | C | 55.95 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 25 | 125 | 131 | 131 | 22 | 236 |
| 24 | Yohei Shimizu (JPN) | C | 55.96 | 103 | 106 | 106 | 27 | 128 | 128 | 132 | 26 | 231 |
| 25 | Marvin López (ESA) | C | 55.66 | 100 | 105 | 105 | 30 | 130 | 135 | 135 | 23 | 230 |
| 26 | Tan Chi-chung (TPE) | C | 55.93 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 28 | 128 | 128 | 133 | 25 | 230 |
| 27 | Darren Barnes (USA) | C | 55.25 | 95 | 100 | 103 | 26 | 120 | 125 | 125 | 28 | 223 |
| 28 | Sylvain Andrieux (FRA) | C | 55.46 | 96 | 99 | 101 | 31 | 119 | 124 | 126 | 27 | 223 |
| — | Thạch Kim Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.55 | 125 | 125 | 129 | 4 | 149 | 151 | 151 | — | — |
| — | Carlos Hernández (CUB) | B | 55.82 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 17 | 142 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sumariyanto (INA) | B | 55.83 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 18 | 140 | 140 | 140 | — | — |
| DQ | Khalil El-Maaoui (TUN) | A | 55.81 | 127 | 127 | 128 | — | 145 | 145 | 145 | — | — |