# 2006 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 30 September to 7 October. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 30 September 2006.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 30 September 2006 | 12:00 | Group C |
| 30 September 2006 | 14:00 | Group B |
| 30 September 2006 | 16:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Li Zheng (CHN) | 128 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 124 kg | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 123 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 156 kg | Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | 155 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 152 kg |
| Total | Li Zheng (CHN) | 280 kg | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | 279 kg | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 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 |
| | Li Zheng (CHN) | A | 55.58 | 123 | 126 | 128 | | 152 | 152 | 154 | 5 | 280 |
| | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) | A | 55.86 | 118 | 118 | 123 | | 148 | 153 | 156 | | 279 |
| | Hoàng Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 55.00 | 122 | 124 | 126 | | 152 | 155 | 155 | | 276 |
| 4 | Lee Jong-hoon (KOR) | A | 55.74 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 7 | 147 | 148 | 155 | | 275 |
| 5 | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.69 | 121 | 124 | 124 | 5 | 151 | 155 | 160 | 6 | 272 |
| 6 | Igor Bour (MDA) | A | 55.51 | 114 | 118 | 121 | 8 | 148 | 150 | 154 | 8 | 268 |
| 7 | Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | A | 55.92 | 118 | 122 | 122 | 4 | 142 | 146 | 148 | 11 | 268 |
| 8 | Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) | A | 55.21 | 116 | 116 | 121 | 9 | 143 | 150 | 153 | 7 | 266 |
| 9 | Jadi Setiadi (INA) | A | 54.41 | 120 | 120 | 123 | 6 | 145 | 145 | 151 | 12 | 265 |
| 10 | Lázaro Ruiz (CUB) | B | 55.34 | 112 | 112 | 115 | 10 | 143 | 147 | 151 | 9 | 262 |
| 11 | Sergio Rada (COL) | B | 55.85 | 107 | 112 | 114 | 12 | 138 | 138 | 142 | 13 | 256 |
| 12 | Masaharu Yamada (JPN) | B | 55.72 | 102 | 104 | 106 | 19 | 142 | 144 | 146 | 10 | 252 |
| 13 | Igor Grabucea (MDA) | B | 55.67 | 110 | 113 | 113 | 13 | 138 | 138 | 141 | 16 | 251 |
| 14 | Arsen Tamrazyan (ARM) | B | 56.00 | 110 | 113 | 113 | 15 | 135 | 139 | 139 | 15 | 249 |
| 15 | László Tancsics (HUN) | B | 55.40 | 109 | 112 | 114 | 11 | 131 | 134 | 138 | 20 | 248 |
| 16 | Marvin López (ESA) | C | 55.98 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 17 | 135 | 140 | 142 | 14 | 248 |
| 17 | Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN) | B | 55.69 | 105 | 108 | 108 | 16 | 135 | 135 | 138 | 17 | 246 |
| 18 | Enrique Valencia (ECU) | C | 55.96 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 20 | 125 | 130 | 133 | 21 | 238 |
| 19 | Zviadi Samukashvili (GEO) | B | 55.69 | 103 | 107 | 107 | 22 | 132 | 132 | — | 22 | 235 |
| 20 | Antoniu Buci (ROM) | B | 55.84 | 102 | 107 | 110 | 18 | 128 | 128 | 135 | 24 | 235 |
| 21 | Meng Wenjun (MAC) | C | 54.97 | 110 | 116 | 116 | 14 | 120 | 122 | — | 27 | 232 |
| 22 | Pongsak Maneetong (THA) | B | 55.64 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 21 | 128 | 133 | 133 | 23 | 231 |
| 23 | Éric Bonnel (FRA) | B | 55.94 | 100 | 104 | 104 | 24 | 128 | 133 | 133 | 25 | 228 |
| 24 | Vito Dellino (ITA) | C | 55.96 | 95 | 95 | 101 | 25 | 125 | 125 | 125 | 26 | 220 |
| 25 | Javier Guirado (ESP) | C | 55.51 | 100 | 103 | 103 | 23 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 30 | 215 |
| 26 | Döwran Akmyradow (TKM) | C | 55.98 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 110 | 116 | 121 | 29 | 211 |
| 27 | Omarguly Handurdyýew (TKM) | C | 53.48 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 27 | 100 | 105 | 108 | 31 | 190 |
| — | Tanasak Pan-em (THA) | B | 54.88 | 102 | 102 | 102 | — | 133 | 137 | 140 | 18 | — |
| — | Wu Meijin (CHN) | A | 55.32 | 121 | 121 | 121 | — | 152 | 155 | 156 | 4 | — |
| — | Jhon Fuentes (VEN) | C | 55.63 | 107 | 107 | 107 | — | 135 | 137 | 140 | 19 | — |
| — | Sylvain Andrieux (FRA) | C | 55.66 | 98 | 98 | 98 | — | 118 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Mubarak Kivumbi (UGA) | C | 55.78 | 90 | 90 | 90 | — | 120 | 125 | 125 | 28 | — |