# 2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 14 November 2003.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| 14 November 2003 | 10:00 | Group C |
| 14 November 2003 | 16:00 | Group B |
| 14 November 2003 | 20:00 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Snatch | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 127.5 kg | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 125.0 kg | Lu Jinbi (CHN) | 125.0 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 160.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | 155.0 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 155.0 kg |
| Total | Wu Meijin (CHN) | 287.5 kg | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | 277.5 kg | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | 277.5 kg |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 138.5 kg | Antalya, Turkey | 4 November 2001 |
| World Record | Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 168.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 24 April 2001 |
| World Record | Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) | 305.0 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 Meijin (CHN) | A | 55.70 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 130.0 | | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | | 287.5 |
| | Adrian Jigău (ROM) | A | 55.94 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 5 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | | 280.0 |
| | Sedat Artuç (TUR) | A | 55.49 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | | 145.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 4 | 277.5 |
| 4 | Lu Jinbi (CHN) | A | 55.70 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | | 152.5 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 5 | 277.5 |
| 5 | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) | A | 55.86 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 7 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | | 277.5 |
| 6 | Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) | A | 55.92 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 4 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 6 | 277.5 |
| 7 | Jadi Setiadi (INA) | A | 54.19 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 6 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 7 | 270.0 |
| 8 | Yang Chin-yi (TPE) | A | 55.66 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 10 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 152.5 | 9 | 265.0 |
| 9 | Mohammed Abdul-Monem (IRQ) | A | 55.96 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 8 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 18 | 260.0 |
| 10 | Viktor Chislean (MDA) | B | 55.60 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 9 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 15 | 257.5 |
| 11 | Nelson Castro (COL) | A | 55.17 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 13 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 8 | 255.0 |
| 12 | Abdullatif Al-Abdullatif (KSA) | A | 55.69 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 14 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 10 | 255.0 |
| 13 | Éric Bonnel (FRA) | B | 55.74 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 11 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 12 | 255.0 |
| 14 | Asif Malikov (AZE) | B | 55.75 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 16 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 13 | 250.0 |
| 15 | Víctor Castellano (VEN) | B | 55.80 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 17 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 14 | 250.0 |
| 16 | Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) | B | 55.63 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 20 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 11 | 247.5 |
| 17 | Nafaa Benami (ALG) | B | 55.81 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 18 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 16 | 247.5 |
| 18 | Ji Hun-min (KOR) | B | 55.92 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 12 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 20 | 247.5 |
| 19 | Agus (INA) | B | 55.94 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 19 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 17 | 247.5 |
| 20 | Vicky Batta (IND) | B | 55.71 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 15 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 22 | 242.5 |
| 21 | Tolkunbek Hudaýbergenow (TKM) | B | 55.85 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 23 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 19 | 240.0 |
| 22 | Ruslan Ignatiuc (MDA) | C | 55.57 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 22 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 21 | 237.5 |
| 23 | Theocharis Chatzidis (GRE) | C | 55.79 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 28 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 23 | 235.0 |
| 24 | Valluri Srinivasa Rao (IND) | C | 55.95 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 26 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 25 | 235.0 |
| 25 | Andrey Rodionov (KAZ) | C | 55.95 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 25 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 27 | 230.0 |
| 26 | Mohamed Abdelbaki (EGY) | C | 55.37 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 21 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 28 | 227.5 |
| 27 | Erkand Qerimaj (ALB) | C | 55.42 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 29 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 26 | 227.5 |
| 28 | Vito Dellino (ITA) | C | 55.83 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 31 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 24 | 220.0 |
| 29 | Iván Hernández (ESP) | C | 55.51 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 30 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 29 | 215.0 |
| 30 | Víctor Castro (PER) | C | 55.96 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 32 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 30 | 207.5 |
| — | László Tancsics (HUN) | A | 55.35 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Gert Trasha (ALB) | C | 55.38 | 100.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Masaharu Yamada (JPN) | B | 55.56 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 27 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | — | — |
| — | Marvin López (ESA) | C | 55.90 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 24 | 130.0 | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Sanjar Kadyrbergenow (TKM) | B | 55.65 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | — | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | — | — |