2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 4 November 2001.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 137.5 kg   William Vargas (CUB) 127.5 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 162.5 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 157.5 kg   Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 150.0 kg
Total   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 300.0 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 280.0 kg   William Vargas (CUB) 277.5 kg

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 138.0 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Clean & Jerk   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 168.0 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 24 April 2001
Total   Halil Mutlu (TUR) 305.0 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Results

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Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Halil Mutlu (TUR) 55.96 132.5 138.5   162.5 168.5 168.5   300.0
    Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 55.38 122.5 122.5 122.5   152.5 157.5 162.5   280.0
    William Vargas (CUB) 55.98 122.5 125.0 127.5   155.0 155.0 155.0 4 277.5
4   Sedat Artuç (TUR) 55.72 120.0 122.5 122.5 4 147.5 147.5 147.5 5 270.0
5   Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 55.84 117.5 117.5 122.5 7 150.0 155.0 155.0   267.5
6   Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) 55.86 115.0 120.0 125.0 6 140.0 147.5 147.5 6 267.5
7   László Tancsics (HUN) 55.48 115.0 120.0 122.5 5 140.0 145.0 147.5 7 265.0
8   Diego Salazar (COL) 55.76 115.0 120.0 120.0 8 140.0 140.0 142.5 10 255.0
9   Víctor Castellano (VEN) 55.82 110.0 117.5 117.5 10 140.0 140.0 142.5 9 252.5
10   Thandava Murthy Muthu (IND) 55.76 100.0 107.5 110.0 9 130.0 135.0 135.0 11 245.0
11   Alejandro Romo (MEX) 55.82 95.0 100.0 102.5 12 125.0 130.0 132.5 12 230.0
12   Mohammed Abdul-Monem (IRQ) 55.92 102.5 110.0 110.0 11 110.0 122.5 127.5 13 230.0
13   Agshin Mirzayev (AZE) 55.82 92.5 92.5 100.0 13 117.5 117.5 125.0 14 217.5
  Wang Yingtong (CHN) 55.78 120.0 120.0 120.0 142.5 147.5 147.5 8

New records

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Snatch 138.5 kg   Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR

References

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