2002 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

The 2002 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 19 November to 26 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 19 November 2002.

Schedule

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Date Time Event
19 November 2002 14:00 Group B
20:00 Group A

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch   Wu Meijin (CHN) 127.5 kg   Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 125.0 kg   Adrian Jigău (ROM) 125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk   Wu Meijin (CHN) 160.0 kg   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 152.5 kg   Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 152.5 kg
Total   Wu Meijin (CHN) 287.5 kg   Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 277.5 kg   Adrian Jigău (ROM) 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) 138.5 kg Antalya, Turkey 4 November 2001
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 Group Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
    Wu Meijin (CHN) A 55.50 122.5 127.5 127.5   155.0 160.0 160.0   287.5
    Yang Chin-yi (TPE) A 55.60 125.0 125.0 125.0   152.5 152.5 152.5   277.5
    Adrian Jigău (ROM) A 55.70 120.0 125.0 127.5   145.0 150.0 152.5 4 277.5
4   Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) A 55.45 115.0 120.0 122.5 6 145.0 152.5 157.5   272.5
5   László Tancsics (HUN) A 55.25 120.0 125.0 125.0 5 145.0 150.0 150.0 5 265.0
6   Éric Bonnel (FRA) A 55.85 105.0 110.0 112.5 7 132.5 137.5 142.5 6 250.0
7   Theocharis Chatzidis (GRE) B 55.85 100.0 105.0 107.5 8 125.0 130.0 135.0 7 242.5
8   Yasunobu Sekikawa (JPN) A 55.70 105.0 105.0 105.0 9 120.0 130.0 130.0 9 225.0
9   Iván Hernández (ESP) B 55.05 92.5 97.5 102.5 11 115.0 120.0 122.5 8 217.5
  Sanjar Kadyrbergenow (TKM) B 55.55 95.0 100.0 105.0 10 115.0 115.0 115.0
  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) A 55.80 120.0 125.0 127.5 4 147.5 147.5 147.5

References

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