1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

1999 World Championships
in Greece Athens, Greece
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event (56 kg) is the lightest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 137.5 kg  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 125.0 kg  Adrian Jigău (ROU) 125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 165.0 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 157.5 kg  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) 157.5 kg
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 302.5 kg  Adrian Jigău (ROU) 282.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 280.0 kg

Records

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

World Record Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 135.5 kg A Coruña, Spain 14 April 1999
Clean & Jerk  Lan Shizhang (CHN) 165.5 kg Szekszárd, Hungary 9 May 1998
Total World Standard 300.0 kg 1 January 1998

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 55.83 130.0 136.0 137.5 1st 160.0 166.0 1st 302.5
2nd  Adrian Jigău (ROU) 55.90 125.0 127.5 127.5 3rd 150.0 155.0 157.5 4 282.5
3rd  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 55.60 120.0 122.5 125.0 4 150.0 155.0 157.5 2nd 280.0
4  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) 55.87 115.0 120.0 122.5 6 150.0 155.0 157.5 3rd 280.0
5  Wu Wenxiong (CHN) 55.61 115.0 120.0 122.5 5 150.0 155.0 157.5 5 277.5
6  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 55.78 117.5 117.5 125.0 2nd 145.0 150.0 155.0 7 275.0
7  Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) 55.95 120.0 125.0 125.0 8 147.5 152.5 157.5 6 272.5
8  Liao Weixiao (CHN) 55.92 120.0 120.0 125.0 7 150.0 157.5 160.0 8 270.0
9  Yang Chin-yi (TPE) 55.21 115.0 120.0 120.0 9 145.0 147.5 150.0 9 262.5
10  Hwang Kyu-dong (KOR) 55.92 115.0 120.0 120.0 13 140.0 147.5 152.5 10 262.5
11  Eric Bonnel (FRA) 55.72 115.0 120.0 120.0 12 135.0 140.0 142.5 11 257.5
12  Koki Tagashira (JPN) 55.26 107.5 112.5 115.0 10 135.0 137.5 140.0 12 255.0
13  Igor Grabucea (MDA) 55.63 107.5 112.5 115.0 11 137.5 142.5 142.5 16 252.5
14  Nelson Castro (COL) 55.61 105.0 110.0 110.0 14 135.0 140.0 142.5 14 250.0
15  Yasuji Kikuzuma (JPN) 55.34 100.0 105.0 107.5 17 137.5 137.5 140.0 13 247.5
16  Johnny Hernández (VEN) 55.79 102.5 107.5 110.0 19 140.0 145.0 145.0 15 247.5
17  Luis Medrano (GUA) 55.90 110.0 112.5 112.5 16 130.0 135.0 137.5 19 245.0
18  Viktor Janski (UZB) 55.69 102.5 105.0 107.5 18 130.0 135.0 140.0 18 242.5
19  Ali Hamid (EGY) 55.98 100.0 105.0 110.0 21 130.0 135.0 137.5 17 242.5
20  László Tancsics (HUN) 55.86 105.0 105.0 110.0 15 125.0 132.5 132.5 25 235.0
21  Manuel Minginfel (FSM) 55.55 95.0 100.0 102.5 22 125.0 130.0 135.0 20 232.5
22  Diego Salazar (COL) 55.83 100.0 105.0 105.0 23 130.0 135.0 135.0 21 230.0
23  Nafaa Benami (ALG) 55.06 100.0 105.0 107.5 20 120.0 125.0 125.0 28 225.0
24  Vladimirs Morozovs (LAT) 55.95 97.5 100.0 102.5 24 117.5 122.5 125.0 26 225.0
25  Michael Ponchard (FRA) 55.53 95.0 100.0 100.0 27 122.5 127.5 130.0 23 222.5
26  Juan Feijóo (ESP) 55.57 95.0 97.5 97.5 25 122.5 125.0 125.0 27 220.0
27  Wilfredo García (ESA) 55.55 92.5 97.5 97.5 28 120.0 125.0 127.5 24 217.5
28  Anatoli Shavalov (ISR) 56.00 92.5 97.5 97.5 29 115.0 120.0 125.0 31 212.5
29  Miguel Deliva (ESP) 55.92 87.5 92.5 92.5 32 115.0 120.0 122.5 30 207.5
30  Willen Dageago (NRU) 54.57 82.5 87.5 87.5 31 105.0 110.0 112.5 32 200.0
31  Willem Phillips (RSA) 55.60 90.0 95.0 95.0 30 107.5 112.5 112.5 33 197.5
 Giuliano Cornetta (ITA) 55.97 97.5 102.5 102.5 26 125.0 125.0 125.0
 Sunday Mathias (NGR) 55.83 100.0 100.0 100.0 130.0 130.0 130.0 22
 Mikko Kuusisto (FIN) 55.77 95.0 95.0 95.0 115.0 120.0 122.5 29
 Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) 55.86 115.0

New records

Snatch 136.0 kg  Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR
Snatch 137.5 kg  Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR
Clean & Jerk 166.0 kg  Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR
Total 302.5 kg  Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR

References

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