The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 5 April 2018. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 261 kg.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: World record Snatch 139 kg Houston, United States 21 November 2015 Clean & Jerk 171 kg Houston, United States 21 November 2015 Total 307 kg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7 August 2016Commonwealth record Snatch 121 kg Kanazawa, Japan 27 April 2008 Clean & Jerk 147 kg Vishakapatnam, India 17 January 2001 Total 265 kg Beijing, China 10 August 2008Games record Snatch 116 kg New Delhi, India 4 October 2010 Clean & Jerk 145 kg Manchester, England 30 July 2002 Total 260 kg Manchester, England 30 July 2002
The following records were established during the competition: Snatch117 kgGRTotal261 kgGR
Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Date Time Round Thursday 5 April 2018 09:42 Final
Results RankAthleteBodyweight (kg)Snatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total123Result123Result 55.88 114 117 119 117 GR 135 138 144 144 261 GR 55.94 107 111 111 111 138 138 138 138 249 55.97 110 114 117 114 131 134 134 134 248 4 55.85 104 108 110 104 135 140 145 135 239 5 55.87 95 100 104 100 125 130 134 130 230 6 55.81 101 101 104 101 126 130 130 126 227 7 55.94 88 91 93 91 108 113 114 114 205 8 55.21 78 83 85 85 100 106 110 110 195 9 55.75 75 80 85 80 95 106 116 106 186 10 55.54 67 67 67 67 86 91 95 91 158 11 55.00 60 64 68 68 80 86 90 86 154 12 55.63 56 60 62 62 72 76 80 76 138
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