The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 19 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the eighth appearance of the bantamweight class.

Results Rank Name Country kg 1 Norair Nurikyan 262.5 2 Grzegorz Cziura 252.5 3 Kenkichi Ando 250.0 4 Leszek Skorupa 250.0 5 Imre Földi 245.0 6 Bernhard Bachfisch 242.5 7 Carlos Lastre 240.0 8 Fazlollah Dehkhoda 240.0 9 Jean-Claude Chavigny 235.0 10 Feyzollah Nasseri 232.5 11 Muhammad Manzoor 225.0 12 Serge Stresser 225.0 13 Arturo del Rosario 222.5 14 Ahmed Mahmoud Mashall 217.5 15 Edgar Tornez 215.0 16 Paulo de Sene 215.0 17 Ezequiel Sánchez 210.0 AC Jiro Hosotani 100.0 AC Imre Stefanovics 102.5 AC Han Gyong-si 110.0 AC Naftaly Parrales DNF AC Yves Carignan DNF AC Karel Prohl DNF AC Kurt Pittner DNF

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