The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 30 July 2002. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 260 kg.
Schedule All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Date Time Event 30 July 2002 10:00 Group A
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows: World record Snatch 138.5 kg Antalya, Turkey 4 November 2001 Clean & Jerk 168.0 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 24 April 2001 Total 305.0 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000Commonwealth record Snatch Clean & Jerk 147.5 kg Vishakapatnam, India 17 January 2001 Total Games record Snatch 110.0 kg Auckland, New Zealand January 1990 Clean & Jerk 140.0 kg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 September 1998 Total 247.5 kg Auckland, New Zealand January 1990
The following records were established during the competition: Snatch112.5 kgGR115.0 kgGRClean & Jerk 145.0 kgGRTotal250.0 kgGR255.0 kgGR260.0 kgGR
Results Rank Athlete Nation Group Bodyweight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123ResultRank123ResultRank Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim A 55.85 107.5 112.5 115.0 115.0 135.0 140.0 145.0 145.0 260.0 Thandava Murthy Muthu A 55.95 107.5 107.5 112.5 112.5 132.5 140.0 140.0 132.5 245.0 Vicky Batta A 55.80 107.5 112.5 112.5 107.5 4 127.5 127.5 135.0 135.0 242.5 Mohamed Faizal Baharom A 55.35 105.0 110.0 112.5 110.0 130.0 135.0 135.0 130.0 4 240.0 Chinthana Vidanage A 55.80 100.0 102.5 102.5 102.5 5 125.0 135.0 135.0 125.0 5 227.5 Mehmet Yağcı A 55.85 102.5 107.5 107.5 102.5 6 125.0 125.0 132.5 125.0 6 227.5 Chako Daniel A 55.65 90.0 95.0 95.0 95.0 7 115.0 120.0 122.5 122.5 7 217.5 Gino Soupprayen A 55.90 95.0 100.0 100.0 95.0 8 105.0 110.0 115.0 110.0 11 205.0 Salim Balinnya A 55.10 85.0 90.0 90.0 85.0 9 110.0 115.0 117.5 117.5 8 202.5 10 Obrie Nondo A 55.45 80.0 80.0 85.0 85.0 11 105.0 110.0 115.0 115.0 9 200.0 11 Jeffrey Robby A 55.45 85.0 85.0 90.0 85.0 10 110.0 110.0 115.0 110.0 10 195.0
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