Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg


The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place on 23 November at the Royal Exhibition Building. It was the third appearance of the bantamweight class.
Each weightlifter had three attempts at each of the three lifts. The best score for each lift was summed to give a total. The weightlifter could increase the weight between attempts but could not decrease weight. If two or more weightlifters finished with the same total, the competitors' body weights were used as the tie-breaker.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World recordPress107.5 kg1956
World recordSnatch102.5 kgMunich, West Germany12 October 1955
World recordClean & Jerk133 kg1956
World recordTotal335 kgMunich, West Germany12 October 1955
Olympic recordPress105 kgLondon, United Kingdom9 August 1948
Olympic recordSnatch97.5 kgHelsinki, Finland25 July 1952
Olympic recordClean & Jerk127.5 kgHelsinki, Finland25 July 1952
Olympic recordTotal315 kgHelsinki, Finland25 July 1952

Results

New records