1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 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 (ROM)	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 (ROM)	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
Rank	Athlete	Body weight	1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank	Total
	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	55.83	130.0	136.0	137.5		160.0	166.0	—		302.5
	Adrian Jigău (ROM)	55.90	125.0	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~		150.0	155.0	157.5	4	282.5
	Wang Shin-yuan (TPE)	55.60	120.0	122.5	~~125.0~~	4	150.0	155.0	157.5		280.0
4	Ivan Ivanov (BUL)	55.87	115.0	120.0	122.5	6	150.0	155.0	157.5		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		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	Éric 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 Yansky (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~~	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—