2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

2001 World Championships
in Antalya, Turkey
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 4 November 2001.

Contents

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 137.5 kg  William Vargas (CUB) 127.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 162.5 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 157.5 kg  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 150.0 kg
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 300.0 kg  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 280.0 kg  William Vargas (CUB) 277.5 kg

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record Snatch  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 138.0 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Clean & Jerk  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 168.0 kg Trenčín, Slovakia 24 April 2001
Total  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 305.0 kg Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000

Results

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
 Halil Mutlu (TUR) 55.96 132.5 138.5 162.5 168.5 168.5 300.0
 Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 55.38 122.5 122.5 122.5 152.5 157.5 162.5 280.0
 William Vargas (CUB) 55.98 122.5 125.0 127.5 155.0 155.0 155.0 4 277.5
4  Sedat Artuç (TUR) 55.72 120.0 122.5 122.5 4 147.5 147.5 147.5 5 270.0
5  Sergio Álvarez (CUB) 55.84 117.5 117.5 122.5 7 150.0 155.0 155.0 267.5
6  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) 55.86 115.0 120.0 125.0 6 140.0 147.5 147.5 6 267.5
7  László Tancsics (HUN) 55.48 115.0 120.0 122.5 5 140.0 145.0 147.5 7 265.0
8  Diego Salazar (COL) 55.76 115.0 120.0 120.0 8 140.0 140.0 142.5 10 255.0
9  Víctor Castellano (VEN) 55.82 110.0 117.5 117.5 10 140.0 140.0 142.5 9 252.5
10  Thandava Murthy Muthu (IND) 55.76 100.0 107.5 110.0 9 130.0 135.0 135.0 11 245.0
11  Alejandro Romo (MEX) 55.82 95.0 100.0 102.5 12 125.0 130.0 132.5 12 230.0
12  Mohammed Ali (IRQ) 55.92 102.5 110.0 110.0 11 110.0 122.5 127.5 13 230.0
13  Agshin Mirzayev (AZE) 55.82 92.5 92.5 100.0 13 117.5 117.5 125.0 14 217.5
 Wang Yingtong (CHN) 55.78 120.0 120.0 120.0 142.5 147.5 147.5 8

New records

Snatch 138.5 kg  Halil Mutlu (TUR) WR

References