Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 56 kg

Weightlifting at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
Weightlifting
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
Powerlifting – bench press
Men Women
Open Open

The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on October 4 at 18:30 and was the second Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.[1]

Contents

Athletes

13 lifters were selected for the games.[1]

Athlete Year of birth
1  Daniel Darko (GHA) 1986
2  Sukhen Dey (IND) 1989
3  V. S. Rao (IND) 1981
4  Amirul Ibrahim (MAS) 1981
5  Mohd Ismail (MAS) 1988
6  Marc Coret (MRI) 1989
7  Elson Brechtefeld (NRU) 1994
8  Lou Guinares (NZL) 1990
9  Abdullah Ghafoor (PAK) 1986
10  Morea Baru (PNG) 1990
11  Kamal Bandara (SRI) 1985
12  Sangeth Wijesooriya (SRI) 1984
13  Ismail Katamba (UGA) 1987

Results

Rank Name Country B.weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
Amirul Ibrahim  Malaysia 55.39 116 141 257
Sukhen Dey  India 55.57 112 140 252
V. S. Rao  India 55.66 107 141 248
4 Abdullah Ghafoor  Pakistan 55.57 104 133 237
5 Kamal Bandara  Sri Lanka 55.68 103 130 233
6 Sangeth Wijesooriya  Sri Lanka 55.29 98 120 218
7 Lou Guinares  New Zealand 55.46 94 124 218
8 Marc Coret  Mauritius 55.23 90 120 210
9 Elson Brechtefeld  Nauru 55.57 92 115 207
10 Morea Baru  Papua New Guinea 55.36 90 115 205
- Mohd Ismail  Malaysia 55.56 109 - DNF
- Ismail Katamba  Uganda 55.83 90 - DNF

See also

References