2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg

2001 World Weightlifting
Championships
MenWomen
56 kg48 kg
62 kg53 kg
69 kg58 kg
77 kg63 kg
85 kg69 kg
94 kg75 kg
105 kg+75 kg
+105 kg
Main article: 2001 World Weightlifting Championships

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.

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 this competition, the existing world 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Halil Mutlu (TUR) 55.96 132.5 138.5 — 1st place, gold medalist(s) 162.5 168.5 168.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 300.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) 55.38 122.5 122.5 122.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 152.5 157.5 162.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 280.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  William Vargas (CUB) 55.98 122.5 125.0 127.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Abdul-Monem (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