2022 World Weightlifting Championships
	Men	Women
	55 kg	45 kg
	61 kg	49 kg
	67 kg	55 kg
	73 kg	59 kg
	81 kg	64 kg
	89 kg	71 kg
	96 kg	76 kg
	102 kg	81 kg
	109 kg	87 kg
	+109 kg	+87 kg
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The men's 55 kilograms competition at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 6 December 2022.^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Snatch	Lại Gia Thành (VIE)	118 kg	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	118 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	117 kg
Clean & Jerk	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	148 kg	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	145 kg	Miguel Suárez (COL)	143 kg
Total	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	265 kg	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	260 kg	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	260 kg

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	World Standard	135 kg	—	1 November 2018
	Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	166 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019
	Total	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	294 kg	Pattaya, Thailand	18 September 2019

Rank	Athlete	Group	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
	Theerapong Silachai (THA)	A	117	117	119	4	144	147	148		265
	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh (VIE)	A	116	117	119		143	146	148	4	260
	Kim Yong-ho (KOR)	A	115	118	119	5	145	145	145		260
4	Arli Chontey (KAZ)	A	115	118	118		140	141	144	6	259
5	Miguel Suárez (COL)	B	105	109	109	10	140	143	145		248
6	Angel Rusev (BUL)	A	106	110	110	9	141	145	145	5	247
7	Nestor Colonia (PHI)	B	110	110	110	7	133	133	140	8	243
8	Josué Brachi (ESP)	B	107	112	116	6	129	134	134	10	241
9	José Poox (MEX)	B	100	104	106	11	130	135	138	7	239
10	Gabe Chhum (USA)	B	100	103	106	8	132	132	135	9	238
11	Jhony Arteaga (ECU)	B	100	104	106	12	120	125	127	11	229
12	Juan Barco (MEX)	B	90	95	95	13	115	120	125	12	210
—	Lại Gia Thành (VIE)	A	118	118	121		141	142	142	—	—
—	Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA)	A	115	116	116	—	141	141	141	—	—
—	Éric Andriantsitohaina (MAD)	A	102	102	102	—	—	—	—	—	—