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

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 4 October at 18:30 and was the second Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Athletes

13 lifters were selected for the games.

	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	Template:FlagCGF	55.39	116	141	257
	Sukhen Dey	Template:FlagCGF	55.57	112	140	252
	V. S. Rao	Template:FlagCGF	55.66	107	141	248
4	Abdullah Ghafoor	Template:FlagCGF	55.57	104	133	237
5	Kamal Bandara	Template:FlagCGF	55.68	103	130	233
6	Sangeth Wijesooriya	Template:FlagCGF	55.29	98	120	218
7	Lou Guinares	Template:FlagCGF	55.46	94	124	218
8	Marc Coret	Template:FlagCGF	55.23	90	120	210
9	Elson Brechtefeld	Template:FlagCGF	55.57	92	115	207
10	Morea Baru	Template:FlagCGF	55.36	90	115	205
-	Mohd Ismail	Template:FlagCGF	55.56	109	-	DNF
-	Ismail Katamba	Template:FlagCGF	55.83	90	-	DNF

See also

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
• Weightlifting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games