| Event: | Men's 56 kg |
| Games: | 1998 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Thunder Dome |
| Date: | 7 December |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Gold: | Lan Shizhang |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Wang Shin-yuan |
| Silvernoc: | TPE |
| Bronze: | Mehdi Panzvan |
| Bronzenoc: | IRI |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2002 |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games.
The men's 56 kilograms event at the 1998 Asian Games took place on 7 December 1998 at Thunder Dome, Maung Thong Thani Sports Complex.
The weightlifter from China won the gold, with a combined lift of 275 kg.
All times are Indochina Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 7 December 1998 | 13:00 | Group B | |||
| 19:00 | Group A |
| width=40 | Rank | width=250 | Athlete | width=60 | Body weight | width=70 | Snatch | width=70 | Cl&Jerk | width=80 | Total (kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.75 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 275.0 | ||||||||
| 55.05 | 115.0 | 152.5 | 267.5 | ||||||||
| 55.75 | 122.5 | 145.0 | 267.5 | ||||||||
| 4 | 55.70 | 120.0 | 145.0 | 265.0 | |||||||
| 5 | 55.15 | 110.0 | 140.0 | 250.0 | |||||||
| 6 | 55.35 | 107.5 | 137.5 | 245.0 | |||||||
| 7 | 55.90 | 107.5 | 137.5 | 245.0 | |||||||
| 8 | 55.60 | 102.5 | 135.0 | 237.5 | |||||||
| 9 | 55.75 | 105.0 | 132.5 | 237.5 | |||||||
| 10 | 55.75 | 102.5 | 132.5 | 235.0 | |||||||
| 11 | 55.70 | 105.0 | 127.5 | 232.5 | |||||||
| 12 | 55.35 | 90.0 | 122.5 | 212.5 | |||||||
| — | 53.50 | 95.0 | — | NM | |||||||
| — | 55.20 | — | — | NM | |||||||
| DQ | 55.85 | 107.5 | — |