| Event: | Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg |
| Games: | 2002 |
| Venue: | Manchester International Convention Centre |
| Dates: | 30 July 2002 |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim |
| Goldcga: | MAS |
| Silver: | Thandava Murthy Muthu |
| Silvercga: | IND |
| Bronze: | Vicky Batta |
| Bronzecga: | IND |
| Win Value: | 260.0 |
| Win Label: | Winning total weight |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Manchester International Convention Centre on 30 July 2002. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 260 kg.[1]
All times are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Snatch | 138.5 kg | 4 November 2001 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 168.0 kg | 24 April 2001 | |||
| Total | 305.0 kg | 16 September 2000 | |||
| Commonwealth record | Snatch | ||||
| Clean & Jerk | 147.5 kg | 17 January 2001 | |||
| Total | |||||
| Games record | Snatch | 110.0 kg | January 1990 | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 140.0 kg | 16 September 1998 | |||
| Total | 247.5 kg | January 1990 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Snatch | 112.5 kg | GR | |
| 115.0 kg | GR | ||
| Clean & Jerk | 145.0 kg | GR | |
| Total | 250.0 kg | GR | |
| 255.0 kg | GR | ||
| 260.0 kg | GR |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Rank | |||||||
| A | 55.85 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 260.0 | ||||||
| A | 55.95 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 245.0 | |||||||||
| A | 55.80 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 4 | 127.5 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 242.5 | ||||||||
| A | 55.35 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 4 | 240.0 | ||||||||
| A | 55.80 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 5 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 5 | 227.5 | ||||||||
| A | 55.85 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 6 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 6 | 227.5 | ||||||||
| A | 55.65 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 7 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 7 | 217.5 | |||||
| A | 55.90 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 8 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 11 | 205.0 | |||||||
| A | 55.10 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 9 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 8 | 202.5 | ||||||
| 10 | A | 55.45 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 11 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 9 | 200.0 | ||||
| 11 | A | 55.45 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 10 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 10 | 195.0 | |||||||