Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Dates	16 March 2006
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning total weight	255
Medalists
Mohamed Faizal Baharom    Malaysia   Vicky Batta    India   Matin Guntali    Malaysia

Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
	Men	Women
	56 kg	48 kg
	62 kg	53 kg
	69 kg	58 kg
	77 kg	63 kg
	85 kg	69 kg
	94 kg	75 kg
	105 kg	+75 kg
	+105 kg

The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 16 March 2006. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, lifting a total weight of 255 kg.^[1]

Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim was the defending champion, but was unable to defend the title due to a two-year doping ban.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Snatch	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	138 kg	Antalya, Turkey	4 November 2001
	Clean & Jerk	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	168 kg	Trenčín, Slovakia	24 April 2001
	Total	Halil Mutlu (TUR)	305 kg	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
Commonwealth record	Snatch
	Clean & Jerk	Arumugam Pandian (IND)	147 kg	Vishakapatnam, India	17 January 2001
	Total
Games record	Snatch	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	115 kg	Manchester, England	30 July 2002
	Clean & Jerk	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	145 kg	Manchester, England	30 July 2002
	Total	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	260 kg	Manchester, England	30 July 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
					1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Mohamed Faizal Baharom	Malaysia	A	55.53	110	110	115	115	135	140	146	140	255
	Vicky Batta	India	A	55.94	110	114	114	114	131	136	136	131	245
	Matin Guntali	Malaysia	A	55.49	102	105	107	107	131	138	138	131	238
4	Raju Edwin	India	A	55.69	101	105	105	105	130	130	136	130	235
5	Daniel Koum	Cameroon	A	55.61	102	105	106	106	125	132	132	125	231
6	Nayden Rusev	Cyprus	A	55.78	96	101	103	96	120	126	–	126	222
7	Starron Dowabobo	Nauru	A	55.76	95	100	100	95	120	125	127	125	220
8	Mubarak Kivumbi	Uganda	A	55.86	90	93	93	93	120	125	125	125	218
9	Akramul Haque	Bangladesh	A	55.89	98	98	103	98	115	120	123	120	218
10	Obrie Nondo	Zambia	A	55.34	90	95	95	95	115	120	123	120	215
11	Alphonso Adonis	South Africa	A	55.86	90	95	100	95	110	115	117	117	212
12	Ismail Katamba	Uganda	A	55.41	90	95	95	90	120	125	125	120	210
13	Joe Namuno	Papua New Guinea	A	55.50	80	85	90	85	105	110	110	110	195
14	Leo Kivavie	Papua New Guinea	A	55.43	75	80	85	80	100	105	108	100	180
15	Relebohile Motjamela	Lesotho	A	55.16	60	60	75	75	80	95	95	80	155
–	Emil Nishantha	Sri Lanka	A	55.85	95	102	102	95	120	125	135	–	–

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