title: 2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg
text: # 2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg
  
  The men's 55 kg competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 18 September 2019.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 18 September 2019 | 12:00 | Group B |
  | 18 September 2019 | 17:55 | Group A |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Snatch | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 128 kg | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | 120 kg | Igor Son (KAZ) | 120 kg |
  | Clean & Jerk | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 166 kg | Hafez Ghashghaei (IRI) | 149 kg | Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | 147 kg |
  | Total | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 294 kg | Igor Son (KAZ) | 266 kg | Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | 265 kg |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 135 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World Record | Clean & Jerk | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 162 kg | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 2 November 2018 |
  | World Record | Total | World Standard | 293 kg | — | 1 November 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Group | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Athlete | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | Total |
  | | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | A | 121 | 126 | 128 | | 155 | 163 | 166 | | 294 |
  | | Igor Son (KAZ) | A | 115 | 119 | 120 | | 142 | 146 | 157 | 4 | 266 |
  | | Mansour Al-Saleem (KSA) | A | 118 | 118 | 121 | 6 | 140 | 147 | 147 | | 265 |
  | 4 | Nguyễn Trần Anh Tuấn (VIE) | A | 115 | 119 | 120 | | 142 | 143 | 147 | 7 | 263 |
  | 5 | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 115 | 118 | 120 | 5 | 138 | 143 | 145 | 6 | 263 |
  | 6 | John Ceniza (PHI) | A | 110 | 115 | 117 | 7 | 145 | 148 | 148 | 5 | 262 |
  | 7 | Hafez Ghashghaei (IRI) | A | 111 | 116 | 116 | 9 | 140 | 149 | 155 | | 260 |
  | 8 | Surahmat Wijoyo (INA) | B | 106 | 111 | 114 | 8 | 139 | 139 | 145 | 8 | 250 |
  | 9 | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | B | 105 | 109 | 112 | 11 | 130 | 130 | 135 | 9 | 244 |
  | 10 | Dilanka Isuru Kumara (SRI) | B | 100 | 105 | 108 | 12 | 130 | 134 | 138 | 10 | 242 |
  | 11 | Daniel Lungu (MDA) | B | 105 | 110 | 110 | 10 | 125 | 125 | 130 | 11 | 235 |
  | — | Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | A | 116 | 119 | 121 | 4 | 141 | 141 | 142 | — | — |
  
  ## New records
  
  | Clean & Jerk | 166 kg | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | WR |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Total | 294 kg | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | WR |
  