The Men's 56 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held in ExCeL London on 29 July.

Summary Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

On 22 December 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan's Valentin Hristov, London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. In March 2019, Hristov was disqualified after the re-analysis of his samples were positive for oralturinabol.IOC DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING VALENTIN HRISTOV, International Olympic Committee, 27 March 2019. Medals were reallocated.IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocations from Olympic Games London 2012

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) DateTimeEvent 29 July 2012 10:00 Group B 19:00 Group A

Records

Results RankAthleteGroupBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total123Result123Result B 55.76 120 125 125 125 160 165 168 168 293 A 55.91 130 130 133 133 156 156 161 156 289 A 55.84 125 125 125 125 155 159 162 159 284 4 B 55.48 121 125 127 127 150 150 156 150 277 5 A 55.80 112 116 116 112 150 157 160 157 269 6 A 55.89 118 118 121 118 148 151 155 151 269 7 A 55.55 115 115 118 118 150 153 153 150 268 8 B 55.72 110 110 113 113 145 150 150 145 258 9 B 55.95 112 112 116 112 142 146 146 146 258 10 B 55.88 111 115 117 115 132 137 138 132 247 11 B 55.77 100 105 110 105 128 132 132 128 233 12 B 55.42 97 97 97 97 123 128 132 128 225 — A 55.96 117 121 125 121 150 150 150 — — — A 55.93 120 125 127 127 147 147 147 — — — A 55.96 117 117 119 117 145 145 145 — — — A 55.39 127 130 132 132 — — — — — DQ A 55.84 123 127 130 127 154 158 159 159 286 DQ A 55.90 121 125 125 121 145 145 147 147 268

New records Clean & Jerk168 kg

References

Results

no:Vektløfting under Sommer-OL 2012 – Menn 77 kg