Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Dates	5 April 2018
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Winning total weight	261
Medalists
Azroy Hazalwafie    Malaysia   Gururaja    India   Chaturanga Lakmal    Sri Lanka
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Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
	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	90 kg
	+105 kg	+90 kg

The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre on 5 April 2018. The weightlifter from Malaysia won the gold, with a combined lift of 261 kg.^[1]

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Snatch	Wu Jingbiao (CHN)	139 kg	Houston, United States	21 November 2015
	Clean & Jerk	Om Yun-chol (PRK)	171 kg	Houston, United States	21 November 2015
	Total	Long Qingquan (CHN)	307 kg	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Snatch	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	121 kg	Kanazawa, Japan	27 April 2008
	Clean & Jerk	Arumagam K. Pandyan (IND)	147 kg	Vishakapatnam, India	17 January 2001
	Total	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	265 kg	Beijing, China	10 August 2008
Games record	Snatch	Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim (MAS)	116 kg	New Delhi, India	4 October 2010
	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

The following records were established during the competition:

Snatch	117 kg	Azroy Hazalwafie (MAS)	GR
Total	261 kg	Azroy Hazalwafie (MAS)	GR

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

Rank	Athlete	Body weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Azroy Hazalwafie (MAS)	55.88	114	117	119	117 GR	135	138	144	144	261 GR
	Gururaja (IND)	55.94	107	111	111	111	138	138	138	138	249
	Chaturanga Lakmal (SRI)	55.97	110	114	117	114	131	134	134	134	248
4	Manueli Tulo (FIJ)	55.85	104	108	110	104	135	140	145	135	239
5	Elson Brechtefeld (NRU)	55.87	95	100	104	100	125	130	134	130	230
6	Abdullah Ghafoor (PAK)	55.81	101	101	104	101	126	130	130	126	227
7	Phillip Liao (AUS)	55.94	88	91	93	91	108	113	114	114	205
8	Jack Dorian Madanamoothoo (MRI)	55.21	78	83	85	85	100	106	110	110	195
9	Seth Casidsid (WAL)	55.75	75	80	85	80	95	106	116	106	186
10	Julius Ssekitoleko (UGA)	55.54	67	67	67	67	86	91	95	91	158
11	Kgotla Kgaswane (BOT)	55.00	60	64	68	68	80	86	90	86	154
12	Benjamin Ochoma (KEN)	55.63	56	60	62	62	72	76	80	76	138