Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg
# Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The men's 56 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 19 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the eighth appearance of the bantamweight class.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norair Nurikyan | Bulgaria | 262.5 |
| 2 | Grzegorz Cziura | Poland | 252.5 |
| 3 | Kenkichi Ando | Japan | 250.0 |
| 4 | Leszek Skorupa | Poland | 250.0 |
| 5 | Imre Földi | Hungary | 245.0 |
| 6 | Bernhard Bachfisch | West Germany | 242.5 |
| 7 | Carlos Lastre | Cuba | 240.0 |
| 8 | Fazlollah Dehkhoda | Iran | 240.0 |
| 9 | Jean-Claude Chavigny | France | 235.0 |
| 10 | Feyzollah Nasseri | Iran | 232.5 |
| 11 | Muhammad Manzoor | Pakistan | 225.0 |
| 12 | Serge Stresser | France | 225.0 |
| 13 | Arturo del Rosario | Philippines | 222.5 |
| 14 | Ahmed Mahmoud Mashall | Egypt | 217.5 |
| 15 | Edgar Tornez | Guatemala | 215.0 |
| 16 | Paulo de Sene | Brazil | 215.0 |
| 17 | Ezequiel Sánchez | Colombia | 210.0 |
| AC | Jiro Hosotani | Japan | 100.0 |
| AC | Imre Stefanovics | Hungary | 102.5 |
| AC | Han Gyong-si | North Korea | 110.0 |
| AC | Naftaly Parrales | Nicaragua | DNF |
| AC | Yves Carignan | Canada | DNF |
| AC | Karel Prohl | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| AC | Kurt Pittner | Austria | DNF |
