2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg
# 2018 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 55 kg

The men's 55 kg competition at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships was held on 1–2 November 2018.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 1 November 2018 | 14:30 | Group B |
| 2 November 2018 | 19:55 | Group A |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snatch | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 120 kg | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 120 kg | Josué Brachi (ESP) | 115 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 162 kg | Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | 142 kg | Angel Rusev (BUL) | 140 kg |
| Total | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | 282 kg | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | 258 kg | Mirco Scarantino (ITA) | 252 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 | World Standard | 161 kg | — | 1 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 | 120 | 125 | 128 | | 155 | 162 | 162 | | 282 |
| | Arli Chontey (KAZ) | A | 115 | 118 | 120 | | 135 | 138 | 138 | 5 | 258 |
| | Mirco Scarantino (ITA) | A | 110 | 113 | 116 | 5 | 136 | 138 | 139 | 4 | 252 |
| 4 | Kim Young-ho (KOR) | A | 114 | 118 | 118 | 4 | 136 | 137 | 137 | 6 | 251 |
| 5 | Josué Brachi (ESP) | A | 115 | 118 | 118 | | 135 | 138 | 139 | 7 | 250 |
| 6 | Angel Rusev (BUL) | A | 103 | 108 | — | 7 | 130 | 135 | 140 | | 248 |
| 7 | Sergio Massidda (ITA) | B | 105 | 105 | 110 | 8 | 126 | 126 | 131 | 8 | 236 |
| 8 | Muammer Şahin (TUR) | B | 110 | 114 | 114 | 6 | 120 | 125 | 128 | 9 | 235 |
| 9 | Thada Somboon-uan (THA) | B | 101 | 101 | 101 | 10 | 120 | 123 | 126 | 10 | 224 |
| 10 | Leonardo Guzmán (MEX) | B | 100 | 103 | 106 | 9 | 120 | 124 | 125 | 11 | 223 |
| — | Lại Gia Thành (VIE) | A | 116 | 116 | 116 | — | 139 | 142 | 147 | | — |
| — | Kwak Un-bom (PRK) | A | 113 | 113 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DQ | Teerapat Chomchuen (THA) | A | 105 | 105 | 105 | — | 133 | 136 | 141 | — | — |

## New records

| Clean & Jerk | 162 kg | Om Yun-chol (PRK) | WR |
| - | - | - | - |
