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Bantamweight (≤56 kilograms), Men

Date27 July 1992 — 15:00 (B) (A)
StatusOlympic
LocationPabellón de la España Industrial, Barcelona
Participants22 from 17 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

The last two World Championships had been won by Korean Jeon Byeong-Gwan (1991) and China’s Liu Shoubin (1990). Liu had been second to Jeon at the 1991 Worlds, followed by Chinese Luo Jianming. The 1992 Olympics would see the exact same podium as the 1991 Worlds, with Jeon winning gold, followed by Liu and Luo. Liu won the silver medal over Luo only based on bodyweight, as they both lifted a total of 277.5 kg. Jeon had been silver medalist as a flyweight in 1988, while Liu had won the bronze medal in this class at Seoul.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Jeon Byeong-GwanKOR287.5Gold
2Liu ShoubinCHN277.5Silver
3Luo JianmingCHN277.5Bronze
4Laurent FombertasseFRA260.0
5Katsuhiko SakumaJPN255.0
6Tibor KarczagHUN255.0
7Kim Yong-CholPRK255.0
8Marek GorzelniakPOL255.0
9Ferenc LénártHUN252.5
10 SodikinINA250.0
11Aurel SîrbuROU247.5
12José ZureraESP247.5
13Katsuhisa NittaJPN245.0
14Giovanni ScarantinoITA240.0
15José Luis MartínezESP235.0
16Lin Tzu-YaoTPE235.0
17Naranjargalyn BatjargalMGL235.0
18Ponnuswamy RangaswamyIND230.0
19Arbi TrabTUN220.0
DNFPascal ArnouFRA
DNFHafız SüleymanoğluTUR
DNFOrlando VásquezNCA