Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 56 kg

Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg at the 2015 Pan American Games
Weightlifting – Men's 56 kg at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Oshawa Sports Centre
Dates	July 11
Competitors	7 from 6 nations
Medalists
	«2011 2019»

The men's 56 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 11 at the Oshawa Sports Centre.^[1] The defending champion was Sergio Álvarez from Cuba.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. This weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass.

Schedule[edit]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date	Time	Round
July 11, 2015	14:00	Final

Results[edit]

7 athletes from six countries took part.^[2]

PR – Pan American Games record

Rank	Name	Country	Group	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)^[3]
	Habib de las Salas	Colombia	A	55.90	117	152 PR	269
	Carlos Berna	Colombia	A	55.98	116	149	265
	Luis García	Dominican Republic	A	55.95	115	141	256
4	Enmanuel Rocafuerte	Ecuador	A	55.59	110	135	245
5	Francisco Barrera	Chile	A	55.89	103	130	233
6	Orlando Vasquez	Nicaragua	A	55.89	100	123	223
	Edouard Joseph	Haiti	A	55.69	NM	DNS	DNF